Sentences with phrase «of moral principles»

I can still have my own set of moral principles even if I do nt identify with a particular set of faiths and principles.

On the Protestant side, therefore, matters of moral principle were discussed differently.

The third level in the hierarchy of moral principles is also the last.

Along the same lines, Sapontzis argues that animals» intentional and sincere, kind and courageous actions are moral actions, for they accord with accepted moral norms, and we do not require demonstrations of moral principle in everyday human moral practice (AAMB 51 - 2).

I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the betterment and ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a law - giver, especially a law - giver who works on the basis of reward and punishment.»»

I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the betterment and ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a law - giver, especially a law - giver who works on the basis of reward and punishment.»

The cosmopolitan envisions the direct application of moral principles on a global scale, and regards the nation - state as an impediment to human rights and global justice.

Ethics are defined as «a system of moral principles» which constantly factor into the choices we make.

To his credit, Ford's assertion here has the whiff of moral principle about it.

Neither is it the declaring of the revelation of some moral principles such as the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God.

On the other hand, being an atheist, she naturally espouses amoral behavior; a lack of moral principles — only those that are self - imposed and self - executed, and which are subject to change at a whim.

But so long as we are not in this state of perfection we have to live by the rational elaboration of moral principles, and by specific moral and legal rules: «Thou shalt not kill.»

All of which is really to say that evil magic is domination of the natural world through science and technology loosed from any sense of moral principle — the culture of death.

In each case, the narrative communitarian would claim, the idea of moral principles that are recognized among all mankind is rooted in a story that is not recognized among all mankind.

For those who look to eternal verities for directly applicable political solutions, he observes: «The deposit of wisdom in the Bible and in the classic books does not contain a systematic and comprehensive statement of moral principles from which it is possible to deduce with clarity and certainty specific answers to concrete questions.»

We all agree in the obligation of the moral principles of Jesus and nowhere will they be found delivered in greater purity than in His discourses.

And because there was a perceived consensus of moral principle, Bogie was able to just do it.

And (here I repeat myself) on what ground of moral principle?

The second half of this moral principle is openness to the real aspect of transcendence.

He made the case that if we base our objections to this on our own conscience rights, we may absolutize the privatization of moral principles, such that the public square is no longer responsible to any standard of right and wrong.

Don't be fooled by the idea that editors turn down juicy scoops on narrow points of moral principle.

These children appealed to a significantly greater number of moral principles and practical considerations when drawing conclusions about the action Jack should take, the researchers found.

Most religions locate the source of these moral principles in god.

But when the case was made on the grounds of moral principle, the respondents reported quite different views:

The life of Badman was written in an age when abandonment of moral principles, vice, gl...

Thus, for example, the judge must decide cases on the basis of those moral principles that «figure -LSB--RSB- in the soundest theory of law that can be provided as a justification for the explicit substantive and institutional rules of the jurisdiction in question» (Dworkin 1977, 66).

Understanding this helps raise and rephrase the question of the use and limits of authority in the moral sphere, and the meaning of subsidiarity and freedom in the application of moral principles and the formation of conscience.

(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture.

But it does have an enormous stake both in terms of its own self - interest and as a matter of moral principle both in the holy places and, as Kreutz rightly emphasizes, in the Christian communities of the Holy Land as living witness to the events of salvation history that took place there.

Waugh understood that this search was all about the actual, raw fact of the Crucifixion really happening: the Christian faith is not a set of moral principles, or a myth and some lovely traditions, but the truth, rooted in history.

I'm a student at a Christian college, and it saddens me to think that you would distrust my collaborative ability based on the fact that I attend a school that has a specific set of moral principles.

At other times it recommends a way of life, declares an intention to act in a particular way and endorses a set of moral principles.

Sometimes it does, as Braithwaite says, recommend a way of life or endorse a set of moral principles.