Sentence examples for statements of moral from inspiring English sources
His argument that statements of moral evaluation, because they are unverifiable, are not descriptions of fact but merely "emotive" expressions of feeling aroused particular controversy.
One of the first clear statements of moral noncognitivism came from Ayer in 1936.
The resolution encouraged the rest of the GOP field to speak out with "strong statements of moral outrage" over the rock.
Declarations are statements of moral and ethical intent but they are not legally binding instruments.
Marriage should not be "a statement of moral superiority", the federal Liberal MP Teresa Gambaro has told parliament, speaking in support of marriage equality.
To those who oppose this bill, or who are in some way threatened by it I say this: marriage is not a statement of moral superiority".
The upright, unstreamlined '02 profile starts to seem like a statement of moral uprightness -- or, at least, of aesthetic protest on a long, ugly road of plumped-up, hothouse minivans and relentlessly, soporifically ostentatious S.U.V.'s.
It quickly became Labour's equivalent of the "back to basics" speech given by John Major, the former Conservative prime minister, four years earlier: a statement of moral intent undone by successive failures to live up to it.The latest of Labour's perceived ethical lapses in foreign policy involves Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
It can be a badge of identity, an inheritance of upbringing or a statement of moral intent.
Because the moral is embodied in the plot of the fable, an explicit statement of the moral need not be given, though it usually is.
Up against these versions stands Karl Popper's testimony, a detailed narrative in which he sees how Wittgenstein uses the poker for emphasis, how he demands a statement of a moral principle, and how he, Popper, responds, 'Not to threaten visiting lecturers with pokers.' He sees Wittgenstein throw down the poker and storm out, slamming the door.
