Sentences with phrase «on human decency»

Not exact matches

Grant's final suggestion is to fall back on basic human decency and respond, «If I helped you, I'd be letting others down.»

On Tuesday the board issued a statement saying it had no previous knowledge of the sexual harassment and assault claims directed towards Weinstein and called his alleged conduct «antithetical to human decency.»

Some on this thread have crossed the line of human decency and have made very personal attacks on my friends.

For while there are bits and pieces of new information here, the essential truths about the man — his deep (and deeply Bavarian) faith, his extraordinary intelligence, his human decency — were already on display in Seewald's three previous interview - collaborations with Ratzinger.

i would urge all of those who care about the decency of human life to have there thoughts and prayers on this man.

Like this: «Truly honoring God and the highest and best of all that is, is found in simple acts of kindness and human decency, such as taking care of orphans, widows, and those on the fringes of your society.»

Darling and Juliet of the Spirits, originally rated A - «morally unobjectionable for adults, with reservations,» by the old Legion of Decency, were cited by the National Catholic Office on the Motion Picture for their «artistic vision» and «expression of authentic human values.»

The opinion was of a kind we are used to seeing by now from Justice Kennedy: long on windy rhetoric about «dignity» and ad hominem attacks on the basic human decency of the law's defenders, and short on actual coherent legal reasoning from recognizable constitutional principles.

I've traveled through different theologies, read countless books and commentaries, and have reached a point in my own personal journey where I honestly feel that way too many «serious» committed Christians put far too much emphasis on theological principles than they do basic human decency.

And, his assault on political norms (and general human decency) continues apace.

The naivety was the belief that despite the commodification, or capitalization, of nature it was still possible to rely on the decency of human instincts to promote the common good.

On a more hopeful note, the article describes ways in which Sunni and Shia neighbors are protecting each other from militia raids and assassins — moments of human decency outlined against a stark backdrop of horrific acts.

Human decency should prevail, even on this show.»

That concern for Maynard and others on the road would have been prompted by simple human decency.

Michael Gove's defence of his leader on the grounds that he possesses «basic human decency» shows just how desperate the Tory high command's position now is.

Obviously the Mags stuff is a bit of a cheat - you're going to like the guy who is running around with the old lady on his back - but Claflin plays Finnick with enough mystery that I was never certain if his love for Mags was a sign of his decency or an indication of the one human part of a villain.

As Joe leads Seligman along from her preadolescent discovery of sexual pleasure, to her unceremonious virginity loss to on - again, off - again partner Jerome (Shia LaBeouf, affecting a convincing English accent), to her inculcation into an anti-love feminist order, to the loss of her beloved father (Christian Slater, affecting a less convincing English accent), the two quarrel over the nature of human decency, the shamefulness and empowerment of sexuality, and so on.

But it was in early 2009 while watching Les Miserable's — a story about a hero on the right side of human decency but the wrong side of the law — that Khan was inspired to write about his homeland.

These are typically framed as defences to human rights complaints (e.g. blanket defences for hiring one's own personal care attendant; BFOQ defences permitting discrimination on the basis of sex because of the nature of the employment; and public decency defences for exclusion in the provision of goods and services.

Honor, at the least, means not exploiting the trust of vulnerable others for your own advantage — including strangers — who are relying on certain basic standards of human decency.

I have little doubt that many Australians were deeply disturbed by the histories of abuse and the damage done to so many lives, so counterproductive to our collective interests and to the view of our society as staunch in its foundation on the values of fairness, decency and respect for the human rights of all its members.

It has cast doubts on the integrity of many individuals, and ultimately has denied Indigenous people basic human dignity and decency.