Dreher described Romney's remarks as "conservatism of the heartless," and that they may have revived economics "as a pressing moral concern for religious conservatives".
His parents' character and religiosity and the trauma of his early childhood left an indelible mark on the young Herbert, instilling in him the self-reliance, industriousness, and moral concern for the needy, abandoned, and downtrodden that would characterize him for the rest of his life (his favourite book was David Copperfield).
Contrary to a common misperception, Mohist ethics does not advocate that we treat everyone alike, but only that we have similar moral concern for everyone.
Despite their commitment to the principle of "inclusive care," or moral concern for all, the Mohists evidently agree with the commonsense view that we have a greater moral responsibility toward those with whom we have close personal relationships, and in practice we should care for them first.
Similarly, for the utilitarian, non-sentient objects in the environment such as plant species, rivers, mountains, and landscapes, all of which are the objects of moral concern for environmentalists, are of no intrinsic but at most instrumental value to the satisfaction of sentient beings (see Singer 1993, Ch. 10).
But it does not imply at all that an individual considered "not a person" loses his rights as a human being or as a citizen or that people in the community should cease to demonstrate a moral concern for him or display the appropriate moral virtues in their treatment of him; only that he is not considered a morally worthy individual.
We save more of our moral concerns for what Bonds and Clemens just might have done.
This fact raises moral concerns for the doctors in charge.
Confucianism owes an unacknowledged debt to Mohism for its notion of comprehensive moral concern, as reflected, for instance, in Mencius's doctrine of extending our natural concern for kin so that it reaches everyone.
The majority explain in their statement that a 4-year moratorium "provides time for further democratic deliberation" and "would show respect for the deep moral concerns" of the many people who object to the research.
Pacifists may also extend moral concern to include concern for all sentient beings; and thus pacifists may also condemn meat-eating and animal cruelty.
