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...consensus of what constitutes the good or welfare of man" that I consider "the root source of morality" but the good of man itself. The demands of man's welfare constitute natural moral law whether they are recognized by many...
...society, who are the victims of economic and racial injustice, look at the church as merely a support for the status quo. At the same time, a sense of their own past failures to act on Christian beliefs has led many churchmen to the other extreme, scorning the spiritual root of action. This lopsided view, said Cox, prevents many from hearing what "God has done and continues to do for man" in terms of personal salvation...
Temperature in the high 50's cracked the ice at Clarkson's home rink, in Potsdam N.Y. So the game was shifted to St. Lawrence where the rink is a familiar size to the Crimson, and where a host of fiery Larrie fans showed up to root against their arch-rival Clarkson...
...root source of a modern Christian morality, says Roman Catholic Bishop Francis Simons of Indore, India, is not so much the Bible or natural law as the consensus of what constitutes "the good or welfare of man, in society and individually." In the current issue of the U.S. theological quarterly Cross Currents, Dutch-born Bishop Simons uses his consensus theory to propose a radical revision of ethics that would make certain violations of generally accepted moral principles reasonable exceptions to the rule rather than sinful inconsistencies...
...life." This crisis, contrary to most notions, is not caused by bungling management, featherbedding stage unions, overpriced prima donnas or "ice" (boxoffice funds sluiced away to scalpers); such factors are only "peripheral," according to William J. Baumol and William G. Bowen, the Princeton economists who wrote the report. The root problem is the built-in technological liability of the live performing arts...