Sentences with phrase «sacrosanct values»

Because in the real world, even the most sacrosanct values are somewhat mutable.

The political philosophers Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson reject not only Tutu's invocation of religion and charged that, by seeking to transform the attitudes, emotions, and moral judgments of citizens, he improperly imports soulcraft into statecraft and transgresses the autonomy of citizens — contemporary liberalism's most sacrosanct value.

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Our values may change over the years, but here's what I've discovered to be sacrosanct — the desire to be healthy, the desire to have kinship with family and friends, the desire to be content with my lot in life and lastly to be financially secure to the end of my days.