He argues, for example, that it is always wrong to intend the destruction of an instance of a basic good (Finnis 1980, pp. 118-123).
In that spirit, one could assert that it is always wrong to make the sorts of tradeoffs made in plea-bargaining, or indeed in deciding to devote resources to anything other than punishing the guilty if those resources might help ensure that the guilty are punished.
"When they say the system's unfair, they're not always wrong".Window of opportunityIn constantly juggling the conflicting goals of domestic protection and the opening of new markets, America and Europe have made a habit of offering small carrots and occasionally big sticks to prospective trading partners.
"Damned is an attempt to portray the tragic-comic lives of social workers – always under pressure, always in possession of a grim sense of humour and always wrong in the eyes of the public".
Although the Catholic church teaches that abortion is always wrong, just 14% of Catholics supported a ban, while 33%would like to see the 24-week limit lowered.
Instead of announcing general principles — no one should be accused of something that wasn't a crime when he did it; cruel punishments are always wrong; the goal of justice is, above all, that justice be done — it talks procedurally.
Grotius was upset when the powerful French Cardinal Richelieu told him, "the weakest are always wrong in matters of state".
"Without any kind of strategy, emotions will come into play and emotions are almost always wrong," said Greg Forsythe, director of the equity model development team at Charles Schwab.
If such a person never tells lies, because she or he just sees that to tell lies would be to respond defectively to the good, then that lying is always wrong is a rule of the natural law.
In particular, those with more conservative values (in this case, those who believe premarital sex is always or almost always wrong) became slightly less supportive of spending to fight AIDS.
