Sentences with phrase «traditional moral principles»

Gardner argues that is imperative for thoughtful people to reinterpret traditional moral principles in the context of the contemporary world.

Most of the time, they've been so - called «values voters» who demanded that their leaders be people of faith, committed to traditional moral principles, and the kind of politicians who stand up for the 10 Commandments.

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«35 Whitehead's position here opposes several strains of thought combined in traditional theism: the divine Caesars that lead to fashioning God in the image of an imperial ruler; the Hebrew prophets that lead to fashioning God in the image of moral energy; and Aristotle's «unmoved mover» that leads to the fashioning of God in the image of an ultimate metaphysical principle.

What the Girl Scouts decided was that if the girl in question believed in something that allowed for the same traditional Scouting function of religious education — religious and spiritual self - cultivation based on the principle of a moral order of which the Scout can be a part — she could substitute her preferred name for that instead of using the word «God.»

For those who are committed to protecting the unborn and to preserving our traditional moral heritage, it is a mistake to oppose the Religious Freedom Restoration Act» a mistake of both principle and tactics.

The best short summary of the traditional, natural law understanding of conscience was given by Thomas Aquinas when he said that the core principles of the moral law are the same for all «both as to rectitude and as to knowledge» — in other words, that they are not only right for all but known to all.

In Murray's case, the force that underscores the principle of good filmmaking is his own moral preference regarding a traditional «recognition of a larger struggle between good and evil.»

Regardless of how the question is finally settled by the Magisterium, I hope that Neuhaus will be less judgmental about those who believe that the Nancy Cruzan decision was moral and in accord with traditional Catholic moral principles.

Whether such instances are more or less frequent at any particular place or time makes no difference to the fact, which is taken so much as a matter of course, that traditional moral theology is scarcely really aware of the problem of principle which is in fact raised by it.

Fed up of being asked to sacrifice almost every moral principle they hold dear in a relentless, rightwards drive for electability, they're taking a stand in defence of traditional Labour values.

America is pretty well broken down politically after having been severely wounded by corruption of traditional morals and customs and even the basic principles of Americana — e.g., respect for individual liberty, self - determination, personal responsibility, property of others — even the lives of unborn infants.