In a pattern that was to repeat itself after the birth of opera 200 years later, the secular theatre in the Middle Ages established itself either as lighthearted interludes in serious moralities or as deliberate parody tolerated by the church as a safety valve to consistent piety.
In his more recent defense of pluralistic relativism (2006), Wong has argued that, since some serious moral disagreements are inevitable, any adequate morality will include the value of what he calls accommodation.
Economics and Morality Unlike most applied economics courses, Professor Niall Ferguson's lecture series concentrates on those points in history where economic theory encounters serious moral and ethical issues, and ultimately triumphs over them.
Of course, a great deal of morality is concerned with harm prevention, and central provisions of the criminal law prohibiting killing, rape, assault, and theft are clearly concerned to prevent especially serious moral wrongs that harm others.
But Norriss makes this story very much his own, using the conceit as a framework on which to hang a short, serious and heartfelt morality tale for younger readers.
The antihero is just the gimmick that allows television to ask serious questions about morality and contemporary society.
Rape and sexual assault are the result of a serious lack of ethics and morality.
The serious discussion of moral problems and the theory of morality tends to improve behaviour, not to corrupt it.
"As we are about to endow millions of vehicles with autonomy, a serious consideration of algorithmic morality has never been more urgent".
Besides, if we're dealing in morality on serious methods for depriving Iran of nuclear weapons capability or a bomb, lowering the level of gasoline exports to Iran instead of carrying out airstrikes on presumed nuclear installations would seem to be a far preferable "humanitarian" approach (Mr. Rhodes' word) for both Iranians and the U.S. military.
