Sentences with phrase «universal human values»

The authors reviewed literature from major cultures around the whole world to select character strengths that reflect universal human values.

... viewing morality not simply as individual perfection but as part of a social context... tile concept of universal human values which are valid through history and across national, cultural lines respecting different political and cultural possibilities, but at the same time acknowledge some common goals.

Communal, long term interests and universal human values tend to converge.

Short term interests and desires usually conflict with universal human values, while long term interests / desires tend to converge.

Tony D'Costa of Pax Christi Ireland warned that the weapons cross an unacceptable threshold that is most dangerous to our shared morality: «Autonomous weapons have nothing good to offer us as they threaten global peace and international security» and «undermine the whole landscape of those basic universal human values which protect innocent civilians from harm in times of war or other conflict.»

Without espousing the Arnoldian conflation of the religious and the aesthetic, we might nonetheless appreciate the intuition prompting it, namely that, there are important connections between religion and art: both are oriented toward meaning, and both deal in universal human values - both are fundamental to being human.

In our corporate consumerist American culture which celebrates hedonistic materialism and where aggression and a lack of ethics often results in short term economic gain [at the expense of long - term sustainability], taking a public stand for universal human values is likely to result in the end of career advancement or even job loss.

Individualistic, short term interests and universal human values tend to conflict.

Even though China's «one child per family» policy is implemented in ways that are incompatible with my personal values and, I believe, with universal human values, I do believe this policy can be implemented in humane and voluntary ways that provide a remarkably robust response to the human - induced global challenges which loom ominously before humanity.

They undermine the whole landscape of those basic universal human values which protect innocent civilians from harm in times of war or other conflict.»

Even though the authors of Character Strengths and Virtues reviewed literature from major cultures around the whole world to select character strengths that reflect universal human values, the paragon stories in the book are predominantly Western.

As we mark this auspicious month, may we all (Muslims as well as Christians), rededicate ourselves to the universal human values of love, humility, empathy for others and thankfulness for the blessings of God.

The Vice President is encouraging Muslims to rededicate themselves to the universal human values of love, humility and empathy as they begin Ramadan on Saturday.

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.

The programs by which leaders of the world's most populous country have gone about instituting a «one child per family» regimen in China are incompatible with my personal values and also not in keeping with what I believe to be universal human values.

Atomic humanists have 90 days to work with pro-nuclear allies in South Korea and demonstrate our concern and commitment to universal human values, including hope — the thing that is left at the bottom of Pandora's box after she unleashes the evils of the world upon the human race.