Sentences with phrase «such moral evils»

The standard explanation of such moral evils is that they are the unfortunate consequence of human freedom.

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No moral government would propose such a policy, because intentionally massacring non-combatants would make the cause evil.

Like (Episcopalian) Joseph Fletcher, who taught Situation Ethics in the 1960s, the exhortation suggests that there are exceptions to every moral rule and that there is no such thing as an intrinsically evil act.

Why is it when a woman takes life through abortion it is a moral right, but when God takes life (such as in the Old Testament) he evil and morally abhorent?

It is one thing to grant that a moral world must contain natural regularities and that some nonmoral evil is an unavoidable by - product of such regularities, but quite another thing to grant that we must have the exact types and amount of natural evil which we in fact experience in the actual world.

The classical response to nonmoral evil we have been discussing begins by affirming «C» omnipotence in relation to humans and then argues that there do exist good reasons to believe that such a moral world would include instances of genuine nonmoral evil and plausible reasons for assuming that such a world would have the types and amount of genuine nonmoral evil we presently experience.

The Church speaks with Christ's own authority on faith and morals and evils such as abortion, casual sex, the culture (or «anti-culture») of recreational drugs, binge - drinking, and pornography.

What is chosen therefore is one of those types of act which «in the Church's moral tradition have been termed «intrinsically evil» (intrinsice malum): they are such always and per se, in other words on account of their very object, and quite apart from the ulterior intentions of the one acting and the circumstances.»

(Leviticus 19:2; cf. 20:26; 21:18) Along with moral commands against such evils as child sacrifice, adultery, and sexual perversion are detailed injunctions concerning ceremonial observances, reminiscent of the old taboos.

But (conjecture on my part) any moral standard acceptable to almost anyone would call such acts evil.

Nothing is good for Kant except a «good will,» nor does he ever seriously envisage the possibility of turning to the good with the «evil impulse» in such a way as to unify impulse and will (Immanuel Kant, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, trans.

In particular, false propositions would amine our sensitivity to novelty, difference such that a moral life would entail living, as Nietzsche remarked, «beyond good and evil.»

Theists quite properly see the hand of God at work in major evolutionary changes such as the origin of life, but also in such everyday occurrences as the development of a fertilized egg into a cocker pup, and too in the social turmoil — including very real moral and physical evil — that accompanies economic, technological, and intellectual change.

it is one thing to grant that a moral world must contain natural regularities and that some nonmoral evil is an unavoidable by - product of such regularities, but quite another thing to grant that we must have the exact types and amount of natural evil which we in fact experience in the actual world.

But if we interpret such texts in their appropriate context and with due regard for their cultural setting, and if we regard the argument from natural law as lacking content (even if Aquinas» generalized summary of that law as «doing good, not evil» is formally true), we must acknowledge the goodness of homosexuality when and as it is practiced with due regard for the genuine moral norms, to which I shall refer at the end of this chapter.

His ultimate moral philosophy lay in such propositions as that «from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed,» (Mark 7:21.)

Above all, he simply couldn't comprehend what it was about the moral argument that had possessed her to become a Christian, especially in a world in which her God allowed such evil and suffering to exist.

If such be the case, then Hegel is right when in his chapter on «The Good and the Conscience,» he characterizes man merely as the particular and regards this character as «a moral form of the evil» which is to be annulled in the teleology of the moral, so that the individual who remains in this stage is either sinning or subjected to temptation (Anfechtung).

The absurdity of suggesting that Iain Duncan Smith's Christian motivations were any kind of secret and of criticising the use of moral categories to justify his policy approaches - only lefties are allowed to have morals, after all; to be Right Wing is, by definition, to be evil, seeking to impose final solutions on the poor, force them to eat rotting horse - flesh, and cleansing them from beyond the sight of nice middle class folk; any right - winger employing a moral term such as «wrong» or «sin» must have some sinister ulterior motivation - has been covered already by the Editor and by Cranmer.

The statement reads, «Dr. Fayemi subscribes to the highest moral and ethical standard of the Yoruba and as such would not speak evil or seek to demean Asiwaju Tinubu or any of our respected leaders under no circumstance whatsoever.

There's the expected stupefying variety of character attributes: seven races including dwarves, half - elves and gnomes, thirteen classes including a few (apparent) novelties in the Barbarian and Psion, six base abilities like charisma or wisdom, a moral alignment restricted by class (Chaotic Evil Clerics need not apply) which has a bearing on the game narrative, skills such as weapon proficiencies and lock - picking, and finally - deep breath - feats, special or enhanced capabilities unique to every character.

These narratives explore good and evil, authority, race, moral relativism, and religion, all while creating a truly unique body of visual art referencing artists such as Philip Guston and Henry Darger, as well as making unapologetic nods to comic books, illustrations, animations, horror films, and toys.

Strict Father morality assigns highest priorities to such things as moral strength (the self - control and self - discipline to stand up to external and internal evils), respect for and obedience to authority, the setting and following of strict guidelines and behavioral norms, and so on.