Sentences with phrase «of moral equality»

For Rawls departures from equality require special justification, but the disvalue of such departures is not intrinsic, but derivative of the value of moral equality represented by the choice situation behind the veil of ignorance.

If it occurs to Molly that on Monday it was she who laid $ 100 on top of the cash machine in Wheeling and then drove 20 miles down the road before remembering what she'd done, her anger at Mort is likely to dissolve in a vision of moral equality.

Not exact matches

I do not expect to find my moral philosophy codified in the Constitution, and others may find the moral claim of fetal life outweighed by compelling interests of equality and individual autonomy.

The very language upon which it depends for articulating its moral and political ambition — e.g., equality, gender, humanity, rights, etc. — was predicated upon reality being more than a linguistic construct or the creation of individual egos.

what i disagree with — is when people who suffer from delusional thinking attempt to legislate their theistic morals onto the rest of society — depriving people of their freedom, rights, liberty and equality.

The notion that constitutional - moral ideals, like equality and liberty, are ones that reason can analyze and apply comports with the notion of a natural law that is accessible to all people of good will («written on the heart,» in Paul's words).

Egalitarians and Christian feminists both share a common denominator — that justice and equality for females is a biblical ideal that can and should be part of the moral teachings and practices of Christians.

Cynical in the face of bourgeois hypocrisy, it aimed to destroy the traditional moral system and to create a virile community; to repudiate paternalism, exalt stern self - control and willingness to meet death, and establish equality at whatever cost in pain and suffering.

The moral philosophy of Western Civilization perceives intrinsic human equality as an objective truth under which our moral status need not be earned by possessing favored characteristics; it comes with the package of species membership.

Ideas about property and equality, poverty and unemployment, and the whole challenge to a prevailing view of what I call «the almost moral self - sufficiency» of the free - enterprise system are similar in both documents.

Many of its adherents refuse to acknowledge the sanctity and equality of human life, instead taking the so - called «quality of life» approach, which determines the moral value of each organism — whether human, animal, or plant — by measuring its individual cognitive capacities.

The regime of equality and liberty is not bereft of moral and political resources to face down evils and ultimately end them.

Most crucially, it neglects to mention the Christian presuppositions that undergird liberalism, especially its notions of universal moral imperatives and the essential equality of all human beings simply by virtue of their existence.

Healthy moral judgement includes (IMHO) acceptance and equality for gays and all people regardless of their belief systems.

Another way to combine capitalism with moral purpose is for society to endorse the related but broader concept of equality of opportunity.

It is true, as the Pope affirms, that democracy is uniquely valuable because it embodies more fully than any alternative system the principle of the fundamental moral equality of citizens.

Personally, I find Christians that only care about preserving their moral supremacy at the cost of everyone else to be a far greater evil than same gender oriented individuals seeking equal treamtent in a country founded on the principles of freedom and equality.

«17 In so far as the status of women has approached equality in our society this gain can not be attributed primarily to the moral insight of men.

But one key difference between Strauss» position and Bloom's is that Strauss lays the blame for moral decline on «teaching the equality of all values,» where Bloom stresses the corruptive effect of the term itself.

I believe in equality, freedom of choice, and freedom of spirituality, and I call this moral.

What we are supposed to be open to always fits a progressive moral - political agenda of ever more individual freedom and equality.

those of you who seek to make legislate your idiotic theistic morals, usurping their freedom, liberty, rights and equality of those who do not believe as you do — deserve no rights, liberties, freedom or equality.

They thought the truth of the Church's teaching about conjugal morality and fertility regulation could be presented in a humane and personalistic way: one that acknowledged both the moral duty to plan one's family and the demands of self - sacrifice in conjugal life; one that affirmed methods of fertility - regulation that respected the body's dignity and its built - in moral «grammar;» one that that recognized the moral equality and equal moral responsibility of men and women, rather than leaving the entire burden of fertility - regulation on the wife.

Instead, somewhat like Pope John Paul, Lincoln demanded that the principles of equality and liberty, the moral truths of human dignity which form the Constitution's foundations, become the «civil religion» of every citizen.

Our Christian hearts, runs the (usually impassioned) argument, compel us to grant full moral and legal equality to gay and lesbian people; our Christian faith, comes the (usually impassioned) rebuttal, compels us to cleave, above all, to the word of God.

In the third phase, which came to full flower in the decades following the New Deal revolution, an altogether new conception of the Constitution emerged, which broadened the reform agenda to include, inter alia, eviscerating more or less completely the Tenth Amendment, eliminating religion from the public square, energetically pursuing racial and sexual equality, and, more recently, legitimizing moral autonomy as the default standard for individual behavior.

Of greater philosophical concern, the nature rights ideology subverts what I call human exceptionalism by elevating the natural world to moral equality with human beings» effectively diminishing us to merely another animal in the forest.

«Whites (and American institutions) must acknowledge historical racism to show themselves redeemed of it, but once they acknowledge it, they lose moral authority over everything having to do with race, equality, social justice, poverty, and so on.

Baroness O'Loan, who has tabled Bill, said: «No one should be coerced by the risk to their careers into violating their conscience, and it is plainly inconsistent with the principles of equality legislation to exclude whole sections of society from areas of medical employment simply because of their moral beliefs.»

-- Empowerment and development of inclusive national narratives — Global knowledge of cultures and histories — Cultural respect and understanding — Communication, exchange and exposure — Global citizenry through responsible media and political statements — Global values and equality — Avoidance of dehumanization of the other and abuse of knowledge — Other moral truths and views.

But this kind of stunt seems about right for Delgaudio, who once held a «man - donkey» wedding to illustrate the moral slippery slope down which marriage equality will send us sliding, no doubt into the very fires of Hell.

A crisis that is bringing into question not only the principles of asylum and of free movement within the European Union but Europe's very idea of itself as a space of liberal values, freedom, moral equality and human rights.

Communitarianism, in my experience, has much more to do with controlling individuals and fixing «norms» - norms that are often bound to «patriotism» or «Britishness», in our cases, both of which are primordial notions that we are best off without - than it does equality, opportunity and filling moral vacuums.

Supporters of marriage equality said it's not a religious issue, but a moral one — the basic human right to marry the person you love.

Coffey's endorsement of him shows a lack of moral conviction, commitment to equality, and quite frankly, politics as usual.»

But through it all, activists and allies persevered knowing that the cause of marriage equality is not only a moral and human right — it is also a constitutional right.»

According to Wilshaw, these schools showed signs that they do not «conform to the spirit of the equalities legislation which underpins the spiritual moral social and cultural standard».

This experience created a profound moral shock as they realized that members of their own community were violating the values of fairness and equality they held so dear.

(a) Each teacher shall endeavor to impress upon the minds of the pupils the principles of morality, truth, justice, patriotism, and a true comprehension of the rights, duties, and dignity of American citizenship, and the meaning of equality and human dignity, including the promotion of harmonious relations, kindness toward domestic pets and the humane treatment of living creatures, to teach them to avoid idleness, profanity, and falsehood, and to instruct them in manners and morals and the principles of a free government.

These events coincide with the first international Day of the Girl on Thursday, and they remind us that the global struggle for gender equality is the paramount moral struggle of this century, equivalent to the campaigns against slavery in the 19th century and against totalitarianism in the 20th century.

My sense from reading some of the criticism directed at the Law Society is that the critics are uncomfortable with the Law Society imposing moral values on its licensees: because the value and parameters of inclusion, equality and diversity are contested and unclear, the Law Society ought not to require its members to acknowledge a duty to promote them.

Our national self - image as moral, well - behaved and global citizens who recognize the «inherent dignity, equality and inalienable rights of all members of the human family» is dogged by scepticism, hypocrisy, apathy and empty promises.

However, the requirements severely limit the ability of smaller churches, theologically convinced of the moral parity of same - and opposite - sex unions, to manifest that conviction in their practice: they can witness to equality only by declining to host opposite - sex solemnisations.

«I think equality is an overarching issue for all this, but it still comes down to just a basic moral judgment of what is right and wrong.

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Students expand their understanding of issues involved in the appeal to consequences (for example, in defining the wider common good and the application of human rights principles including equality and non-discrimination) and duties (for example, of citizens, governments and other institutions) to resolve moral problems.