Sentence examples for moral tenets from inspiring English sources

Ethical Culture, a movement based upon the conviction that moral tenets need not be grounded in religious or philosophical dogma.

The Catholic Church has opposed that section of the bill, arguing it would force religious schools and hospitals to violate their moral tenets.

Opponents, backed principally by the Roman Catholic Church, say the bill is out of step with the moral tenets of the overwhelmingly Catholic Philippines and argue that a high birthrate lessens poverty.

Those two great men struggled against regimes that, while not equitable or unprejudiced, had a genuine respect for human life and a commitment to the rule of law and basic moral tenets.

For now, we ponder two things: Mr. Obama's efforts to renew America's claim that it accords greater political weight to moral tenets grounded in reason than to the urgings of self-interest and lobbyists, and his winning combination of intelligence, compassion and charm.

I am absolutely amazed that so many people are so quick to defend and support Hamas and rail against Israel, when Hamas shows absolutely no respect for basic moral tenets by which any civilized society should live.

She betrays him; his love for her threatens his every moral tenet, yet he clings to a belief in the redemptive power of love.

But if they truly felt strongly about a particular moral tenet -- what the researchers called a "sacred value" -- participants could refuse the money.

The losses will transcend material, territorial, or physical control, but inflict far more acute damage: the loss of the moral tenet that frees the individual of the responsibility to do what is right.

The ancient Greeks saw revolution as a possibility only after the decay of the fundamental moral and religious tenets of society.

His verse epistles, inspired by the moral and aesthetic tenets of humanism, reveal his integrity as a critic of society as well as his clear and vigorous style.