Changing careers or going to school can take courage not only on your part, but also on the part of your partner, who may have to provide economic or
moral support as you embark on your endeavor.
Educating family and relatives about patient conditions and providing
moral support as and when necessary
The other two have resigned themselves to simply giving Augie
moral support as neither of them believe in their extracurricular activities anymore, particularly when being led by Supreme Dork Scout Leader Rogers (David Koechner).
Rebecca Hall provides
moral support as the sultry socialite Frost picked up in first class while flying to the United States.
Lizzie drags Grant, Brandon, and Marianne to the gym for
moral support as she «tones up» for an upcoming high school reunion.
Watch as your little one nurtures her lovey, giving it the love you give her and holding it tightly for
moral support as she grows into a big girl.
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Find Community Having a buddy — or a whole bunch of buddies — to provide
moral support as you explore veganism can really enhance the overall experience and increase your odds of sticking with it.
Not exact matches
It also means that morality provisions can not prevent employees from
supporting a political party or practicing a specific religion, for example (although some employers, such
as denominational school boards, have argued successfully that their religious beliefs allow them to hold employees to a different
moral standards).
Harper told Southam News in 2001 that he leaned toward a pro-life stance, and added that he
supported the Alliance's policy of dealing with
moral issues such
as abortion and capital punishment through citizen - initiated referendums.
What Stephen characterizes
as «
moral hazard» could be viewed
as another form of job - sharing
supported by EI.
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In modern society slavery, or women being the property of a father / husband is seen
as morally wrong, yet these beliefs are
supported as moral by the OT / NT.
Some people say that it is pointless,
as it can not actually do anything, but in my opinion it does do something; it shows
moral and emotional
support for those
supporting the fight against child abuse.
This has caused him to be reviled and chastised by members of his family which are devout Southern churchgoers at a time when he needs the most
moral support,
as he is trying to turn his luck around through smart, hard work and to do right by his wife and children.
And to live in society and even just have friends one must prove he or she is a «
moral» person, this morality is just a morality that lacks gods, such
as a belief that what is good is what brings about the most happiness or freedom or whatever your ethical system
supports.
What good are
morals if the one giving them
supports morals that most people consider to be awful like slavery and discrimination against women, gays and the handicapped,
as well
as beating children and slaves without punishment in some cases?
You have NEVER explained where the
morals come from that find it IMMORAL to
support the sale of 6 - year - old (or 8 - year - old or any age) girls to STRANGERS for their use
as SLAVES like God did.
Between these extremes lies a more humane economic order: one in which,
as Röpke put it, «wealth [is] widely dispersed, genuine communities, from the family upwards, form a background of
moral support for the individual, and a healthy balance [exists] between town and country, industry and agriculture.»
I learned this not from a class in feminist studies, but from Jesus — who was brought into the world by a woman whose obedience changed everything; who revealed his identity to a scorned woman at a well; who defended Mary of Bethany
as his true disciple, even though women were prohibited from studying under rabbis at the time; who obeyed his mother; who refused to condemn the woman caught in adultery to death; who looked to women for financial and
moral support, even after the male disciples abandoned him; who said of the woman who anointed his feet with perfume that «wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her»; who bantered with a Syrophoenician woman, talked theology with a Samaritan woman, and healed a bleeding woman; who appeared first before women after his resurrection, despite the fact that their culture deemed them unreliable witnesses; who charged Mary Magdalene with the great responsibility of announcing the start of a new creation, of becoming the Apostle to the Apostles.
It was the economic and productive unit of society, tilling the land together; it was the political unit of society, with parental authority
as the
supporting microcosm of the state; it was the cultural unit, transmitting letters and arts, rearing and teaching the young; and it was the
moral unit, inculcating through cooperative work and discipline those social dispositions which are the psychological basis and cement of civilized society».
And that's what we're doing
as well by providing spiritual and
moral support, we are speaking out for justice.»
The forms of legal coercion such
as laws against bigamy, age limits for consent to marriage, the husband's
moral economic obligations to
support the wife, and so on are the province of the community
as a whole.
Jefferson's claim that man's innate
moral sense refers simply to the fact that he was «destined for society» and not «the to kalon, truth, etc.,
as fanciful writers have imagined,» would lend further
support to this view.
When Obama invoked Jesus to
support same - sex marriage, framed health care
as a
moral imperative to care for «the least of these,» and once urged people to read their Bible but just not literally, he was invoking another Christian tradition that once dominated American public life so much that it gave the nation its first megachurches, historians say.
As followers of Christ, it is our
moral responsibility to urge you to
support and protect the International Affairs Budget, and avoid disproportionate cuts to these vital programs that ensure that our country continues to be the «shining city upon a hill.»
All religions have
moral teachings that many people would
support such
as don't cheat or kill and really have nothing to do with believing in Supreme Being (s).
As one whose professional career has focused on the development and restraints on the initiation of war and the conduct of war, and one who, moreover, holds the deepest
moral justification for use of armed force in the service of justice, I clearly belong among the constituency
supporting war crimes proceedings.
(Together (November, 1963), p. 30) Programs such
as these can give
moral support and guidance to the parents of a handicapped child.
The Revolution of 1989 in east and central Europe» a world - historical series of events ignited by
moral passion, informed by
moral conviction, sustained by deft and morally sophisticated politics, and
supported by a resolute demonstration that the Soviet Union could not compete with the United States in a serious arms race» raised further questions about classic foreign - policy realism and its narrow focus on «hard power»
as the analytic prism for understanding both the dynamics of world politics and the exigencies of American foreign policy.
To
support his slurs, Eichenwald first tries to undermine reliance on Scripture
as a supreme authority for
moral discernment and then to show how Christians, oblivious to the problems with biblical inspiration, ignore its clear teaching.
His new science, when it comes to fruition with its discoveries and metaphysical affirmations, renders a sort of
moral and fresh
support toJudeo - Christianity, especially
as concerns the existence of God.
In light of this, can it be agreed that a study of theology that takes place,
as at Steubenville, alongside a firm spiritual practice (Mass, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, traditional Marian and other devotions) and a clear
moral stance (students living celibate lives
supported by households and communities) is a necessary part of a strategy for Catholic theology?
Rockefeller's subsequent divorce of his wife and 1963 marriage to the much - younger Margaretta «Happy» Murphy, a mother of four who had recently divorced her husband, cemented in the minds of many family - minded Americans an unpleasant nexus between loose
morals and weak
support for the military; it marked the forging of a large wedge of voters that now consciously identified itself
as conservative and would grow to include Democrats
as well
as Republicans.
The republicans (i.e., the reluctant supporters and anti-Federalist opponents of the new Constitution)
supported a tradition of political thought that wanted to see government «make of its citizens the best people they are capable of becoming,» to inculcate
moral virtue
as it was defined by each concrete political community.
But «a
moral discussion is inconclusive and even trivial, if it leaves out the question of its application,»
as Gregory Vlastos has said.13 In order to be
as specific
as possible about this approach to Christian social philosophy I shall outline in arbitrary fashion five general principles which I suggest can be
supported by the evidence of human experience
as being necessary guides to the conditions under which the Good Society can grow.
My point about Evangelical
support for Israel, which is the same
as the Israeli point in the quotation I provided, is that Evangelical
support is not based on
moral, contextual, and rational thought but on religious ideology.Let me repeat what the Israeli's say once more:
While they
support his election
as pope, nearly three - quarters of American Catholics say they are more likely to follow their own conscience on difficult
moral questions than the teachings of the pope.
The more closely those who are not poor identify with those who are, the easier it will be to secure their
support for programs to help the poor, or persuade them that programs that help people regardless of how much they make have the same
moral stature
as programs directed to the poor.
For we have more than enough reason to wonder whether a Bible shorn of its divine authority can continue to serve
as a useful
support for any
moral message whatsoever.
Somehow, I don't think her father, who gave such stirring speeches with strong
moral appeals to fairness, love, peace, and humanity, would
support such hateful rhetoric
as hers.
Unanchored
as they are to anything concrete outside the self, the values and virtues encouraged by the leading strategies of
moral education provide meager resources at best for sustaining and
supporting our far - reaching
moral commitments to benevolence and justice.
George uses an apt environmental metaphor to
support his point: just
as the state restricts apparently private activity in order to protect its natural ecology, so also may it legitimately enact laws to protect the «
moral ecology.»
«
As followers of Christ, it is our
moral responsibility to urge you to
support and protect the International Affairs Budget, and avoid disproportionate cuts to these vital programs that ensure that our country continues to be the «shining city upon a hill,»» they stated.
The potential for
moral hypocrisy in such situations is exactly why some signers, such
as Russell Moore and Albert Mohler, cautioned evangelicals about
supporting a candidate with a documented history of sexual immorality.
Most Americans probably
support the implicit
moral position of mainstream Protestantism and perhaps of America's religious traditions in general: permit
as few legal abortions
as possible without damaging women's rights and without making it necessary for women to perform abortions on themselves or seek clandestine and possibly dangerous abortions.
All this differentiates Mideast Christians from American Christians, who strongly
support Israel
as an embattled democracy to which the West owes a
moral obligation.
I really know few mad consumers, but
as an academician, I know many colleagues who
support nearly any sort of liberation of the expressive self from conventional
moral norms.
The wise pastoral administrator gives
moral support and is available
as a resource person, but he avoids «carrying the ball» for a group.
«The truth of the matter can be put,» says Leuba, «in this way: God is not known, he is not understood; he is used — sometimes
as meat - purveyor, sometimes
as moral support, sometimes
as friend, sometimes
as an object of love.