But he will not admit that the uniqueness of the moral and Christian human being stands outside a structure of specific universal
moral principles founded on essences.
For Kloster: I've sought to explain in First Things, and my other books, that
moral principles find their ground in the canons of reason.
Not exact matches
We look to it to assert a
principled conservatism that may have various expressions on prudential questions, and one of those
principles ought to be the
moral order as conservatism's
founding fathers (Russell Kirk, for example) understood conservatism.
Such values, while not all present at every point of Old Testament morality, do in fact underlie the bulk of the
moral norms and
principles we
find there.
To
find a
principle through the natural law reasoning of judges that makes the Constitution mean something other than, sometimes opposite to, what those who voted to make it law understood themselves to mean can hardly be sound
moral argument.
Personally, I
find Christians that only care about preserving their
moral supremacy at the cost of everyone else to be a far greater evil than same gender oriented individuals seeking equal treamtent in a country
founded on the
principles of freedom and equality.
In the Qur» an we
find constant cooperation between the two antagonistic powers of reason and emotion, for we
find that in the narrations, arguments, doctrines, laws, and
moral principles the words have both a persuasive teaching and an emotive force.
Which is why we must
find a way to engage in public discourse that will reflect the «religious or spiritual
principles that underlie our legal system and
moral codes.»
In many passages it is obvious that the idea of God inherent in Jesus» thought has not yet
found its logical conclusion; that what Jesus himself, thinking in terms of some of his own parables and of his own life -
principles, could not have considered ethically satisfying endless, hopeless torture, without constructive
moral purpose and therefore without
moral meaning — God is accused of inflicting, as judge of the world and arbiter of destiny.
While there might be disagreement as to whether Christianity was integrative or divisive, scientific method was supposed to
find objective
moral principles valid for the whole race.
John Paul goes on to say, «Nevertheless, the fundamental
moral principle which we
find in Ephesians remains the same and produces the same results.
We all agree in the obligation of the
moral principles of Jesus and nowhere will they be
found delivered in greater purity than in His discourses.
Instead, however, and as the best substitute, the Church would need to give the individual Christian three things: a more living ardour of Christian inspiration as a basis of individual life; an absolute conviction that the
moral responsibility of the individual is not at an end because he does not come in conflict with any concrete instruction of the official Church; an initiation into the holy art of
finding the concrete prescription for his own decision in the personal call of God, in other words, the logic of concrete particular decision which of course does justice to universal regulative
principles but can not wholly be deduced from them solely by explicit casuistry.
Basic differences between Mill and Hartshorne are to be
found, not in their
principles of morality, but in the reasons each offers for accepting a utilitarian
moral theory.
Where the common love of other polities coincides with ours, America has a strategic opportunity to foster friendships that will make the world a stabler and safer place and a
moral obligation to help other countries who to some extent emulate our
founding principles.
«A society which limits itself - and its education - to a positivistic understanding of reason [limited to what can be positively seen] will
find itself unable to determine shared
moral principles and values.
Historians would like to know who
founded Nabada and other northern cities, where they came from, what language they spoke, and around what political and
moral principles their society was organized.
Contrary to previous thinking, a ground - breaking new study has
found for the first time that human morality can be modelled meaning that machine based
moral decisions are, in
principle, possible.
«We
found that people also adjust their
moral values depending on which
principle benefits them the most.
His reasons - We have lost our
morals and turned our back on God and we have rejected the
principles our whole country was
founded upon and based on.
He regards public architecture, language, consumerism, and artificial borders as harbingers of estrangement between people but eschews
moral pontification and instead
finds simple
moral and cultural
principles that connect us.
``... Some scientists have claimed that science does not have a
moral value;...» We must choose whether to
found our
morals and ethics on transcendent
principles or on the four forces of nature.
2007), which held for the first time that a conviction for sex with minor is not necessarily a crime involving
moral turpitude; Camins v. Gonzales, 500 F. 3d 872 (9th Cir 2007) which applied retroactivity
principles to
find that the grounds of inadmissibility do not apply to returning lawful permanent residents based on criminal conviction sustained before April 1, 1997; and Li v. Ashcroft, 389 F. 3d 892 (9th Cir.
Guiding
Principles was
founded on the belief that people can change, and must tap into their inner strength and
moral compass to guide them toward change.
Forming Waypoint Properties was the next step in his career and has given him the platform needed to build a company
founded on the
principles he considers the most important for a real estate professional to possess: expertise in the field of real estate, a strong work ethic, an even stronger
moral code, and the compassion and caring to form relationships of trust and respect with fellow agents and customers.