Sentence examples for universal benevolence from inspiring English sources

In the first issue WS Bourne, founder of the newspaper, stated that it would share "the spirit of enlightened Freedom, decent Toleration and universal Benevolence".

Suffering, not intelligence, must be the only consideration here, and ultimately not much can be added to Jeremy Bentham's eloquent call for universal benevolence: "The French have already discovered that the blackness of the skin is no reason why a human being should be abandoned without redress to the caprice of a tormentor.

Above all the selfish affections must not be allowed to over-rule 'calm universal benevolence'.

It is not Christian virtue, so much more sublime, which is summarily comprehended in universal benevolence.

The Thoughts also reveals Wollstonecraft's conviction that universal benevolence is the first virtue, as well as her faith in a providentially ordained universe.

It was Godwin's advocacy of universal benevolence against which Parr directed his energies, centring his attack on Godwin's early dismissal of family feeling, gratitude and various natural sentiments.

The list of universal value types tested by the theorist Schwartz includes power, achievement, hedonism, stimulation, self-direction, universalism, benevolence, tradition, conformity and security.

Is he insisting on the primacy of the personal (desire, love) over the universal (goodwill, benevolence)?" Part of what's puzzling about the book is that we can't tell how seriously to take such questions.

We view mankind as the subjects of one great lawgiver, as the children of one common father, and we acquire the principles of universal justice and benevolence.

In Hume's language, universal traits like benevolence, kindliness, and love for one's children are "natural" virtues, while socially necessary traits like courage, honesty, justice, and loyalty are "artificial" virtues; that is, they are engendered by our need to live with one another.

In Christianity, it is "universal love, brotherhood" but "benevolence" in Buddhism, which differs from "kindness" in Confucianism.