Sentence examples for conformity to moral from inspiring English sources

Only Christ, the Wicket Gate, admits Christian into the right road, and before he can reach it he has to be shown his error in being impressed by the pompous snob Worldly Wiseman, who stands for mere negative conformity to moral and social codes.

Conformity to moral requirements is not itself contained in the concept of rational agency, nor is there any contradiction in asserting that a fully rational agent can be immoral.

Concentrating on the claim in The Prince that a head of state ought to do good if he can, but must be prepared to commit evil if he must (Machiavelli 1965, 58), Skinner argues that Machiavelli prefers conformity to moral virtue ceteris paribus.

Guilt, shame, and fear have always been the weapons of choice for the self-righteous, and they wield them on the masses to coerce conformity to their moral standards.

In this regard, the high acceptance of HIV test could be a reflection of women's conformity to the moral imperative of doing 'good' for their babies.

In fact, however, not all Muslims believe that the Qurʾān is the literal and inerrant word of God, nor do all of them believe that Islam requires strict conformity to all the religious and moral precepts in the Qurʾān.

Consequently, their writings are generally devoid of overarching moral considerations, or conformity to divine will topoi which recur in the writings of the followers of Confucius 孔子 (551 479 BCE) and Mozi 墨子 (ca. 460 390 BCE).

Yet he argued that conformity to the CI (a non-instrumental principle) and hence to moral requirements themselves, can nevertheless be shown to be essential to rational agency.

In its primitive form moral judgment might have functioned simply to motivate conformity to norms learned in early socialization, accounting for the apparent direct association of moral judgments with motivation.

The basis for human moral judgments lies in the will's conformity to divine commands.

Like the rest of Germany, Berlin demands conformity to certain rules (think twice about crossing against the light), but leaves moral judgments up to the individual (no problem with nude bathing in public parks or gambling in storefront casinos).