The discussion of professional ethics inevitably reminded us that in the historical perspective the President's decision will finally clarify itself as a moral, rather than a medical, problem.

Christian theology affirms the secular status of civil marriage, but additionally views it from a moral and religious perspective that transcends all social interests.

It examines ethics not from a top-down a priori perspective but rather observations of actual choices made by moral agents in practice.

* Neutral alignment ( role-playing games ), a categorization of the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non-player characters, monsters, and societies in some games

The categorical imperative perspective suggests that proper reason will always lead to particular moral behaviour.

The most authoritative response to moral relativism from the Roman Catholic perspective can be found in Veritatis Splendor, an encyclical by Pope John Paul II.

Their moral system is completely alien, making them seem highly malicious from a human perspective.

Alignment in AD & D — which determines a character's ethical and moral perspective on the independent axes of " good vs. evil " and " law vs. chaos "— is a static property, chosen by the player at the start of a game.

More broadly, moral hazard occurs when the party with more information about its actions or intentions has a tendency or incentive to behave inappropriately from the perspective of the party with less information.

Interdisciplinary data collection looks at systems from a specific moral position and viewpoint instead of attempting the perspective of a neutral observer.

J. Kenneth Grider, speaking from a governmental theory perspective, says that the governmental theory can incorporate within itself ' numerous understandings promoted in the other major Atonement theories ', including ransom theory, elements of the ' Abelardian " moral influence " theory ', vicarious aspects of the atonement, etc.

Benedict de Spinoza: moral problems and our emotional responses to them should be reasoned from the perspective of eternity.

The solution, according to Spinoza, was to gradually increase the capacity of our reason to change the forms of thought produced by emotions and to fall in love with viewing problems requiring moral decision from the perspective of eternity.

Persons who have been indoctrinated severely enough may never recover any moral perspective, resulting in serious disciplinary problems.

The connection between McDowell's general metaphysics and this particular claim about moral properties is that all claims about objectivity are to be made from the internal perspective of our actual practices, the part of his view that he takes from the later Wittgenstein.

In " The Right to Abortion: A Libertarian Defense ," the Association of Libertarian Feminists has created what they call a " systematic philosophical defense of the moral case for abortion from a libertarian perspective.

According to Hegel, Political History " is an idea of the state with a moral and spiritual force beyond the material interests of its subjects: it followed that the state was the main agent of historical change " This contrasts with one, for instance, social history, which focuses predominantly on the actions and lifestyles of ordinary people, or people's history, which is historical work from the perspective of common people.

The dual perspective that results acknowledges the sensuous attraction of a dazzling theatrical occasion, but also penetrates the showy surface ; for in it there is “ a huge zest for life and the moral strength to see through it its glitter, its hypocrisies, its shame and its rewards .”

In some role-playing games, alignment is a categorisation of the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non-player characters, monsters, and societies in the game.

Others, such as Patricia Werhane, argue that CSR should be considered more as a corporate moral responsibility, and limit the reach of CSR by focusing more on direct impacts of the organization as viewed through a systems perspective to identify stakeholders.

For example, Ray Anderson, in The Corporation, takes a CMR perspective in order to do what is moral and he begins to shift his company's focus towards the biosphere by utilizing carpets in sections so that they will sustain for longer periods.

From a Catholic perspective, the Church has the moral and theological right to enter into diplomatic relations with states in order to reach agreements regarding the care of its members residing there.

Petrarch encouraged students to imitate the ancient writers, from a language perspective, combining clear and correct speech with moral thought.

* Alignment ( role-playing games ), the moral and ethical perspective of the characters, monsters, and societies

Deeming the work a " psychological romance ", he employed a romantic narrative in order to describe moral theology from a scientific perspective.

Holmes rebels against the social conventions of his day not on moral but rather on aesthetic grounds.

The double editorial on Two Aspects Of `` The U.S. Spirit '' was subtly calculated to suggest a moral sanction for gambles great as well as small, reflecting popular approval of this questionable attitude toward the highest office in the land.

There is indeed a moral responsibility on man himself, for his own soul's sake, to respect lower life and to avoid the infliction of suffering, but this viewpoint Schweitzer rejects.

With the knowledge that the kingdom comes by obedience to the moral law in our relations with all people, we have a firm intellectual grasp on both the means and the ends of our lives.

Such a list must naturally be selective, and the treatment of each man is brief, for I am interested only in their general ideas on the moral measure of literature.

When we turn to Aristotle's ideas on the moral measure of literature, it is at once apparent that he is at times equally concerned about the influence of the art.

Both sides agreed that the theater must stand a moral test, but they could not agree on whether the poets were a good or a bad influence.

A variety of data are assembled to bear upon such alleged changes as diminished puritan morality, work-success ethic, individualism, achievement, lessened emphasis on future-time orientation in favor of sociability, moral relativism, consideration and tolerance, conformity, hedonistic present-time orientation.

He concluded that selective service would not only prevent the disorganization of essential war industries but would avoid the undesirable moral effects of the British reliance on enlistment only -- `` where the feeling of the people was whipped into a frenzy by girls pinning white feathers on reluctant young men, orators preaching hate of the Germans, and newspapers exaggerating enemy outrages to make men enlist out of motives of revenge and retaliation ''.

Leaving aside the choice of unilateral cessation of tests as neither sane nor clearly moral, the question must arise as to why resumption of atmospheric tests on our part would not be a good choice.

Secondly, they depend on America's `` moral cooperation '' when the crucial moment arrives.

Since I have already discussed his moral position, that discussion is incorporated by reference into the following pages, which will focus on the empirical and analytic side of Fromm's treatment.

Without agreeing with every phrase in this statement, we must certainly assert the great difference between Christian love and any form of resistance, and then go on beyond the Mennonite position and affirm that Christian love-in-action must first justify and then determine the moral principles limiting resistance.

`` When and if it can do so without jeopardizing constitutional and statutory tax-exemption privileges essential to the maintenance of its educational program and facilities, Emory University will consider applications of persons desiring to study or work at the University without regard to race, color or creed, continuing university policy that all applications shall be considered on the basis of intellectual and moral standards and other criteria designed to assure the orderly and effective conduct of the university and the fulfillment of its mission as an institution of Christian higher education ''.

Thus, moral issues concerning the nature of the legal and political processes take on theological dimensions.

They say it helps them bring back into schools the spiritual and moral values on which this country was built.

Instead -- and not just to prove my objectivity -- I hasten to report that it's a highly amusing film which probably does a fairly accurate job of reporting on the Easter vacation shenanigans of collegians down in Fort Lauderdale, and that it seems to come to grips quite honestly with the moral problem that most commonly vexes youngsters in this age group -- that is to say, sex.

What Gabriel was asking was that mankind forego all its parochial moral judgments, and contract to let the Angels serve on Earth as it is in Heaven regardless of the applicable Earth laws.

Altruism is a motivation to provide something of value to a party who must be anyone but oneself, while duty focuses on a moral obligation towards a specific individual ( e. g., a god, a king ), or collective ( e. g., a government ).

Alms are the fruits of a moral notion of the gift and of fortune on the one hand,

In the context of larger ethical discussions on moral action and judgment, Buddhism is characterized by the belief that negative ( unhappy ) consequences of our actions derive not from punishment or correction based on moral judgment, but from the law of karma, which functions like a natural law of cause and effect.