Sentence examples for promote virtues from inspiring English sources

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On the other hand, Guignon (2004, 2008) argues that in a democratic society, in which the authority of government in setting the political course—stems from the consent of the governed, there is good reason to promote virtues like authenticity that sustain such an organization of government.

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By Jill Lepore Bradley avowed that his game would promote virtue.

The reopened office to promote virtue and prevent vice is in a new location with no jail.

From the sequence's playful innocence, Panahi extracts a superb twist of cinematic paradox: once a viewer sees Hana tweak events to promote virtue, all on-screen depictions of virtue risk appearing transparently false.

Social conservatives were keen on using government to promote "virtue" or eradicate "vice" (from assisted suicide to pot-smoking), a position highly attractive to a president who starts every cabinet meeting with a prayer.

If the Reagan administration was full of Hayekians (followers of F.A. Hayek) who wanted to take an axe to government, the Bush administration is full of Straussians (followers of the German philosopher Leo Strauss) who want to use government to promote virtue.A third big difference lies in political partisanship.

Advice to American trackers of Saudi textbooks: even the religious police know not only to "prohibit vice" but also to "promote virtue".

Other intellectuals meanwhile contributed opinion pieces to the Saudi press: given that the religious police is deeply entrenched within the structure of the state, they suggested that rather than disband it, the government should strip its officers of their power to make arrests -- leaving them to "promote virtue" through persuasion alone.

He's not just a critic of communism but also someone who promotes virtues and values.

Some Scandinavians argue that lagom, instead of promoting virtues like humility and moderation, encourages the kind of bland conformity that Nordic countries are often accused of.

By offering an affirmative practice and various exercises promoting virtues, we may help people develop hope, confidence, strength, and gratitude.

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