Sentences with phrase «worthy human ends»

Not exact matches

Only when there is openness to both these interconnected ends is the sexual act appropriate, truly giving and worthy of our human dignity.

Our present concern, however, is not with this obvious and distressing manifestation of disharmony in social life but with the disharmony itself — that is, the failure on the part of men and women to discern that true community and sound relationships within it can be found only as each of us has his or her place in a wider grouping of humans, where there is vivid contrast because each is valued as being precisely this or that person while the community as a whole has goals or ends (what used to be called «ideals») that are worthy, upbuilding, and enriching.

Although the Copenhagen conference could have been criticized on many fronts, it is hard to imagine that Palin's remarkable statement represents anything other than a misplaced religious end - of - days argument of the type that asserts confidence in human dominion over the earth — and that God will ensure the planet remains fine in the face of human progress, until God decides to end it all and the worthy ascend to heaven.

Sure, we may still end up hedging our bets when money's on the table in our Oscar party pools and opt for Murphy (whose alternately rakish and morose performance, the only human thing in all of Dreamgirls, is certainly more award - worthy than Jennifer Hudson's turn).