Sentences with phrase «uphold moral»

Originally established to uphold moral authority and political - religious power, this venue offers a new context for Maclean's work, to question notions of truth, conscience and power in the 21st century.

In addition, investors have made efforts to uphold their moral values by for example, rejecting companies involved in the tobacco, illegal weapon industry or investing in undemocratic regimes.

I must uphold my moral decency; this should be my northern star.

Mr. Baako, responding to Lawyer Effah Dartey's threats, advised judges in the country to uphold their moral character in the court of law.

God can't even uphold the moral standards of the average criminal, let alone the average human being.

At the same time interfaith organizations, often initially viewed with suspicion by religious leaders, have encouraged people of different religions to meet and get to know each other, in the hope that they can work together for peace and to uphold moral values.

It was one of the chief functions of the good woman not only to uphold a moral ideal for her husband but to effectively starve her son emotionally so that he would be diverted from any temptations toward sensuality into the proper course of decency and efficiency.

If this is correct, then humans are hardwired to cooperate and uphold moral norms.

You fail to uphold your morals: When you get too caught up in what your boss thinks of you, how much money you think your spouse needs to be happy, or how bad you will look if you fail, you are at high risk of violating your own morals.

They investigated the fitness of the clergy, gave advice on disputes between churches, determined where new ministers should be located, and upheld the moral law of the community.

Upholding morals can be great but you can't forget the real world when you do so.

To work in a patient - centered facility which upholds moral and ethical practices and puts employee retention at the forefront of their employee infrastructure.

Healthcare is a human right and our faiths have long upheld the moral good in ensuring women's access reproductive health care — including birth control and safe and legal abortion.

Not exact matches

The Catholic Church is likely suffers the most prejudice and hatred... a good sign that that the moral teaching of the gospels that the Church continues to uphold is the truth against which the world has always been opposed to... and that is why Jesus the Redeemer was crucified.

«Together with my brother bishops, we believe it is possible to simultaneously provide for the security of our country and have a humane refugee policy that upholds our national heritage and moral responsibility.»

If the church focused on teaching people to be moral by upholding bible principles instead of their own traditions, they wouldn't have to be concerned.

So, I sincerely and respectfully ask of individuals who back anti-choice campaigns by citing personal moral or religious reasons this question, which I ask out honest curiosity: how can you recognize the consequences, historically, of legally banning a certain choice a person makes, and maintain that your moral code has not been violated, or even argue that your moral or religious code has been upheld, or elevated?

Posner even indicates some sympathy for those who want to prohibit those other abortions: «I do not mean to criticize anyone who believes, whether because of religious conviction, nonsectarian moral conviction, or simply a prudential belief that upholding the sacredness of human life whatever the circumstances is necessary to prevent us from sliding into barbarism, that abortion is always wrong and perhaps particularly so in late pregnancy, since all methods of late - term abortion are gruesome....

A striking example of the negative result of the absence of an open debate on the moral meaning of homosexuality is the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the rights of states to outlaw sodomy.

American conservatism, of course, has never been perfectly Christian» and sometimes, far from it» but its imperfect efforts to uphold the country's moral and religious heritage is still welcome.

To me being spiritual is not about a desire to not be upheld to any kind of moral standard but my own.

How, in God's name, is such a weak, ignorant, foolish individual entrusted with the rites of priesthood when this crime has happened so much for so long — how is it possible that the Pope, or any Bishop, or any Priest could say such a stupid thing as the child seduces the adult who is entrusted with upholding the highest morals of all?

Give their children clear moral direction, exercise control over sexual content in the media in the home, be honest and truthful about the consequences of extra-marital sexual activity, uphold marriage and emphasise the benefits of saving sexual activity for marriage.

The same holds true for making contributions to the local church, for participating in nonworship activities at church, for upholding the traditional role of women, for being dissatisfied with today's moral climate, and for expressing traditional and more restrictive sexual values.

«In such a world,» he continued, «those who uphold public morals and serve the public weal do so only for Satan's ends.

When I became a lawyer I swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States, which now, as interpreted by the Court, contains newly discovered rights that, if accepted, would destroy my moral and religious beliefs and therefore my conscience.

Second, the normal moral reason for upholding capital punishment is reverence for life itself.

Of course being Christian would put a person in a different state of mind with different morals and ethics to uphold.

When President of the National Council of Catholic Bishops / United States Catholic Conference twenty - five years ago, the late John Cardinal Krol wrote the CHD's guidelines with regard to upholding the Church's moral teaching when it grants funds.

The same difference in response holds true for making contributions to the local church, for participating in nonworship activities at a church, and for social attitudes such as upholding the traditional role of women, being dissatisfied with today «s moral climate and holding traditional and more restrictive sexual values.

Economics should serve the good of all people, and should be based on and reflect the moral values upheld by the great religions.

We have subordinated the larger vision of universal beauty to the monotony of our own moral assessments of cosmic order and have invented for ourselves a God whose essential function is that of upholding our ethical orders by way of an omnipotence modeled on physical strength.

Once a justice has made the moral decision that he can in good conscience swear to uphold the Constitution, his moral judgments on matters before the Court are not in play.

He wouldn't mind if someone hit the bong at one of his parties, and he believes marijuana has medicinal purposes (just ask Woody Harrelson), so he's upholding the Golden Rule and being moral by doing it, right?

In violating the rule of law by shooting a doctor who provides abortions, you are violating the moral law that you are claiming to uphold.

But others, more astutely, would call it lining his own pockets at the expense of the morals and club values that he always claims so righteously to uphold.

This comes along with related laws aiming at upholding the coalition's values, including «public morals» and the defence of children and the family.

Both have upheld the highest legal and moral standards a bloo bloo bloo What else does David Miliband have in common with the box of hair?

A U.S. appeals court today upheld the legality of federally funded research on human embryonic stem cells (hESCs)-- the latest in a string of wins for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in a 3 - year legal battle with groups that for moral reasons want to block the use of these cells.

Kathy has a moral right to her family home, needlessly taken away through governmental negligence, while the Berhani family has the legal right, and caught in the tug - of - war is the would - be boyfriend, Lester, who sides with the moral rights as a man, but neglects his authority and responsibility to uphold the legal rights.

By 1960, the Production Code, which regulated the content of films to uphold certain moral and patriotic standards in lieu of governmental censorship or a formal rating system, was beginning to crumble.

As a certified school administrator in Connecticut you have the legal and moral obligation to uphold this code.

Young said she remembered when Cortines reversed Deasy's initial stance against the triggers, and said, «LAUSD has a moral obligation to uphold this.»

Instead, they uphold a style of parenting that prides the moral value of work, believing that their children should not be given «a silver spoon» (Lacy, 2007).

Whether in short story or long novel form, Pelican books will always uphold the wholesome morals and values outlined for us by Christ Himself.

But I soon came to think of the associations of the motif as more complex than the question itself — it's almost as if children are the reason we bother to uphold our own morals and decency.

In the result, the trial judge awarded Ms. Doyle ten months» wages in lieu of notice; $ 25,000 in damages for sexual harassment; and $ 60,000 in moral damages, which the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld.

Whatever these values may be, it is important for companies to uphold their policies across the board and stay true to these morals.

This suggested his conduct issues continued well after the hijacking incident occurred, and the applicant did not have «the moral fibre to do what is right no matter the consequences and the courage to see that the law is upheld.»

Thus, defence counsels are superheroes because in suppressing their moral judgments, they seek to be the best advocates and uphold the cardinal rule of the profession, which is that everyone deserves representation.