Sentence examples for morally able from inspiring English sources

If the return directive becomes law, we will not be morally able to deepen negotiations with the EU, and we reserve the right to legislate so European citizens have the same obligations for visas that Europe imposes on the Bolivians, according to the diplomatic principle of reciprocity.

Since 2012's Health and Social Care Act scrapped the government's duty to secure a comprehensive health service, Hunt is now legally – if not morally – able to wash his hands of the entire mess – a situation that must be reversed urgently, and democratic accountability restored.

We know that the council felt morally and intellectually able to break bread with the paedophiles, but perusal of the archive throws up a fascinating contrast: the group – on point of principle – would have nothing to do with Playboy magazine, at least in public.

"I've been unemployed it's not a decision I can face morally without being able to raise it properly.

I'm not going to be able to morally judge them back and say, 'Well, let me look at your life.' And b) is that healthy?

Both writers bring home to us the horror of the world from which the Essenes have withdrawn but which, morally, they have been able to stand up to.

In Part I of the "Conclusion", Hume complains that Hobbes' self-love theory is unable to explain two important features of our moral sentiments: we tend to approve of the same sorts of character traits and we are able to morally evaluate anyone, at any time or place.

I feel morally responsible for not being able to have prevented 10 murders and two bomb attacks".

A person without virtue is morally lacking, is not as able to promote the good.

Autistic persons on the other hand behave morally because they still are able to appropriately respond to the distress of others, despite their generally reduced mindreading abilities (Blair 1996).

These traits are significantly augmented in later seasons as his character evolves, and he begins to exhibit psychopathic and extremely manipulative behavior, and also be depicted as highly intelligent, able to execute morally appalling plans and business ideas with success.