Sentence examples for ethical scruples from inspiring English sources
They imply that lawyers' objections are motivated by self-preservation as much as by ethical scruples.
The main characters in Ritt's films tended to be loners or underdogs whose ethical scruples place them at odds with the dubious values of society.
Posing as defenders of the public weal, they are threatening the private enterprise system with their over-reaching and their apparent lack of ethical scruples in many of the actions taken.
Although Machiavelli never uses the phrase ragione di stato or its French equivalent, raison d'état, what ultimately counts for him is precisely that: whatever is good for the state and not ethical scruples or norms Machiavelli justified immoral actions in politics, but never refused to admit that they are evil.
He retired from government work over ethical scruples with his former intelligence agency.
I suspect that those who argue in favour of the new commission will do so in the belief that its members will be of a more sensitive conscience, possessing more religious scruples than either MPs or members of existing ethical bodies.
China has fewer scruples.
Have ever had any scruples.
She has religious scruples against bearing arms.
The partisans are not above sentimental scruples.
