Freedom of conscience is the foundation for all human liberty, inherent to the human person.
So even if someone views homosexuality as immoral, interfaith dialogue positions people to see the humanity in one another and recognize that freedom of conscience is the foundation of a civil, cooperative society.
In 1998, on one of his most highly publicised journeys to Cuba, he had Fidel Castro eating out of his hand, even as he publicly challenged the Cuban president to grant "freedom of conscience - the basis and foundation of all other human rights".
It is a freedom of the most profound expression possible: that of basic moral values and the foundation of conscience and consciousness.
This indicated a major shift in the public conscience; it dismantled a foundation of the state's tough-on-crime mantra that was approved by nearly three-quarters of voters during Bill Clinton's presidency in 1994.
Trinity's followers like to think of the foundation as the conscience of the evangelical movement.
In a later book, "Time of Transitions," Habermas is even clearer, saying that the West's Judeo-Christian heritage is the ultimate foundation of liberty, conscience, human rights and democracy -- the benchmarks of Western civilization.
Islamic democracy is like any other democracy, except that in the public sphere Islamic values form the foundation of a political conscience, inspiring the citizens and government to pursue justice and compassion.
This is when values and core principles - "conscience," in Parker's words -- become important as the foundation for action.
"These activities not only violate human rights, they put at risk the very foundation of civil liberties, freedom of opinion and expression, freedom of thought and conscience".
Of all the good-doing branches and projects of the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, C.G.I. is the one that most relies on an alignment of congeniality and conscience.
