For example, a conscientious mother may refuse to get her son ready to fight for an unjust cause, or to diet her daughter down into size 0 designer jeans.
Notable historical examples of conscientious noncompliance in a different professional context included the manipulation of the visa process in 1939 by Japanese Consul-General Chiune Sugihara in Kaunas (the temporary capital of Lithuania between Germany and the Soviet Union) and by Raoul Wallenberg in Hungary 1n 1944 to allow Jews to escape almost certain death.
In the English language there are several thousand words representing traits, many of them close in meaning to others (for example, meticulous, careful, conscientious).
The conscientious objector may believe, for example, that the general character of the law in question is morally wrong (as an absolute pacifist would believe of conscription), or that the law extends to certain cases which it should not cover (an orthodox Christian would regard euthanasia as murder) (Raz, 1979, 263).
In her letters, Sophia describes George as a responsible, conscientious child who set an example to his younger brothers and sisters.
They should be highly commended for their efforts and put forth as a true example of environmentally conscientious and sustainable tourism.
Rubio replies, "I think that's a general statement about most employers, but there are a handful of employers that have conscientious objections to it, for example the Catholic church".
We're also very conscientious about setting the right examples, so we keep a family budget, make shopping lists, and sometimes even keep spending logs to see where our pocket money goes -- which is sometimes shocking.
That he waded into the swirl of controversy — validating, for example, the self-anointed conscientious objector Kim Davis by meeting with her in private — guaranteed some measure of disapproval from all sides.
That he waded into the swirl of controversy validating, for example, the self-anointed conscientious objector Kim Davis by meeting with her in private guaranteed some measure of disapproval from all sides.
