Sentence examples for act in that way from inspiring English sources

Further, it does not follow that if some state of affairs would be good, and I am able to bring it about by acting in some way, then I ought to act in that way.

"I don't think the cardinals expected him to act in that way".

"I think this is what brings shame to Africa, because to act in that way is indecent.

Although the two were kindly people, it was not a compassionate soul that prompted them to act in that way: what concerned them, without sentimentalism or rhetoric, was to protect their daily bread, as is natural for people who, to maintain their life, have not learned to think more than is needful".

It is really a sense that one is obliged, or ought, to act in that way.

It is not so much the action that is obligatory as the agent that has the obligation to do it, or to act in that way.

If my kids acted in that way, they'd be…".

It does not explain why he ultimately acted in that way.

When asked by a little girl why he made such noises and acted in that way, Johnson responded: "From bad habit".

We may be evolved with inner toggles that make us act in ways that are adaptive to different settings.

Research suggests that individuals may act in ways that might undermine their objective self-interests in order to reduce their association with a stigmatized condition [ 18].