Sentence examples for general benevolence from inspiring English sources

It's hard not to think that his general benevolence has a lot to do with his attitude toward the unknown: he embraces it, in a way that few other people can.

Furthermore, since instinctual affections aren't "dependent" on "general benevolence," they are in potential conflict with it.

That command becomes morally praiseworthy when it is governed by the calm affection of general benevolence.

Other motives, such as a general benevolence, may make the relevant action good, but cannot make it morally good.

He concludes that these and "a thousand other instances… are marks of a general benevolence in human nature, where no interest binds us" (EPM App 2.11/300).

Thus, for instance, if each is motivated by general benevolence in respect of all then no one has any need to claim or assert what is due to him as of right or rule.

Nonetheless, we do make distinctions of moral worth relative to the extent of the other-directed affection: the more general the benevolence, the higher its moral worth.

When the state senator retired, he worked with his successor to introduce and win passage of legislation that allowed a "safe harbor" for people to offer "benevolent gestures expressing sympathy or a general sense of benevolence," said Professor Cohen, who has written extensively on the intersection of law and apologies.

Philosopher Lawrence A. Blum asks us to consider the specific principle, "Protect one's children from harm," a principle that flows from the general principle of benevolence.

The general impression of the benevolence of Renoir's films may be due to associating them with the dappled, rosy nudes of his father's paintings.

A painting in Art Under Control - Jane Portal's fascinating study of the interface between art and politics in North Korea - shows a little girl playing the accordion while a boy with chubby knees sings that "We're the happiest in the world (because of the benevolence of Great General Kim Il Sung)".