Sentence examples for regulate our conduct from inspiring English sources

Why should we regulate our conduct by such rules?

The object of Scripture is not to impart knowledge, but to compel obedience and regulate our conduct.

Thus, by a series of steps from perception to reasoning about that perceptual experience, we are, Locke concludes, able to define our moral duties and regulate our conduct accordingly.

What renders us rational agents distinct from the rest of the animals is our ability to gain critical distance from these incentives and regulate our conduct by appeal to the two rational principles of action, asking whether a given course of action truly contributes to our good on the whole and is consonant with moral duty.

The view is agency-centered because Reid develops his account of moral motives in light of his broadly agent causal account of agency and regulation account of autonomy, according to which our rational nature consists in our ability to regulate our conduct by appeal to the rational principles of action.

Whereas they claim to be fighting for freedom, Wilson's talk about civilising us and regulating our conduct rather bells the cat.

Taking a page from Locke, Kant decided that, since the existence of God was unknowable, philosophical effort should be directed to the idea of God, especially the separate functions that the idea of God plays in regulating our moral conduct ( judge concept) and our mode of address to the problems of form and function in the organic realm (creator concept).

Columbia University maintains a Federalwide Assurance that regulates our ability to conduct research involving human subjects.

The government has a strong record in providing the regulators with powers to regulate conduct in our markets.

"We designed the ordinance to regulate behavior or conduct in a motor vehicle, not equipment," Mr. Denkensohn said.

No longer will government be our ostensible protector, regulating individual conduct to ensure that our actions do not harm others.