Sentences with phrase «take the moral high ground about»

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Adam Neumann, one of the founders of WeWork, tried to persuade protesters that his company had taken the moral high ground in a labor dispute that left about 100 jobless.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

I was slightly taken aback about this initially, but her point — that focusing on the moral high ground as leaders in the teaching profession will only yield limited outcomes (as most of us are already there)-- seems fair.

People who take the moral high ground because they care about the planet and the grandchildren and you don't.

If you think you are taking the moral high ground by being evasive about your salary instead of lying, be warned that the only thing this accomplishes is creating a perception that you have something to hide and that you are likely worth a meager salary.