Thus, the function of conscience for Aquinas is to apply the general principles of synderesis and the more content-laden secondary principles developed from prudence to particular circumstances.
It ought to produce prudence and humility".
While immigrant youth inevitably must navigate multiple cultures, many schools and districts have yet to develop strategies for supporting this "cultural straddling," as sociologist Prudence Carter calls it.
It has also caused prominent Russians to question the prudence of developing warmer relations with a country believed to be supporting terrorism.
But there has been very little input from Iran's citizens on the prudence of developing weapons of mass destruction.
If regulators cannot develop sufficient expertise about specific activities so as to determine appropriate capital requirements and make judgments concerning the bank's competence in managing those activities, prudence requires banning those activities from the domain of the bank.
If prudence dictates that people in developing countries should "farm" and consume more insects, prudence should also require that we do more to keep girls in school, empower women and expand contraceptive options for women.
Unlike previous studies, in which Asia is measured by European standards, Prudence and Pressure develops a Eurasian perspective.
It was considered a form of character-building, a way of developing the cardinal virtue of prudence and, by extension, ethics.
In the fourth and by far the longest book, the prince's own prudence (both civil and military), which must be carefully developed in the light of experience, is discussed.
Contra Strauss, the West Coasters have developed their own theory of American exceptionalism, arguing that the framers uniquely combined features of classical prudence with biblical morality.
