A jurisdiction might, for example, have one default standard of death but permit conscientious exemption from that standard and selection of a different one within some reasonable range of options.
And Ms. Alley is, by Hollywood standards, a conscientious parent, reminding the teenagers as they leave for a party, "If you are with any kids that drink, or anything, make sure the driver takes them home too".
Even the way that the standards for conscientious objection have changed, from requiring membership in a pacifist church to simply allowing the adherence to certain ethics, shows a government grappling with what constitutes religion, Professor Hauerwas said.
In parallel, conscientious staff do everything they can to maintain high standards.
When the Supreme Court ruled that it was acceptable to grant conscientious objector status to draftees for other than religious reasons — the traditional standard — Mr. Tarr developed more stringent requirements for that classification.
Meanwhile the advanced economies that insisted on the standards, and to which they are probably better suited, have been less conscientious in applying them.
The Standards and Protocols of the Ghana Health Service recognises that health providers may claim conscientious objection but states that they are duty-bound to refer women in need of abortion service to an accessible qualified provider.
But remember, too, that the leaders of the Iranian revolution, who raised the standard of militant political Islam in the modern world, included many conscientious scholars.
Psychologists use a battery of standard personality inventories to rate people: how socially outgoing they are; whether they're conscientious, open to new ideas, and agreeable; and dozens of other traits.
"He was extremely conscientious".
