Sentence examples similar to absence of scruples from inspiring English sources
Hitler professed an admiration for the imperial might of the British Empire in Zweites Buch as proof of the racial superiority of the Aryan race, hoping that Germany would emulate British "ruthlessness" and "absence of moral scruples" in establishing its own colonial empire in Eastern Europe.
Among those who seek and obtain high office are people characterised by a complete absence of empathy or scruples, who will take money or instructions from any corporation or billionaire who offers them, and then defend those interests against the current and future prospects of humanity.
She had neither scruples nor — in the absence of an intellect, an education, or social connections — much of a choice about using her looks as a calling card.
There is also the option of a paid Véra, for writers of means — or of scruples.
But the corollary has been a lack of scruples about sending individuals to the continent.
There is also the option of a paid Véra, for writers of means or of scruples.
Indeed, the absence of what he calls in this book 'literary scruple' - literature as a cure for egotism, not its promotion - he regards as a kind of complicity with the political ethos of the times.
In the absence of strong, clearly defined dramatic action James's leisurely plots can feel frustratingly irresolute, and the characters' many scruples and hesitancies, so evocative on the page, can become downright puzzling on the screen.
Absence of material things.
An absence of ill-feeling?
