Sentence examples for virtue to avoid from inspiring English sources

Until recently, many scientists still saw it as a virtue to avoid "political" positions.

As a result, followers have to count on leaders' personal virtue to avoid being disadvantaged (Cheng et al. 2004).

But Aristotle brings to his work virtues we must have to avoid our biology becoming biological warfare.

(More precisely, to avoid the virtue in rags problem, we look to the fitness of people's character traits for producing such effects).

Some virtue ethicists claim that we ought to avoid harming animals because harming them is incompatible with displaying the virtuous character traits we ought to display (see the entry on the moral status of animals for details).

Often, these are cautionary tales, of dangers to avoid (or of virtues to be admired).

"It makes sense to file a protective claim to avoid losing out by virtue of the statute of limitations expiring," said Marcus Owens, a lawyer who formerly headed the I.R.S. division that oversees nonprofit groups.

The temptation (mine, at least) is to equate this oddly heartening creativity — the artistic impulse present under stress — with virtue, but we know enough by now to avoid that mistake: fascists and propagandists are too often good at graphic design.

However, a sizeable proportion of health professionals continue to practice defensive medicine and believe in the virtue of ordering more tests and procedures to avoid or reduce litigation risks [ 47- 49].

For the last month, New Jerseyans have hardly been able to avoid hearing about the virtues of Jon S. Corzine, the Democratic multimillionaire who has spent more than $1 million a week on television advertising for his Senate campaign.

Chinese officials viewed confession not only as a virtue in itself but also as a way to avoid error in criminal investigations and maintain their authority.