If the chief source of our moral judgments is our own experience first and then the opinions of our families, both being far more important than the exhortations of the pious, this adds credibility to the fears of a slippery slope.
In similar vein, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spain's prime minister, told Der Spiegel that "Europe must have faith in the prospect of becoming the most important global power in 20 years".Such exhortations are liable to be scoffed at on the other side of the Atlantic.
Keith himself never expressed radical antislavery sentiments, either before or after the publication of the Exhortation, but he did play an important role in arranging for its publication.
Even as exhortation it faces significant problems.
One important lesson, she says, is that no amount of exhortation will make volunteers compliant--unless backed by a good method of verification.
The pope presented a copy of his Apostolic Exhortation – a document which outlines his views on important issues – and a medallion.
The most important of his surviving works is a trilogy comprising the Protreptikos ("Exhortation"), the Paidagōgos ("The Instructor"), and the Strōmateis ("Miscellanies").
The most important of these are the discussion of law in the Protrepticus, or "Exhortation to Philosophy," by the 3rd-century-ce Syrian Neoplatonist Iamblichus, and the so-called Dissoi logoi found in the manuscripts of Sextus Empiricus (3rd century ce).
In an apostolic exhortation heard around the world in November, Pope Francis declared an obvious, but important truth: Trickle-down theory didn't trickle down.
Within months, perhaps because of Rove's exhortations, the agency did just that, supporting the diversion of water from the environmentally important Klamath River for the sake of irrigating farmland.
She argued that the important contest had been "Tzipi or Bibi"—and "the voter" had chosen her over him.Despite the leaders' exhortations, there seemed something hollow in the orchestrated gaiety at both headquarters.
