Sentences with phrase «when as a matter of conscience»

There comes a time in a person's life when as a matter of conscience and fair play, he / she has to take a stand.

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When Karl Marx spoke scornfully of religion as the opiate of the people, no doubt he had in mind the practices of prayer, almsgiving, and fasting; these, he said, diverted attention from matters of social justice and gave people a good conscience when their conscience ought to be troubWhen Karl Marx spoke scornfully of religion as the opiate of the people, no doubt he had in mind the practices of prayer, almsgiving, and fasting; these, he said, diverted attention from matters of social justice and gave people a good conscience when their conscience ought to be troubwhen their conscience ought to be troubled.

When you see something like this you will see that we obviously can not legislate this sort of morality, because while we might need to (as a practical matter) try to limit the amount of evil people do, we can not in good conscience try to force them into being heroes.

He left his party when abortion was made a party policy rather than a matter of conscience and sits in the Lords as an Independent Crossbencher.

In light of this brief summary, and paraphrasing Justice Fish's point from Krieger, one could perhaps say that jurors have the responsibility as a matter of right to assess evidence and apply the law as set out by the trial judge, but also enjoy the power to refuse to apply the law «when their consciences permit of no other course».