We thus tend to infuse the passage of time with meaning and to see agency in it as well, whether it takes the form of God's supernatural agency in settling moral scores or nature knocking us off the pedestal of our technological hubris.

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But his missteps were moral, not legal in nature.

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His stamping ground is "the moral, emotional, and political colourings of the concept of human nature in modern life".

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Leaders use the cooperative nature of Japanese society to their own advantage, says Yoshio Oshitani, a specialist in moral instruction at Japan's Ministry of Education.

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The moral imperative, in terms of an environmental ethics today, is to support the regenerative capacities of nature while restraining the excessive demands of our consumerist culture.

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Yet despite the controversial nature of using drones, which raises legal and moral questions, American journalists have been relatively restrained in their coverage and they have tended to report on the drone programme from the perspective of the United States government.

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