Sentence examples for morally permitted from inspiring English sources

While patriotism of the more usual, worldly kind is neither morally required nor virtuous, but at best morally permitted, ethical patriotism can, under certain fairly common circumstances, be a moral duty (Primoratz 2006).

Hence, it limits what I am morally permitted to do when I pursue my positive and subjective negative ends.

Nor is there any reason to think the individuals are morally permitted to ruin natural resources as they please.

This distinction can be understood by considering whether pacifism is morally necessary or whether it is merely morally permitted.

A popular basis supporting a right to suicide is the idea that we own our bodies and hence are morally permitted to dispose of them as we wish.

One can also examine Tom's career choice from a moral perspective, but in that case one need only show that anyone in his circumstances is morally permitted to pursue medicine.

But in such cases, there is no one better placed to decide where the right lies and what morally ought to be permitted.

This is why the most effective barrier against creationism is ultimately classroom teachers, who are legally permitted and morally obligated to refuse to cooperate with initiatives such as the LSEA.

So at this point the crucial question becomes: Would a morally perfect God permit a loved one to continue sinning forever and to do so without ever having achieved an accurate understanding of who God is and without ever having confronted the reality of what separation from him actually entails?

Hence, the aged or others who have already made substantial contributions to societal welfare would be morally permitted to commit suicide under this argument.

"As a black woman, I am outraged that the morally bankrupt Hyde Amendment has been permitted to persist for so long," she said.