Sentence examples for societal duties from inspiring English sources

"In our view, it is this incapability to bear any legal responsibilities and societal duties that renders it inappropriate to confer upon chimpanzees the legal rights … that have been afforded to human beings".

"In our view," the court concluded, "it is this incapability to bear any legal responsibilities and societal duties that renders it inappropriate to confer upon chimpanzees the legal rights … that have been afforded to human beings".

Suicidal behavior can have any number of objectives: the relief of physical pain, the relief of psychological anguish, martyrdom in the service of a moral cause, the fulfillment of perceived societal duties (e.g., suttee and seppuku), the avoidance of judicial execution, revenge on others, protection of others' interests or well-being.

This question is often veiled in the lofty talk about the societal duties of journalists.

And Confucian ethics stress that marriage must satisfy societal duty over individual desire.

Whether it's withholding sexuality in order to discuss it (sex, lies and videotape), exploring attraction sullied by societal duty (Out of Sight), or sex as a tool for currency (The Girlfriend Experience) or manipulation (Side Effects), Soderbergh has probably been this generation's best American voice on sexual politics, from impotence to identity.

For example, the rule of rescue in its narrower sense, namely the societal duty to save lifes in fatal situations, applies per se only in cases where the avoidable death of subjects is involved.

If obligations can be legitimized, however, and if the medical profession as a whole does have a societal duty, then to which individuals within the profession does this responsibility fall?

Rawls's rejection of a world government does not negate the legitimacy and desirability of establishing international or transnational institutions to regulate cooperation between peoples and even to discharge certain common inter-societal duties.

Respondents reported that neighbours already assisted in emergencies, and described a strong sense of community, societal responsibility and civic duty to assist injured persons (this was reinforced by the number of victims transported to healthcare facilities by bystanders).

On the contrary, the "presumptions" and "the familiar" that many who value liberal education try to unsettle are precisely those aspects of modern culture that seem to trouble Mr. Brooks — excessive individualism and an emphasis on personal happiness over dignity, duty and societal obligation.