Sentences with phrase «public moral expectations»

With equal persuasiveness, she makes the case that public moral expectations need not be as low as they are in contemporary America.

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At the same time, however, public schools depend on a widespread civic trust: families send their children to common schools with the expectation that no one gets to impose his or her own sectarian religious or moral values at school.

However, were it not for Atticus's personal morals guiding him, he likely would not have fulfilled the professional duties given much importance in the Rules: his duty to act honourably and with integrity even when people criticized him; his duty to be honest and candid both with Tom and the public, rallying for the public and the jury to believe in Tom's innocence while ensuring that Tom's expectations of winning were not fueled; his duty of loyalty to his client by representing him zealously both inside and outside the courtroom.