Sentences with phrase «moral thinking over»

Over time, this could favor one type of moral thinking over another in the overall population.

Not exact matches

An approach to investing that began over a century ago, this field started as a way to avoid exposure to companies that contradicted the moral or ethical values of investors — think about industries such as tobacco, gambling or weapons.

If you wish to think that fighting over the basic rights of people and not providing life sustaining medical care to all is moral, then your definition of moral is very screwed up.

As I have argued in these pages and elsewhere, the «presumption,» by detaching the just war way of thinking from its proper political context» the right use of sovereign public authority toward the end of tranquillitas ordinis, or peace» tends to invert the structure of classic just war analysis and turn it into a thin casuistry, giving priority consideration to necessarily contingent in bello judgments (proportionality of means, discrimination or noncombatant immunity) over what were always understood to be the prior ad bellum questions («prior» in that, inter alia, we can have a greater degree of moral clarity about them).

What could it mean for the struggle over sexual orientation and ordination that is going on in all of our denominations if we began, not from some culturally inherited moral code, but from the thought - filled recognition of our discipleship of the compassionate Christ?

Actually, I can easily think of a case in which the moral choice is to choose the life of the beast over the man.

If we now find ourselves obliged to raise precisely this question once again and to think it over afresh, we must first of all make it clear that we are here taking the concept of good in its widest sense, that is to say, simply as the contrary of vicious, lawless and scandalous, as the opposite of public transgression of the moral law, as good in contrast to the publican and harlot.

You may answer by saying «it's the moral think to do» but using «God» provides a nice quick and dirty shortcut... We just sometimes have to accept the good (getting these dimwits to do the right think) with the bad (religious fanatics who think the world was formed a little over 2000 years ago)...

We go to work, socialize, and share public space with many people who reject the moral law's authority over their lives, people who regard abortion as a fundamental right or who think sexual liberation an imperative.

«I think the debate over America's moral position comes down to this: Republicans want the best outcomes based on solutions that fit into preconceived notions of what society should look like.

Reduced to essentials, Shaw's contention is that Hecker and those of his «Americanist» cast of mind did represent an assimilationist current in U.S. Catholic thought — a tendency to bend over backwards to «fit into» American culture — that eventually made possible Ted Kennedy, Barbara Mikulski, Nancy Pelosi, and Joe Biden: cradle - Catholic politicians who support public policies that flatly contradict basic moral truths taught by the Church on the basis of reason and revelation, justify their votes in the name of «democracy» and «pluralism,» and are supported by a lot of fellow - Catholics in doing so.

What makes you think the US has any moral authority to decide what is right or wrong for other regions, when they themselves have been the cause of so much unnecessary death over the past 50 + years?

This is a Prime Minister who got ready for an election when he thought he could win it, then was too frightened to hold it, then has dragged out this miserable parliament to its fullest, bitter end, dithering and vacillating over every decision; a Prime Minister no one ever elected kept in office by Lord Mandelson who no one voted for at all, and who should have had the moral courage and political decisiveness to hold an election long ago.»

You may think it's moral to want to be a alternative, but if it wasn't Thor the fact the liberals are finished, they could vnetually over take us as the opposition and then what of all th heard working labour councillors who'll Lose there seats if the Labour Party becomes redundant

«It's not a political film that will beat you over the head with moral lessons,» insists writer and director Neill Blomkamp, who grew up in South Africa and created the thought - provoking 2005 short Alive in Joburg, on which the feature film is based.

Jerald McClenahan thinks that all this debate over creationism versus evolution is a shameful distraction from the real issues, those pertaining to morals.

I think there's an opportunity right now for the people that have been doing this right all along, that have set up the right systems, or doing it because of their own moral obligation to actually potentially take over a whole industry and that's what I'm hoping to empower.

Yes I do love «magic mushrooms», but I also like to think I have a moral compass that guides me in the right direction when exploring these investigations and going over all the information with a fine toothed comb.

Fiona hopes her moral compass isn't leading her astray when she reconnects with her married high school crush, but when she finds an abandoned purse with over five hundred dollars inside, she assumes her luck is finally changing; Frank is willing to do just about anything to stay in Dottie's good graces, even marry her; after Harry's passing, Debbie becomes obsessed with death; Kevin thinks about buying the Alibi; Lip meets with a colonel to glean information for Ian about West Point; Jody asks Frank for Karen's hand in marriage.

Developed and refined over four decades, Facing History's methodology deepens students» ethical and moral reasoning, challenges their critical thinking and literacy skills, and engages them in a rigorous study of history.

But for me the moral issue in terms of motivation probably comes down to this: Is the designer of the new game fired up about something she / he thinks she / he can do to IMPROVE the game over the original version?

On us leading the way, it's fine to think this would result in others de-carbonizing, and I'm all for the moral imperative of the established emitters leading the way, but a lot of discussions with folks in (or deeply analyzing) developing countries over the years provide me with little confidence that the Alphonse - Gaston stasis would be broken by us stepping first.

If you only read the U.S. press, you'd think that renewable energy is the most environmentally and socially devastating idea we'd ever had — paving over deserts, killing birds in wind turbines, promoting communism, fascism and moral depravity of all sorts, and now, threatening global catastrophe via overpopulation — and did you know that species extinction in the tropics is all due to the expansion of biofuels for export?

In the spring of 2015, only 10 percent of Americans viewed global warming as a religious issue; 13 percent thought it was a spiritual issue, and just over a third (36 %) thought it was a moral issue.

But I think right now having it cast entirely as a moral question really glosses over the issue of class that's involved.»

The moral of the story should be clear: Don't ever even think about suing a former client over a negative review.

There is always going to be a grey area somewhere, and I think the moral tone that's been set over recent months or years, gives people far more of a steer.

And I don't think you should dress in rags, rub yourself with ashes and publicly flagellate yourself for eternity to satisfy public moral outrage over your «sins» either.