Sentence examples for simply in virtue of from inspiring English sources

For example, is a lie that leads to something good thereby permissible, perhaps even obligatory, or would it be forbidden simply in virtue of being a lie?

All right, says Krauss, but there is the further possibility that the long-sought quantum theory of gravity, uniting quantum mechanics and general relativity, will allow for the spontaneous production of empty space itself, simply in virtue of the theory's laws.

In contrast, an ambiguous word bears its ambiguity directly—simply in virtue of having multiple meanings.

He does not lose his integrity simply in virtue of his commitment to utilitarianism.

7.By "intrinsic property" I mean, following standard usage, a property that an object has "simply in virtue of itself".

According to this view, I control my volition or choice simply in virtue of its being mine its occurring in me.

At the end of a thousand year period the first may have gone extinct, while the second persists in virtue of simply surviving without reproduction.

This implies not simply that "they hold for everyone in virtue of their being moral persons" (TJ 132/114 rev).

Bush-at-t' is simply not sitting, although it was sitting in virtue of its earlier counterpart's properties.

By cognitive value, what is meant is simply the value an artwork may have in virtue of enhancing or increasing our knowledge and understanding of some topic, notion or event.

Put simply, if we come to interpret a sign as standing for its object in virtue of some shared quality, then the sign is an icon.