Sentences with phrase «moral urgency»

In the case of children in failing public schools, this argument gains moral urgency.

So I really urge scientists to make their voices heard, and I think there's a certain moral urgency to that — and I think some scientists feel that way.

It means that his ethical theory, and hence his religious philosophy in turn, has, by means of an encompassing or mystical insight, ontological significance as well as moral urgency and rational cogency.

, but Johnson's surprising moral urgency compensates to a considerable degree.

«History shows that kids, with their innocence, honesty and moral urgency, can shame adults into discovering their conscience,» says Levingson.

If anything, Krein's nationalism sounds too modest and procedural to compete with the moral urgencies and market demands of globalism.

This need to grab attention explains the activists» moral urgency and war rhetoric.

Critic Jonathan Holden saw Cairns's early work as a significant innovation in American poetry in its effort to «retrieve some of the important subject matter» and «moral urgency» that poets had long ceded to prose writers.

If committed to the worldview of Scripture, both #BlackLivesMatter and the pro-life movement ground their moral urgency in the fact that every single human being — regardless of race, ethnicity, condition of life, or stage of development — is an image bearer of God.

Jugnot lends Borsellino a quiet dignity infused with a moral urgency that means he really does come across as the hero he is felt to be.

All undercut, unfortunately, by the fact she seems only to be blankly following the advice of Lord Mountbatten, herself bearing no moral urgency.

Earnest education advocates lose the support of legislators when they speak in acronym - filled sentences or present 30 - slide PowerPoints and 25 - page «fact sheets» that bury the heart and the moral urgency of advocating for children under complex statistics and studies.

King «was trying, often out of a sense of moral urgency, to tell the truth, and sometimes that was difficult for certain people to hear,» Steiner said.

Instead, she appealed to moral urgency.

He is known for working with educators with patience, humor, and a sense of moral urgency to solve the pressing problems of your school or system.

The moral urgency of giving a poor students a decent education may be just as powerful as ending de jure racial segregation, but only one of those things is a crime that can be eradicated.

Many of these battles have been hard won — from the 10 - day occupation at Edinburgh University that reversed a «no» decision, to the escalations at King's College, students have built their power, pushed the moral urgency of climate action and not taken «no» for an answer.

We've crossed this epic milestone just weeks ahead of the Global Divestment Mobilisation, when people all over the world will be taking action to highlight the moral urgency of cutting ties with the fossil fuel industry and pushing their institutions to divest.

The campaign quickly spread to many parts of the world, and by 2015 thousands of divestment campaigns were underway, helping shift public opinion in favour of keeping fossil fuels in the ground and highlighting the moral urgency of climate action.

Thousands of divestment campaigns around the world are helping shift public opinion in favour of keeping fossil fuels in the ground and highlighting the moral urgency of climate action.

The moral urgency of this work has only grown.

Leftovers used to be a regular part of eating, until they lost their economic and moral urgency and became groan - inducing instead.