Sentence examples for a moral test for from inspiring English sources

"Lindsey said this is a moral test for our party.

The situation has become a moral test for President Trump and his administration.

Their repugnance is a moral test, for the filmmaker and for viewers alike.

Climbing for him is an ascent of the spirit and a moral test for the chosen few.

The report called the addiction epidemic "a moral test for America". Murthy's office sent millions of letters to doctors asking for their help to combat the opioid crisis.

This is just such a night and the capacity to share his excitement becomes a moral test for Raison's character, who appears to be his new girlfriend.

"I really believe that the trial is going to be a great moral test for the nation," said David P. Baugh, one of the lawyers for Mohamed Rashed Daoud al-'Owhali, a 24-year-old Saudi citizen and one of the defendants who could face the death penalty.

"A basic moral test for our society," they write, "is how we treat the most vulnerable in our midst".

As immigrant communities themselves began to mobilize, others anticipated a looming moral test for those of us who are the children and grandchildren of immigrants.

Voting for death was turned from a prudential judgment into a moral test, in which a vote for Caesar's position was a sign of "weakness and want of spirit".

Believing that "the perception of beauty is a moral test" (Journal, 6/21/52), Thoreau frequently chastises himself or humanity in general for failing in this respect.