Sentence examples for moral means from inspiring English sources

Perhaps we cannot hope that happiness will be properly proportioned to virtue in the actual world if God does not exist, but then our obligation can only be to realize as much happiness as can be attained through moral means.

Despite their agreement that all human moral actions lead ultimately to union with God, the commentators differ upon the natural moral means by which such a union is caused.

However, Kant held that a person cannot rationally will such an end without believing that moral actions can successfully achieve such an end, and this requires a belief that the causal structure of nature is conducive to the achievement of this end by moral means.

In essence Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to achieve moral ends through moral means.

We urge them to achieve change through peaceful and moral means.

In his day, "moral" meant anything concerned with human nature, not just ethics, as he makes clear at the beginning of the first Enquiry, where he defines "moral philosophy" as "the science of human nature" (EHU 1.1/5).

In a government where money talks, morals mean almost nothing.

Morals theoretically means revealed moral principles, but it has long been understood as moral judgment in any area of human conduct.

If "moral leader" means someone who thoughts and proclamations on morality should be followed – not necessarily slavishly, but with a certain amount of deference – then none exists.

The film's message is that moral maturity means understanding that life is complicated and that certain rules don't apply in all circumstances.

So whatever legal, moral, ethical means we have of sticking up for our principles, I'm sure we'll consider and choose among.