Sentence examples for moral temptation from inspiring English sources

No one should be claiming that exposure to literature protects one against moral temptation absolutely, or that it can reform the truly evil among us.

Underneath, it is a far more complex, quasi-Faustian study of moral temptation: either Bobby can surrender to corporate values and his Mephistophelian chum or he can acknowledge his fear and take a risk on a formula-busting movie.

It was the leftist government of Gerhard Schröder that in 1999 led Germany to another undeclared war in Kosovo, labeled a humanitarian intervention, a moral temptation Germans can hardly withstand.

"We propose that the normal, unremarkable experiences associated with everyday living can deplete one's capacity to resist moral temptations," they concluded.

It should be considered alongside St. Gregory I's Pastoral Care (6th century): though centred on the role of bishops, rather than secular lords, Gregory's emphasis on humility as a key virtue of those holding worldly power, on the moral temptations of secular might, and on the need to provide moral leadership by example made it a key reference point for future writers.

Nor are captives likely to suffer moral hazard the temptation not to prevent or contain a loss.

Another is that the regulator has been armed with powers to counter moral hazard the temptation for companies to behave more riskily towards their pension funds once there is an insurance safety-net.But these policies will prove ineffective as long as Britain's private DB plans remain perilously under-funded.

You seem to share common ground in naturalism and a moral interest in temptation.

Theologians pointed to the example of Adam and Eve to justify this assumption, for it was Eve's moral weakness and temptation into sin that led to the downfall of mankind.

As he wrote: In the event, Smuts's resolution to "make the proper use of my precious time" overcame such moral and religious temptations as a small town like Stellenbosch was capable of providing.

Examples of social behaviors that are acquired by observation of others are: self-regulation, aggression, resistance to temptation and moral judgement.