But there is no way in which we would accept that the answer to a novel ethical question, for example concerning the acceptability of the use of human embryos for stem cell research, is to be found by finding a definition of ethical values which enables us to answer this question without drawing on beliefs that are expressed with the familiar ethical 'phenotype', i.e., explicitly ethical concepts.
When you accept that the answer to "Who am I?" should be written in pencil and not pen, threats become opportunities.
The judge accepted that answer.
I accepted that answer for now.
Kaelin King gladly accepted that role and regularly answered the bell.
It is tempting at such times to think, "What is wrong with them that they would do that?" or, "What is wrong with me that I don't understand them?" The answer in both cases is always "Nothing," but to accept that answer I must trust in something I cannot immediately perceive.
The other boy didn't accept that answer.
"All night and through to morning," Ms. Turrentine wrote, "my managers up and down CNET fought for two things: to honor the original vote and — when it became clear that CBS corporate did not accept that answer — to issue a transparent statement regarding the original vote".
They denied the request, but Harrison wouldn't accept that answer, and became a "squeaky, nagging, not-behaving female" to help her friend.
Although the obvious answer seemed to be that Vietcong were not the only victims of American gunfire, artillery, and gunship strikes, officers at the top headquarters commands simply could not — or would not — accept that answer.
We should probably think twice before accepting that answer.
