Sentences with phrase «with moral purpose»

Organisations such as the EU and UN, being far removed from ordinary life, recruit organisations from civil society — those which care about animals, trees, starving babies and climate change — to arm their projects with moral purpose and legitimacy.

This process involves seven steps: starting with moral purpose, unleashing curiosity, building on bright spots, peer coaching toward precision, leading from the inside out, and moving the goal posts.

Even then there will still be schools at the bottom, so the gaming will have done nothing but convert our education system from one with moral purpose to one where cheating is the rule.

Yale, once a great institution with some moral purpose, is now an institution without moral purpose.

Another way to combine capitalism with moral purpose is for society to endorse the related but broader concept of equality of opportunity.

Tony Judt put it best in his book Post War: «If Europe's past is to continue to furnish Europe's present with admonitory meaning, and with moral purpose» then it will have to be taught afresh with each passing generation.»

Not exact matches

They provide all of us with a sense of purpose and hope; moral validation that we are needed and part of something bigger than ourselves; comfort that we are not alone and a community is looking out for us; mentorship, guidance and personal development; a safety net; values, cultural norms and accountability; social gatherings, rituals and a way to meet new people; and a way to pass time.

For Catholic schools to be a worthwhile enterprise for the Church, they must survive and flourish as institutions where pupils grow in a «personal relationship with Jesus» which includes following the teaching of Jesus, through His Church, that we should attend Mass every Sunday, go to confession regularly, say our prayers and be loyal to the magisterium - especially in its moral teaching regarding the sanctity of human life, and the meaning and purpose of sex and marriage, in accord with Humanae Vitae and Evangelium Vitae.

The first point to acknowledge in considering this view is that the Church has always taught that it is incompatible with an authentic sense of moral responsibility deliberately to choose what is known to be morally wrong, however good and desirable one's further purpose might be.

While I have tried to describe rather carefully the pastoral role of a clergyman working in a mental health center as contrasted to that of a parish pastor, I think it is important that some aspects of his pastoral role be maintained diligently — his openness to all levels of pastoral conversation, his availability at all times, his understanding of and empathy with the deep yearnings of people for a sense of purpose and meaning in life, forgiveness, moral clarity, the sense of the holy, and the importance of confidentiality and continuity in relationships.

To capture a robust sense of moral purpose, contemporary notions about self - fulfillment must be discarded along with romantic notions about inherent goodness.

(Nov. 9), «What to do with nuclear waste is a problem that requires a moral examination precisely because it is so filled with uncertainty that we dare not resolve it without some sense of a higher purpose at stake.»

I will call this the practice of moral discourse, appropriating the term «discourse» from Habermas and designating with it the specific social practice that suspends other purposes in order to assess the validity of contested claims (see Habermas, Theory 17 - 18,25,42; Moral 158 - 60).

Seneca and Pliny wrote with the purposes of moral exhortation and instruction in view.

Rather, it focuses on two other things: the state of mind of the one who authorizes the war and those who fight under that authorization, and the fundamental moral purpose for all uses of force — to achieve the peace that comes only with a justly ordered community.

I see the Old Testament in its totality laying a permanent foundation for faith by its disclosure of God's moral character, sovereign rule, redemptive purpose, and covenant faithfulness and by its exhibiting of the positive dispositions of faith, praise, and obedience contrasted with the negative dispositions of mistrust and rebellion.

The purpose is to examine the value judgments and moral reasonings that inform current debates and practices, and to reflect on their similarities and dissimilarities with the Holocaust.

Global catastrophe provides colleges and universities with a unity of purpose, a moral goal that subsumes all parts.

We are creatures of the spirit as well as of the flesh, and we can not be at ease with ourselves unless we feel we are fulfilling, however vaguely or imperfectly, a moral purpose.

Almost all efforts to provide capitalism itself with a positive moral purpose run into the same difficulty.

In A Preface to Morals, an attempt at humanistic theology, Lippman charged Whitehead with having a conception of God «which is incomprehensible to all who are not highly trained logicians,» a conception which «may satisfy a metaphysical need in the thinker,» but «does not satisfy the passions of the believer,» and for the purposes of religion «is no God at all.

As the Benedictus Trust website explains: «In his book The Idea of a University Bl John Henry Cardinal Newman asserts that the primary purpose of a university should be to teach theoretical knowledge, following the distinction made by Aristotle in the first book of the Nicomachean Ethics between moral and intellectual virtues; the moral life concerned with practical knowledge and the intellectual life primarily concerned with theoretical knowledge — that is, «knowledge for the sake of itself».

««Values» brought with it the assumptions that all moral ideas are subjective and relative, that they are mere customs and conventions, that they have a purely instrumental, utilitarian purpose, and that they are peculiar to specific individuals and societies.»

We look upon the Southern cause with moral horror, for its purpose was to preserve slavery.

To live a life of purpose with a rock solid anchor for moral truths can only be found in a relationship with Jesus Christ.

interest that joins inextricably with the gold of moral purpose in every foreign policy.

I have no — zero — issue with anyone who wants to believe in anything to find purpose in their life... until that person intends to (or follows through) on non-data-supportive belief systems in order to pursue a moral code that NOW impacts MY life.

Duranty's morals are neatly summed up in one of his 1935 dispatches: «It may be objected that the vivisection of living animals is a sad and dreadful thing, and it is true that the lot of [those] who have opposed the Soviet experiment is not a happy one,» but «in both cases, the suffering inflicted is done with a noble purpose.»

But they can live with their Catholic neighbors in the hope that greater mutual understanding and the sharing of moral and political purposes may become possible.

The 1985 Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Instruction on Respect for Human Life states, «By virtue of its substantial union with a spiritual soul, the human body can not be... evaluated in the same way as the body of animals... The natural moral law expresses and lays down the purposes, rights and duties which are based upon the bodily and spiritual nature of the human person.»

We become comfortable with moral shortcuts and gradually conclude that small acts of dishonesty and minor indiscretions don't matter when the purposes are sufficiently large.

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

He proposed a left - right split, and offered a watery vision of what latter - day «modernisers» should be all about: a «renewed sense of moral purpose», reducible to the hoary New Labour emphasis on social mobility, and a politics that would «be seen to be grappling seriously with the big questions of the day: migration, globalisation, terrorism, the environment, welfare, housing, our place in the world».

The sense that conservatism has a moral purpose, that the Conservative Party is its political expression, and that it is for everyone who agrees with that purpose is indispensible not only if that party is to win in 2015, but if it is ever again to become Britain's natural party of government (which, at present, is Labour).

Yet this is precisely what the founders of our republic envisioned when they devised the Electoral College, a singular body with a singular purpose: to afford, as Alexander Hamilton explained to the people of New York in Federalist No. 68, «a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.»»

I approach it with a high moral purpose but also a strong pragmatic one for the economy in terms of building jobs.»

Religion deals with our relationship with our creator, with each other, the meaning and purpose of life, and moral values; science deals with the make - up of matter, expansion of galaxies, evolution of organisms.

My name is Ras - Nasty im very cool calm and collective with great morals and values that give my life meaning and purpose i love working out reading books and watching football i am spontaneous and outgoing im not a pretty boy but also i am not ugly i am content with myself not coincided but very...

Finally, as with all written documentation, it must be reviewed regularly to ensure that it is still practical and fit for purpose, taking into account: the ethos of the school, its values and the boundaries of acceptable behaviour; the school's moral code; positive and constructive rules of conduct, and the rewards and punishments, which must be fairly and consistently applied.

«OAT has always been focused on supporting children and young people from all backgrounds to achieve their very best but, with its academies so often in disadvantaged areas, it has a moral purpose that chimes with my own.

For a time, «transformational leadership» — which goes back to James McGregor Burns» work on how some leaders «engage with staff in ways that inspired them to new levels of energy, commitment and moral purpose» [9]-- became prominent and instructional leadership was relegated, and to some degree discounted as outdated, as noted in the previous chapter.

Principals behave with integrity underpinned by moral purpose.

Their support for civic education lies with the conviction that schooling would lack any compelling moral purpose without it.

Fullan is a worldwide authority on educational reform with a mandate of helping to achieve the moral purpose of all children learning.

With all of the above stated perspectives from the field, what I realize, first and foremost, is that we need to go back to establishing our group norms and our moral purpose before moving any further.

With an increased focus on connecting educational leadership to student learning, creating cultures of improvement, and other big picture concepts, the standards can be seen, in part, as a force for helping principals remind us as a nation that the moral purpose of educational change is to improve society and the lives of its citizens, especially those most in need.

As organizations adjust to keep pace with 21st Century learning demands, Avis» Letters serve to re ignite in each of us our moral purpose as educators and inspire us to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to an inclusive, sustainable and high quality public education system.

Transformational leadership (d = 0.12) refers to those principals who engage with their teaching staff in ways inspire them to new levels of energy, commitment, and moral purpose such that they work collaboratively to overcome challenges and reach ambitious goals.

Consider how your moral purpose aligns with your school values and vision and how it can contribute to shaping it.

Bernstein's painting is a contemporary fertility image questioning its own moral purpose with challenging intensity.