Sentence examples for measure of morality from inspiring English sources
But, as the reaction to recent events ranging from the school shootings in Santee, Calif., to the presidential pardons demonstrate, there is moral talk aplenty in America; if talk about morality were only a measure of morality, we would be hearing about a moral surplus, not a moral deficit.
How can the measure of morality be empire's own yardstick?
That, surely, cannot be a measure of morality.
… by simply finding the principal eigenvector of the "cooperation matrix," we then have our objective measure of morality for each individual.
Despite their insistence upon volitional freedom, which in some aspects anticipates Kant's thought, Scotus and Ockham argue that the true measure of morality lies in the conformity of the human will with the commands of God.
Moreover, she suggests that trends in the media that sensationalize crime are a form of "victim entertainment," in which the audience is encouraged to view the suffering of victims as a measure of morality.
These findings reinforce previous research surrounding individual influences on attitudes to the death penalty and indicate personality factors shaping right-wing authoritarianism as key influences on the construct, rather than a priori higher level measures of morality, gender or victimhood.
To address this, we develop and validate measures of moral identity focused on group loyalty, authority, and purity, three additional facets of morality highlighted in Moral Foundations Theory.
Further, the extent to which such subsidies are available is a measure of our social morality.
All the same, if there were not a huge measure of agreement, neither morality nor law itself could survive.
The Eighth Amendment prohibition against "cruel and unusual" punishment served as a measure of the elastic morality that facilitates the death penalty: does it constitute cruelty to infuse the condemned with a sedative, rather than a stronger anesthetic, particularly if, as attorneys for Jones and Williams argued, the circulatory conditions of the men might impair its effectiveness?
