Sentence examples for moral math from inspiring English sources

The real villain in Jessica Jones is any idea of heroism that simplifies the "moral math".

Alonzo performs for himself a kind of moral math, according to which, by eliminating drug dealers, he is doing more good than harm.

Sitting in a back booth in his family's restaurant in Olneyville, while Jimmy and Sal and a few other longtime employees joke with the regulars and prepare a few wieners "all the way," Mr. Stevens has trouble doing the moral math.

The moral math they use is intended to make things perfectly clear, but instantly produces situations that are, on their face, incorrect.

In addition to the political and legal issues, the hearings have dealt with what is both a moral and a math problem.

There was a moment of cognitive dissonance: did I really think I could succeed in conveying concepts such as moral relativism and math-as-art to my own kids?

Afterward, when compared with a control group that read a different passage from Crick (who died in 2004) these people expressed more skepticism about free will — and promptly cut themselves some moral slack while taking a math test.

So Batman doesn't fail to understand the horrible math involved, the terrible moral trap that presents itself the moment he begins to let himself even consider the possibility of killing the Joker in order to save future lives.

The moral of the story, as always: Republican voodoo trickle-down math never adds up.

Math and science present us with no such moral qualms or doubts.

There is a sense that some sort of balance has been lost -- a kind of intellectual discrimination and centeredness that depends less on math and more on "soft" perspective, historical or moral.