Sentence examples for civilised conduct from inspiring English sources

The philosophy for our time ought to concern a consensus about civilised conduct, not extol irresponsible individualism.

Europe, he declared, was a bulwark against globalisation, a guarantor of civilised conduct in an increasingly unstable world.

He regarded benevolence as admirable, as a great virtue, and he saw the instinct for sympathy towards one's fellow man as the foundation on which civilised conduct is built (he wrote another book about this: "The Theory of Moral Sentiments").

Constitutional rule should be King Abdullah's goal, but continuing his father's civilised, intelligent conduct would be a splendid start.

What happened to civilised behaviour on television?

Despite the best efforts of well-motivated staff, most of what happens in the prison system is not geared to promote civilised, considerate, pro-social conduct.

Until I felt the first blow I had thought, in a very stupid way, that they would conduct a civilised interrogation, that they would say they were sorry and that I would go home.

While the piece opens with a flourish of civilised glamour – a man conducting Wagner as a couple dance ecstatically over a sea of silken bedding – that vision is violently exploded as the bedding is thrown aside to reveal a swarm of dancers shivering and grunting amid piles of ragged clothing.

And those who would seek to stifle debate by bullying presidents into removing their names and urging parents not to send their children to the institutions represented on the Amethyst list need to be called out and reminded that this is not the way a civilised debate should be conducted.

"I think debates should be conducted in a civilised way, I think that's very, very important, but I understand that passions run high," he told the BBC.

"I think debates should be conducted in a civilised way, I think that's very, very important, but I understand that passions run high.