Sentences with phrase «think about moral issues»

In recent years, however, we have begun to see a certain convergence between these two ways of thinking about moral issues.

Not exact matches

In short, unless the Court is prepared to think about this issue with greater care than was evinced by the Ninth and Second Circuits» and there is little in its opinions of late to suggest that it has the moral imagination to do so» the question will be not how far we slide down the slippery slope of legally sanctioned killing, but how fast.

The revision of American thought and practice about life questions began with abortion, and examination of the moral confusion attending that issue helps us understand more general developments in public morality.

Furthermore, unless you put yourself in the way of being encountered by the living God, rather than just thinking about God, or talking about God, or stating God's position with respect to various moral issues, your work will be in vain.

I think an employer has a moral obligation to be concerned about the welfare of one's employee's — maybe not legally required (to a degree)-- i wish it were simple that people could just quit an employer that had no concern for the people so that enterprise would go under or wise up — i think though employers are actually more upset about money instead of morals — women and doctors should be deciding such issues — i do not know y i even bother posting since i know these posts will not actually affect anything --

«The NPP presented a more people friendly policies... and at that time the NDC was so unattractive and still unattractive to up thinking and moral upright people because of the issue of corruption, they way and manner the government was run, the way and manner they didn't care about the plight of the people moved me closer to the NPP than it should have taken to the NDC,» he added.

It is sad when ethics committees turn away from the responsibility of helping ordinary people think clearly about moral issues.

Rather than identify the issue as a moral one, most, like other Americans, still think about it abstractly and in technical terms.

80, Ed.D.»88 — and its online counterpart — outlines the controversies surrounding sex education and presents a curriculum that encourages students to think, talk, and write about the «moral and relational issues underlying sex in society today.»

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.

But for me the moral issue in terms of motivation probably comes down to this: Is the designer of the new game fired up about something she / he thinks she / he can do to IMPROVE the game over the original version?

With a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline looming, it's a good time to think about how best to respond to the decision and what forms of civil disobedience will best highlight climate change as a moral issue.

In addition to the Department of Religion, he teaches in the International Honors and the Environmental Studies programs, with every course emphasizing the importance of thinking critically about contemporary moral issues.

In this manner, debate about the environment and associated issues is effectively and routinely silenced by an indiscriminate wall of contempt that associates anyone questioning any part of the warming orthodoxy as either the moral equivalent of a neo-Nazi or of someone who thinks the earth is flat.

That question is not really about green building; it's more about moral or social equity, and I don't think the green building movement should dilute its focus by debating the issue.

Since I've designated today as a day to think about ethics, it's worth quoting from a recent US judgment on a issue that had and has both legal and moral implications that comes from the boomer days — the Viet Nam war and the consequences of the use of Agent Orange — and comparing that to how the Canadian government handled the problem that produced Authorson v Canada.

Since I've designated today as a day to think about ethics, it's worth quoting from a recent US judgment on a issue that had and has both legal and moral implications that comes from the boomer days — the Viet Nam war and the consequences of the use of Agent Orange — and comparing that to how the Canadian government handled the problem that produced Authorson v Canada... [more]

Coincidentally, or maybe that's what has me thinking more than usual about law and morality, Joseph Raz, one of our pre-eminent philosophers on legal and moral issues, has started to release some of his older papers onto SSRN.