Sentences with phrase «moral virtues»

However, that is demonstrably true not in relation to my possession of particular moral virtues, but is rather true in relation to my personality — whether, eg, I am an introvert or an extrovert — and in relation to my development of good moral judgment (as a matter of reason and intuition).

The traditional moral virtues originated from Greek philosophers Aristotle and Plato, who used them to define the character traits of people who lead successful, uplifting lives.

The new nation needed schools, not just for literacy and numeracy, but to acquire the moral virtues necessary for a democratic citizenry: among them self - control, consideration of others, perseverance, and a sense of right and wrong.

Although that's important, he's just as interested in moral virtues and getting students to understand why community work is important.

I believe there is much wider agreement concerning the intellectual virtues than there is regarding the civic and other moral virtues.

In my own experience, students asked to make a list of moral virtues never list «courage,» to give one example, and are extremely puzzled and surprised when asked why courage might be a moral virtue.

This meant that a bad man (one whose passions were least under control) was more likely to reject Christianity, whereas a good man (whose moral virtues showed that reason had trained his affections) would be more receptive to the evidence and open to conversion.

For instance some of the Tractarian discussion about making progress in religion involved the theological and not the moral virtues, but ethos theory is simply assumed to incorporate both.

NEWS FLASH: You don't have to believe in some great guy - in - the - sky to have a sound mind and moral virtues.

The men and women called by God to do his work would never have passed a test in moral virtues.

But if those rights become contingent on poor people's having the same moral virtues as the «respectable» middle class, then departures from these traits provide a way of avoiding responsibility.

Values extend beyond moral virtues and comprise all goods for the person: biological, human, moral, and spiritual, according to a hierarchy rooted in human nature.

Though values and virtues often intersect, values can not be reduced to moral virtues.

As Novak reminds us, a new political and economic order of liberty «demands a new set of moral virtues.»

Through work, people acquire virtues, both technical skills, or Aristotelian techne, and moral virtues — prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.

Effective pastors who do not «burn out» have generally developed a prayer life, moral virtues and spiritual practices that sustain and nurture them.

So I guess my point is that maybe Christianity has focused on the physical act of sex, and ignored the underlying moral virtues at stake, like chastity.

The moral virtue of devotion to the well - being of others supposedly obliterates the rule of etiquette against minding other people's business.

That the dependent receives goods is not a moral deficiency, nor is it a moral virtue to be in the role of dispenser.

At the heart of his polemic is his frustration with students» belief that truth is relative and that the highest moral virtue is openness.

They agreed, though, against the libertarians that we need policies that encourage and reward fertility, and that we don't simply need more young people, but more people with the moral virtue to be live good and productive lives.

Hence, obedience to the individual demands, however meaningless they might be in themselves, took on the character of moral virtue, because it meant obedience to the will of God.

And in this simple and harmonious view of human existence worldly success is clear evidence of moral virtue and religious salvation.

In recent years, scholars have proficiently expounded Thomas» natural law doctrine in terms of moral epistemology, moral virtue, philosophy of nature, or metaphysics of the good.

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.

Most authors assert that they use it to designate a virtue (a moral virtue, by their account).

In the end, competing perceptions of our national moral virtue lie at the heart of the division between soft and hard just war theory.

They reasoned that if the mind is filled with good ideas — like Bible stories and tales of moral virtue — most people will act accordingly.

An artist might, Maritain suggests, «endeavor to taste all the fruits and silts of the earth, and will make curiosity or recklessness in any new moral experiment or vampiric singularity his supreme moral virtue, in order to feed his art.»

The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church describes it as «a social principle» and «moral virtue.»

We can rebut Reagan's assumption that religious practice automatically guarantees moral virtue and justifies favoring the ethical views of conservative over liberal Christians, Jews or agnostics on such specific issues as school prayer.

One such weakness is that Machiavelli's redefinition of virtue led him to overlook the insight of classical political philosophy that rulers can not rule their cities well unless they rule their own souls with moral virtue, classically understood.

A classical curriculum that imparts an appreciation of learning and cultivates intellectual and moral virtue appeals to these parents enough to make them forego a free, high - scoring public school.

Therefore, whereas the tragic hero is great by reason of his moral virtue, Abraham is great by reason of a personal virtue.

Hence, even in a society populated by people with all the good will toward one another and all the moral virtue in the world, there would be a need to provide a consistent answer to these folks when they pulled out of the driveway.

It is not properly applied to animals or machines since it is a human quality, a moral virtue, that a person may have or lack, may have in a high or low degree, may develop or may lose.

Money was not involved but the promise of restoring moral virtue to America is too great a hope to let a little heresy stand in the way.

For example, if you want your child to have a name with a moral virtue, you might choose Paul, which means «humble,» or «small.»

The mythical figure Philosophia - Sapientia, the personification of wisdom, suckled philosophers at her breast and by this way they absorbed wisdom and moral virtue.

The second major task for Labour is to secure the backing of business for a model of inclusive capitalism that restores public confidence in the moral virtue of wealth creation where doing well, and properly paying all taxes due, is seen as a societal as well as private, benefit.

«Oyegun is an epitome of service, a man of integrity, one of the nation's finest political strategists and a human being of incomparable moral virtue».

Which would be one thing if in the next breath she didn't extol her own moral virtue.

Halpern's A Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home, recently released in paperback, describes their experiences and the insights gleaned on a variety of topics: moral virtue and right living, the human - animal bond, old age and illness.

Painter Deborah Brown's latest work both embraces and critiques the concept of the Chimera as she reimagines narratives taken from mythology, religion, and literature by placing a powerful female figure at the center of these stories in which women are typically symbols of moral virtue or seductive evil, often held hostage by male desire to possess.

I didn't say that I believed for a moment that trump was a paragon of moral virtue.

I deliberately inserted the word «moral» as in the past america has generally been a force for good by combining strength with a strong moral ethos.I didn't say that I believed for a moment that trump was a paragon of moral virtue.

Paul Ekman explains that Darwin and the Dalai Lama share a similar view on humanity's highest moral virtue: to extend compassion to «all...

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«He's an egomaniac devoid of all moral sense» ---- said the society woman dressing for a charity bazaar, who dared not contemplate what means of self - expression would be left to her and how she would impose her ostentation on her friends, if charity were not the all - excusing virtue ---- said the social worker who had found no aim in life and could generate no aim from within the sterility of his soul, but basked in virtue and held an unearned respect from all, by grace of his fingers on the wounds of others ---- said the novelist who had nothing to say if the subject of service and sacrifice were to be taken away from him, who sobbed in the hearing of attentive thousands that he loved them and loved them and would they please love him a little in return ---- said the lady columnist who had just bought a country mansion because she wrote so tenderly about the little people ---- said all the little people who wanted to hear of love, the great love, the unfastidious love, the love that embraced everything, forgave everything, and permitted everything ---- said every second - hander who could not exist except as a leech on the souls of others.»

Many have pointed out (most recently, Carson Holloway) that the application of natural law to our situation requires the virtue of prudence, a mastery of the details of our circumstances (such as is possible for a human being), with the goals and the weights given to particular considerations by good moral character (or, if you will, a well - formed conscience).

Unfortunately, fear of death, no matter how effective as a tool for social engineering, is not the proper moral grounds for virtue...