Sentence examples for morally preferable from inspiring English sources

To assert that we should not change the current system is to take a substantive moral stance on that distribution — it is to say that it is morally preferable to any practical alternative proposed.

Does he think Bush is morally preferable?

Such suffering, he felt, would still have been morally preferable to taking part or supporting fighting in a war.

A thumb on the scale in favor of the historically excluded is obviously morally preferable to a thumb on the scale in favor of the fortunate.

To recap: The president defended drone warfare, saying not only is it the best option in many cases, it is morally preferable to the alternatives.

"Maybe it would be morally preferable to carry a bottle I filled at the tap, but bottled water is a consumer reality," he said.

Obama argued Thursday that his use of drones was preferable morally to the deployment of troops.

The Stoic topics of good, the preferable, the morally indifferent, living consistently, and appropriate actions are reviewed.

Physicians must understand the concepts of good, the preferable, the morally indifferent, living consistently, appropriate actions, the cardinal virtues, and the passions to successfully apply the Stoic view.

A benign but morally upright dictatorship would be preferable to many, where Bhutan does not have an equal say in matters to Brazil, and where there is no need to secure money from the coffers of less benign dictatorships to support the rank and file of the 211 member countries.

Illness, poverty, and death were less preferable, but not morally "bad".