Sentence examples for moral credentials from inspiring English sources

"However, acting upon one's values establishes moral credentials that can subsequently license deviating behavior".

The Obama administration could have basked in its superior moral credentials for little cost.

The two developments may not be unrelated: a largely Christian nation, having abandoned Jesus' teachings on divorce, reinforced its moral credentials at the expense of a friendless minority.

For all its shortcomings, the Iraq war, we are now reminded, was "justified" (Bob Kerrey, the former Democratic senator) by its impeccable moral credentials.

Higher Education (1959), a story collection, was followed by Mixed Emotions and Reversed Intentions, two naturalistic novels with impeccable moral credentials.

What we have here, in other words, is the spectacle, at once touching and comical, of good liberals falling over themselves to prove their moral credentials.

A key moral credential of punishment, then, is that it give no pleasure to the punisher, that it be carried out with a sort of dutiful remoteness or disinterest.

Still, the Convention's display of martial virtue was a little worrying, too: one wonders if future Democrats, in this age of a volunteer, professional Army, will be able to challenge a conservative Republican without the moral credential of three Purple Hearts, a Silver Star, and a Bronze Star.

In a psychological process that two Stanford professors call "moral credentialing," our condemnation of the Chinese absolves us from addressing the violence against animals here at home.

And even prep schools with excellent "moral education" credentials play along.

However fine the moral and intellectual credentials of the 57-year-old bishop, who has a master's degree in theology from Cambridge University and two doctorates in theology and philosophy, he has scant political experience and is little known among South Africa's poor blacks, who cast the bulk of the vote.