Sentence examples for moral sensitivities from inspiring English sources

Although it may be less offensive to our moral sensitivities, "torture lite" may be no less illegal than its harder cousin.

But the heat in "Dear John" — a flame carefully tended so as not to scorch anyone's moral sensitivities — also comes from Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried.

On the other hand, the pursuit of truth was far more a matter of disposition and temperament, critical experiences, moral sensitivities and a million other imponderables, than of syllogistic reasoning.

(And merely offending the moral sensitivities of others does not count as harm. Especially since others often confuse feelings of repugnance with feelings of moral disapprobation).

The African humanitarian ethic makes all people objects of moral concern, implying that our moral sensitivities should be extended to all people, irrespective of their cultures or societies.

Her central aim is to explore the ways in which U.S. society, for example, may muzzle boys' and men's moral sensitivities, encouraging them to be less than fully nurturant human persons so they can succeed in a highly competitive public world.

Moral sensitivity is a heightened tendency to notice morally relevant features of situations.

Analogues to moral sensitivity exist in cases where people's interests and training make them sensitive to horticultural, fiscal, and emotional facts.

When the sixteen-year-old Ben Franklin converted to vegetarianism, he seemed to have been struck both by its health benefits and by moral sensitivity to animal suffering.

"This is probably one of the most dangerous things facing manking today: A use and training of intelligence excluding moral sensitivity", Dr. Clark once said.

High moral sensitivity and steady conviction are required to resist the temptation to resolve the intolerable tensions of tragedy into either the comfort of optimism or the relaxed apathy of despair.