Sentence examples for liberty of judgment from inspiring English sources

According to L10, one cannot lie to "Children or Madmen," for example, since they lack the right of liberty of judgment (Grotius 2005, 1212).

One cannot lie to someone who has given "express Consent" to be told untruths, since he has given up the right to exercise his liberty of judgment about these matters (Grotius 2005, 1214).

The right to exercise one's liberty of judgment can also be taken away in cases "When the life of an innocent Person, or something equal to it," is at stake, or when "the Execution of a dishonest Act be otherwise prevented" (Grotius 2005, 1221).

One cannot lie to someone who by "tacit Consent" or presumed consent "founded upon just Reason" has given up the right to exercise his liberty of judgment about some matter, "on account of the Advantage, that he shall get by it," such as when "a Person… comforts his sick Friend, by making him believe what is false," since "no Wrong is done to him that is willing" (Grotius 2005, 1215 1217).

Without the ability to reason about our decisions to act on the basis of judgment – rather than prompted by impulse or chemical, or biological, or technological stimulus – we not only lack liberty, the ability to choose.

It pits a long-sustained but eroding Catholic communitarian vision of the uses of freedom against a more pervasive, individualistic view that issued from Protestant doctrines of liberty of conscience and the rights of private judgment.

In these "invisible churches", slaves could discuss freedom, liberty, and the judgment of God against slaveowners.

It's a matter of judgment.

"We get edicts of judgment after edicts of judgment.

That decision showed appalling lack of judgment.

It is the first stage of judgment.