Sentence examples for human wrongdoing from inspiring English sources

This argument applies only to human wrongdoing, or "moral evil" – but for Augustine it explains indirectly all other kinds of evil, since these are a justifiable punishment for sin.

Carlisle thinks Christian theology is amply supplied, and is one of our best resources, offering as it does a taxonomy of evils: moral evil (human wrongdoing), natural evil (calamitous earthly events, like earthquakes and tsunamis), and "metaphysical evil" (our predicament as human beings, to be mortal and to have limited powers of knowledge), among others.

As applied to forgiveness, this suggests that human wrongdoing is a logically necessary condition for the moral good of forgiveness.

Generally regarded as a positive response to human wrongdoing, forgiveness is a conceptually, psychologically, and morally complex phenomenon.

We may come to see more accurately our place in the universe, to deepen our devotion to God, to resolve to assist in attacking the sources of suffering, in human wrongdoing as well as the vagaries of nature.

The topic of God's relation to human wrongdoing is an important one in mainstream Western theological and philosophical discussions of forgiveness, but it is by no means clear what the relationship is supposed to be between God and forgiveness, and the connection between that and the possibility of forgiveness between persons.

"It is difficult for me to fully convey my frustration at the damage a single act, apparently human error or intentional wrongdoing, can do to the accomplishments of so many," Dr. Browne told the Senate Armed Services Committee on June 21.

It speaks directly to one of the most deeply ingrained archetypes of human consciousness: wrongdoing, then guilt, followed by punishment... sin, retribution and atonement... wrath of the gods over man's abuses and offenses against nature.

"Even if I erred, I made a human error in innocence," he said, in the only indirect admission of any possible wrongdoing on his part.

Submission 183 said: "We believe that the children have been subjected to multiple violations of their human rights and wrongdoing from multiple parties.

The submission is publicly available to download on the Australian Human Rights Commission website, and states: "We believe that the children [on Nauru] have been subjected to multiple violations of their human rights and wrongdoing from multiple parties".