Sentences with phrase «one's moral purpose»

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

Their support for civic education lies with the conviction that schooling would lack any compelling moral purpose without it.

I fully recognise that there also need to be tough messages for some school leaders about moral purpose because some of our colleagues are letting the rest down badly.

Almost all efforts to provide capitalism itself with a positive moral purpose run into the same difficulty.

In fact, it gave the whole business of luxury brands an almost moral purpose.

Has your school or system identified a common moral purpose?

«Good form» and «moral purpose through design» were expressions they used to describe their philosophy.

They do not in themselves give capitalism a positive moral purpose.

Most importantly, we view the whole of reality as pervaded by moral purpose and meaning.

Nominees must have been the prime mover of a service activity, and demonstrated positive spirit and high moral purpose in accomplishing their goals.

It re-orientates the disoriented, gives moral purpose in a world beset far less by climate problems than moral relativism, and gives political significance to causes that have long lacked rebels.

In a war that has no clear moral purpose, where it is difficult to distinguish friend from foe or soldier from civilian and where it is forbidden by one's superiors either to win or to lose — such a war impels even fairly decent people to commit atrocities.

By creating a school environment that integrates academic, artistic and practical disciplines, the Austin Waldorf School cultivates a love of learning, creative thinking, a sympathetic interest in the world, self - confidence, and an abiding moral purpose.

It said in part, «We happily discovered far more concordance than any of us had expected, quickly moving beyond dialogue to a sense of shared moral purpose.»

In «Tug of War» (Research, Fall 2003), James B. Murphy argues that «the attempt to inculcate civic values in our schools is at best ineffective and often undermines the intrinsic moral purpose of schooling.»

If by God is meant a Being, supremely conscious, all - knowing, all - powerful, completely self - sufficient, who determines all things by divine moral purpose, the answer is again No.

Economic activity has an inherently moral purpose: to provide the material undergirding for our common life by allocating scarce capital in ways that will promote economic growth.

Equality before the law reinforces the natural power of capitalism, so that in this case moral purpose and wealth creation go hand in hand.

One knew beyond doubting that life was significant, that hideous circumstance — a broken leg miles from help — could be transcended through faith in Jesus and fierce moral purpose.

Without a sense of the need for relationships and basic moral purpose, these kids will be unable to be good parents, thus paving the way for the next generation of Covenant House kids.

In many passages it is obvious that the idea of God inherent in Jesus» thought has not yet found its logical conclusion; that what Jesus himself, thinking in terms of some of his own parables and of his own life - principles, could not have considered ethically satisfying endless, hopeless torture, without constructive moral purpose and therefore without moral meaning — God is accused of inflicting, as judge of the world and arbiter of destiny.

However, the rationale for such departments had now largely shifted from being an element of the humanities — with an essentially moral purpose — to being a component of the social sciences.

Third, of all the features of the new regime, the one that must be tackled first is the Court's motivational analysis, which first emerged in connection with religion, but which now spreads to other matters of legislation informed by substantive moral purposes.

The event rocked the church's sense of moral purpose more than those of the City of London and triggered a spate of resignations at the top of the organisation.

Alternatively he can say that he has had to change his position and is doing so for the great moral purpose of helping the low paid into work and to ensure better targeting of scarce resources on the very neediest, including poor pensioners.

Michael Fullan believes they are up to it, «What energises educators is realised moral purpose.»

If academic education intrinsically lacked a compelling moral purpose, I would agree that our students need a compensatory moral education - and an education in civic virtues might well be the most feasible in a pluralistic democracy.

Once we see that the conscientious pursuit of knowledge is the inherent moral purpose of schooling, we will not be surprised by the absence of any agreement about which civic virtues ought to be taught in schools.

Character education is part of a deeply engrained moral purpose that runs through the academy and is aimed at making a significant impact on the life chances of students.

Looking at the two top countries - Finland and South Korea - the report says that there are many big differences, but the common factor is a shared social belief in the importance of education and its «underlying moral purpose».

At the heart of Peter's practice as a principal is acting on a shared moral purpose derived from a strong evidence base, and consistent challenges around the conditions for learning, curriculum and teaching, parent and community support, leadership and professional learning.

«Avis Glaze is one of those outstanding leaders who cares deeply about equity and social justice, sees the big picture and is a master at blending moral purpose, political realities and change savvy.

Transformational leadership (d = 0.12) refers to those principals who engage with their teaching staff in ways inspire them to new levels of energy, commitment, and moral purpose such that they work collaboratively to overcome challenges and reach ambitious goals.

Having a strong moral purpose builds respect.

Bernstein's painting is a contemporary fertility image questioning its own moral purpose with challenging intensity.

The possibility of ecological catastrophe injects moral purpose back into public life, in spite of a collapse in trust.

In the end, what's needed is atomic humanism — a reaffirmation of nuclear energy's transcendent moral purpose — and a grassroots, civil society effort to rescue humankind's most important environmental technology from the anti-humanists.

I just got several hundred dollars worth last night for nothing but moral purposes lol The thing that people don't seem to get about bitcoins is that on a short - term span i.e. an exchange for purchase, there is very little risk and as for the long - term outlook, I've made a ton of money off of them, buying substantal quantity at $ 2 a btcoin.

Support for the values associated with «the Christian home» gave moral purpose to the church and a clear role to pastors as long as no one questioned the reality of the family ideal.

Nations and revolutionary movements that start out with the highest moral purposes, and are guided by the aspiration to build a society based on justice and equality, have only a short time before their age of innocence ends.

Robin Daniels» approach to the spiritual and psychological needs of people today challenges many currently fashionable ideas and includes an emphasis on the «sacrament of the present moment» and seeking to appreciate a sense of meaning and moral purpose in life.