Sentence examples for thinking responsibly from inspiring English sources

He understood that thinking responsibly in modern democratic society means mastering the complexities of that society and putting oneself in the shoes of those who must make decisions.

Purdy: We don't know yet what it looks like to have democratic politics on either the scale of space or time that operates at the level of these Anthropocene questions, many of which are global in scale, or that is capable of thinking responsibly across the scale of time that Anthropocene decisions imply, where carbon emissions commit us to hundreds of years of their presence in the atmosphere.

"It's an absolute no brainer for any government that is thinking responsibly about how best to regulate these things that they look after them and don't leave it in the hands of criminals," Mr Kushlick added.

Always thinking responsibly, that's me.

Walking away from a fight doesn't determine that you're a coward (no matter how much the other person screams this); it determines that you're mature and thinking responsibly, about not just yourself but about the other person too, and families and friends who will be affected by the repercussions.

Yet even if we are not called upon to think through our options in all situations, and even if sometimes it would be positively better if we did not, still, if we are called upon to do so, then we should conduct our thinking responsibly: we should reason.

Managing director Peter Simpson said: "We want to get people thinking as responsibly about water as millions already do about recycling".

Ms. McCartney: Well, I would tell them to work hard and I would tell them to enjoy every minute, but I would tell them to think responsibly and to act responsibly now — to not isolate the fashion industry as the one industry that is left on the planet that isn't thinking this way.

Sometimes you can avoid such horrible consequences with a minimal effort at thinking and acting responsibly.

After the first wedding, I should have known better than to bring him to the second one, but I was 22 years old, in love and wasn't exactly thinking clearly or responsibly.

"If an administration again pounds the drums for war and the media reacted as they did, without serious thought, with just a visceral emotional response rather than thinking critically and seriously and responsibly, I don't think what happened in Iraq will unfortunately matter very much.