Sentence examples for purpose of morality from inspiring English sources

The purpose of morality and law is to harmonize the drive-to-happiness of the various individual members of a moral community.

In his "Newly Discovered Maxims of la Rochefoucauld", Russell remarks that "the purpose of morality is to allow people to inflict suffering without compunction" (Fact and Fiction: 184).

More specifically, Gert begins with a conception of the point and purpose of morality, which then yields the descriptive core of common morality, including lists of the various moral rules and moral ideals, and a decision procedure for determining when it is justified to violate any of the moral rules.

Gert begins his account with the claim that the whole point and purpose of morality is to lessen the amount of evil or harm suffered in the world [2004, p. 26], a goal similar to that posited by Beauchamp and Childress.

I believe the purpose of morality is to help humans achieve the most just and best flourishing society, and it has to be with the welfare of people as the sole end.

Yet I am hopeful that the deep sense of morality and purpose stirred in us by the demonic events of Sept. 11 will give some leaders the courage to stand up to China and help restore freedom to Tibet.

He saw his campaign not only as a way to give his life purpose but as a mission of morality, a final gesture in a career of public service, a career he traced back to his early 20s, to coaching a community football team for kids in one of Seattle's poorest neighborhoods.

And yet cities, to paraphrase the bank robber Willie Sutton, are where the people are, and where, arguably, the sense of community, purpose and morality that religion seeks to provide are most needed, as the nomads of the New Schul attest.

What must be pointed out about such a conception of morality, for our purposes, is that any advantage it has over the conception of morality as an impartial point of view presumably arises from the fact that the ideal observer is not completely defined in terms of impartiality.

Resultantly, in comparison to the Joker, these villains feel like hollow shells; entities created with the sole purpose of creating conflict, rather than pondering themes of morality, ethics, and personal interpretation.

But finally, true morality cannot aim simply at the spread of morality.