11 sentences with “morality”

Ethics is the discipline that studies morality and human behavior.

The laity were well aware of the poor morality that pervaded the Church.

Instead, The Prince caused a scandal when it came out for completely ignoring the role of God and Christian morality in politics, and Machiavelli died soon after.

The central concern of the Enlightenment was to apply rational thought to almost every aspect of human existence: not only to science, but also to philosophy, morality and society.

The implications of Romanitas for political and military loyalty and morality are obvious. A less obvious expression of Romanitas, however, was in public buildings and celebrations.

Socrates challenged the Sophists and insisted that there are essential truths about morality and ethical conduct, but that to arrive at these truths one must be willing to question relentlessly.

The non-noble rich and the middle class came to distinguish themselves from both the working class and the old nobility, priding themselves on their morality, sobriety, work ethic and cleanliness.

Girls were to read specific texts drawn from the Bible, the "Church Fathers" (important theologians in early Church history), and classical Greek and Roman writers that emphasised morality, modesty and obedience.

The Christian message that emerged from the "correct" version of the New Testament was a deeply personal philosophy of prayer, devotion and morality that did not correspond to many of the structures and practices of the Latin Church.

The importance of Smith, in addition to founding the discipline of economics itself, was that he applied precisely the same kind of Enlightenment ideas and ideals to market exchange as did the other philosophers to morality, science, and so on.

For example, despite Voltaire's personal disdain for Christian (especially Catholic) institutions, he noted that "if God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him", because without a religious structure to underpin their morality, the ignorant masses would descend into violence and barbarism.