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moral and law

His father was a professor at Hartford Theological Seminary,
and from him he acquired a conviction, which he passed along to me, that there is
in the universe
of persons a
moral law,
the law of love, which is a natural
law in the same sense as is
the physical
law.

As we observe
moral law and physical
law they appear as being inevitable
.

One's daily work becomes sacred, since it is performed
in the field
of influence
of the moral law, dealing as it does with people as well as with matter
and energy
.

In his book Civilization And Ethics Albert Schweitzer faces
the moral problems which arise when
moral law is recognized
in business life, for example
.

An uncompromising belief
in the moral law has
the advantage
of making religion natural, even as physical
law is natural
.

To obey
the moral law is just ordinary common sense, applied to a neglected field
.

This truth that
the moral law is natural has other important corollaries
.

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
.

That tumultuous, painful
and costly experience shows clearly that a
law expressing a
moral judgment cannot be enforced when it has little correspondence with
the general view
of society
.

To try to oppose
the general religious
and moral conviction
of such a majority by a legislative fiat would be to invite
the same breakdown
of law and order that was occasioned by
the ill-starred Prohibition experiment
.

Our leadership
in a wide economic boycott
of South Africa would be not only
in accord, it seems, with
the moral conscience
of America, not to be denied because we also as a people have widespread injustice
in the relations
of the races
in our own country, but also
in accord with our
law, U.S. Code Title 19, Section 1307, which forbids
the importation
of goods made by forced
or convict labor
.

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
.

According to Blake, Disraeli believed
in upholding Britain's greatness through a tough, " no nonsense " foreign policy that put Britain's interests above
the "
moral law " that advocated emancipation
of small nations
.

Usually includes a felony violation
of a criminal rule
or act against
law,
in particular at
the expense
of people
or moral.

Thus
in Austinian terms a
moral code can objectively determine what people ought to do,
the law can embody whatever norms
the legislature decrees to achieve social utility, but every individual remains free to choose what to do
.

Similarly, Hart ( 1961 ) saw
the law as
an aspect
of sovereignty, with lawmakers able to adopt any
law as a means to a
moral end
.
moral and stands

Ethical naturalism
stands in opposition to ethical non-naturalism, which denies that
moral terms refer to anything other than irreducible
moral properties, as well as to
all forms
of moral anti-realism, including ethical subjectivism ( which denies that
moral propositions refer to objective facts ), error theory ( which denies that any
moral propositions are true ),
and non-cognitivism ( which denies that
moral sentences express propositions at
all ).

Ethical non-naturalism
stands in opposition to ethical naturalism, which claims that
moral terms
and properties are reducible to non-moral terms
and properties, as well as to
all forms
of moral anti-realism, including ethical subjectivism ( which denies that
moral propositions refer to objective facts ), error theory ( which denies that any
moral propositions are true ),
and non-cognitivism ( which denies that
moral sentences express propositions at
all ).

Ethical subjectivism
stands in opposition to
moral realism, which claims that
moral propositions refer to objective facts, independent
of human opinion ; to error theory, which denies that any
moral propositions are true
in any sense ;
and to non-cognitivism, which denies that
moral sentences express propositions at
all.

Moral realism
stands in opposition to
all forms
of moral anti-realism, including ethical subjectivism ( which denies that
moral propositions refer to objective facts ), error theory ( which denies that any
moral propositions are true ),
and non-cognitivism ( which denies that
moral sentences express propositions at
all ).
The Hierophant can also represent someone who
stands out as a " pillar
of the community ", often a person who is respected by others
and can be a source
of moral authority
and is socially respected
.

A dispassionate
and careful reader
of Le Carré's oeuvre can have little doubt that — though
the writer clearly liked Smiley,
and brought him back, again
and again, until
the very end
of the Cold War — for
the creator
of both
of them, Leamas's conduct
stands on a higher
moral level ”.

It
stands in opposition to other forms
of non-cognitivism ( such as quasi-realism
and universal prescriptivism ), as well as to
all forms
of cognitivism ( including both
moral realism,
and ethical subjectivism ).

His philosophy relied strongly
on conscience, defined as that by which man
stands in direct personal relation with God as
moral sovereign,
and the seat
of a
moral individuality which nothing can rightly infringe
.
moral and on

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
.

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
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