Sentence examples for benevolence on from inspiring English sources

Berlusconi has claimed the payments are simply an act of benevolence on his part.

The rising levels of prosperity did not, however, result from a special benevolence on the part of the conquerors, intent as they were (and often cruelly intent) on the pleasures and profits of physical mastery over the conquered.

He had a really bad Clinton-Lewinsky 'that woman' moment when a train in which he was travelling with Nelly and her mother crashed: the author of A Christmas Carol clambered out unharmed, to bestow his benevolence on the unknown injured, while waving aside any connection with his own wounded mistress.

On a pitch that appeared to be getting slower by the session they looked to have done well to dismiss West Indies by tea on the third day for 295, despite an excellent, controlled unbeaten maiden Test century from Jermaine Blackwood, who finished with 112 from 220 balls, having benefited twice from England benevolence on the way.

Interpreters who advocate hierarchies which place self-love or benevolence on par with (or even above) conscience normally either argue that they are still consistent with the supremacy of conscience or see this as showing a serious problem in Butler's arguments.

Such an intention duplicates the universality of content that he thinks full-fledged moral 'oughts' must have, but it still lacks the universality in form a moral 'ought' needs, because it depends on the possession of a particular desire (impartial benevolence) on the part of the agents.

"Developing strategies focused on benevolence or on the benevolent nature of God may foster helping, generally--and volunteering, specifically, thereby serving... the community as well as promoting the psychological well-being of volunteers".

There are too few transgender Americans for the group to become an influential voting bloc on its own; that's why we have to depend on the benevolence of others to advocate on our behalf.

We assess the benevolence of empire on a case-by-case basis, influenced by normative commitments and superficial detail.

As a result it lives on the margins, largely thriving on the benevolence of existing venues like digital stores.

In 1797, he printed in his Gazette a pathetic appeal, trading on his past glories to beg for money, throwing himself "on the benevolence of that Public, to which, as an editor of a paper, I have for upwards of forty-one years been a faithful servant".