Sentence examples for less immoral from inspiring English sources

In his 2005 book The End of Faith, Sam Harris argues that torture is less immoral than aerial bombing, on the basis that bombs kill and maim hundreds of civilians, whereas torture only affects a few people strongly suspected of being terrorists, or of being in possession of vital intelligence.

I have hundreds of other historical examples where the facts don't support the conservative arguments or the choice was Niebuhrian: between the "immoral" and the "less immoral".

Why did you do that?" But if they just told me straight something less immoral like, "I had sex with my mom!" I was kind of just a little bit like, "Oh... That's cool..

It's no less immoral and illegal this month than it was in March to deprive Manning of the opportunity to sleep and to strip him, literally and figuratively, of his human dignity.

Although none of the three specifically define the term, "American exceptionalism" conveys three wrong or empty ideas: that Americans are blessed with morally superior DNA which immunizes them from the vices or ill-humors of human nature; that the history of the United States is morally irreproachable; or, that the United States, despite its warts, is less immoral than other wretched countries.

According to Douglas [ 1, 5, 6], reducing an individual's tendencies towards violent aggression directly, without using cognitive means such as persuasion or deliberation (and assuming this would effectively lead to less immoral behavior), would count as moral enhancement.

In a state where the achievement gap between children of color and white children is growing at a consistent rate, blocking school models that have proven they can close the opportunity gap is nothing less than immoral and irresponsible.

This is as it should be – anything less would be immoral and irresponsible.

"Gentleman's Agreement" more or less shattered an immoral facade of anti-Semitism that had held American culture in a thrall of moral captivity.

A filthy, immoral less-than who deserved his fate, by virtue of his failings.

Thus, they may be less likely to call immoral leadership behaviors into question whenever such behaviors arise.