Sentence examples for immediate goods from inspiring English sources

Common sense tells us that there are immediate goods and that there are principles by which they may be judged.

Standards may be used to judge immediate goods, but standards are just likings on the part of specific creatures, and it is meaningless to ask which of them is stronger.

As for the philosophers like Kierkegaard and Becker, cited earlier, who castigate those of us who ignore our mortality, we suggest that sometimes the contemplation of mortality can be disabling and distract us from seeking immediate goods (such as those Dworkin highlights) or relieving suffering.

One side saw free money that could be put to immediate good.

We're going to try to stave off this insanity about going after a tiny agency that does immediate good.

Sweet (but I promise, not sickly), creamy and comfortingly soapy, it imparts immediate good cheer and is a reliable hit.

Moreover, a lot of the money has been spent — I almost said wasted — on big projects and arms purchases that don't do ordinary people any immediate good.

Yet cleaning up the banks and improving the civil service, vital as such reforms are, will not do Nepalis much immediate good.

And while Vientiane might not have the immediate good looks of its sister city Luang Prabang, it is soaked in craggy charm and atmosphere.

— to do real, immediate good while building trust and demonstrating that cooperation is possible in the increasingly interconnected and fragile Eurasian security space.

Moreover, a lot of the money has been spent—I almost said wasted on big projects and arms purchases that don't do ordinary people any immediate good.