a situation in which you show that your beliefs are right and fair, even if you do not win Through Joan of Arc, France won a great moral victory.→ moralExamples from the Corpusmoral victory• The protesters have won at least a moral victory.• Although it saved them substantial ...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmental/intellectual/moral gymnastics[plural]verycleverthinking→gymnasticsExamples from the Corpusmental/intellectual/moral gymnastics•None the less, greatfeatsofmental gymnasticswere per-formed to make them intoatmosphericphenomena.•I changed into my runningclo...
Today, nativist perspectives could easily enroll it into the political and moral toolkit of border internalization—after all, it is routinely implied that the purported protection of citizens’ welfare and rights demands clear limits, including at the price of border violence. In reality, no ...
Others, however, are dissatisfied with the prevailing situation, and feel that contemporary philosophy has much to offer theology by way of technique and procedure, and that philosophers display more bravado than wisdom if they rule that theology and religion are beyond the scope of philosophical ...
In light of this pressing reality, it could be argued that we have a moral responsibility to take risks we can reasonably predict will help to repair human-caused damage – as long as we are not reckless or negligent in doing so (Douglas, 2003). At a minimum, we should seek to ...
but they also compared the current situation to the that of the “New Democratic Revolution” period [2], and analogize themselves as communist party members of that period. Meanwhile, they also embodied and followed the moral code that the Chinese Comm...
It is important to note in this connection that the villagers went to great lengths to recall many examples of Guan’s poor behavior, showing that memories of qinqing matter greatly in the moral judgment of public opinion. In retrospect, I can trace its formation in the local moral world ba...
situation, as well as utilizing their own values and moral compass. Exercises What are the characteristics of transformational leaders? Are transformational leaders more effective than transactional leaders? What is charisma? What are the advantages and disadvantages of charismatic leadership? Should...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English di‧lem‧ma/dəˈlemə, daɪ-/●●○noun[countable]a situation in which it is very difficult to decide what to do, because all thechoicesseem equally good or equally bada moral dilemmain a dilemmaI’m in a dilemma about this job ...
go southAmerican Englishinformalif a situation,organization, or set ofstandardsgoessouth, it becomes very bad although it was once very goodIt seems like all our moral standards have just gone south.→south Examples from the Corpus go south•After four years, theirrelationshipbegan togo south....