In amoral, non-organized America, any person practicing (and not just espousing)
a moral view stands out like a beacon, and willingly or not becomes an example to others.
Not exact matches
Without an objective
view of morality (provided by one's religion), you really have nothing to
stand on when defining what makes an action
moral or immoral.
Despite broad goals — promoting science for the benefit of society, stressing public science education, taking a
moral stand against government and industry misuse of science — infighting and members» opposing
views limited the group's effectiveness.
It is easier to take a
stand on your core beliefs,
moral view, family issues, and share your history before you meet someone.
But one thing
stood out to me above everything else: It's the firm
view that there is a
moral obligation to change things — to empower all families to access the private schools they want.
Assuming what people thinks makes any difference — I've seen estimates that this thing may have cost Amazon something like 5 - 10 % of book sales among certain demographics who don't like what Amazon is doing, which is not nothing, if not exactly crippling — if Hachette is
standing on the «we care about authors»
moral high ground, Amazon is pretty much duty bound to point out why they are the ones who should be
viewed as the Author's Friend.