Sentence examples similar to marked benevolence from inspiring English sources
Brand benevolence by way of market forces vs. government forces.
On the one hand, creatures deserve "benevolence," which is marked by its disinterestedness and motivated by altruism and charity; created things, after all, lack the casual power to ultimately satisfy the desires of other created beings.
Yesterday, rumors swirled, hearts thumped, doubters doubted, but today there's sun: Oprah really has selected Jonathan Franzen's "Freedom" for her book club, marking the final season of her show with an act of literary benevolence so pure it has no close parallel in human history (the dismissal of Ezra Pound's treason charges? When Cocteau helped get Genet sprung from life imprisonment?).
This kind of celebratory pardon, that marks the change in executives, as opposed to those based on meritorious consideration of a legal request for pardon based on changed circumstances or new evidence, is a fascinating reminder of the "old logic" of punishment, when the power to punish was an expression of personal sovereignty and its remission a sign of benevolence at the top.
He concludes that these and "a thousand other instances… are marks of a general benevolence in human nature, where no interest binds us" (EPM App 2.11/300).
Also note that a positive (negative) x- score corresponds to benevolence (malevolence) in the domain of disadvantageous inequality, while a positive (negative) y- score corresponds to benevolence (malevolence) in the domain of advantageous inequality.
Benevolence shades into control.
Increase the spread of benevolence.
