Nothing tells us that practical indifference deserves judicial punishment as distinct from other kinds of social responses toblameworthyconduct.From theCambridge English Corpus
Second, certain actions may be "supererogator y" (praiseworthy but not obligator y) or "suberogator y" (permitted butblameworthy).From theCambridge English Corpus
Among youth who did not evaluate the batterer's behavior asblameworthy, behavior problems increased as family violence severity increased.From theCambridge English Corpus
I have chosen to do that, the doing of which will make meblameworthy.From theCambridge English Corpus
That is a neutral definition of a high stakes game: as praiseworthy asblameworthy.From theCambridge English Corpus
Any ethical theory implies that agents who without a good excuse act wrongly are morallyblameworthy.From theCambridge English Corpus
It would often be irresponsible andblameworthyto rely upon guesses about the purport of these reasons.From theCambridge English Corpus
For example, donating money to a charitable organization is praiseworthy, the pseudoscientific, exaggerated promises of some chiropractors areblameworthy.From theCambridge English Corpus
It is not clear we can say precisely who acts wrongly or who isblameworthyfor the failure to study such treatments.From theCambridge English Corpus
Failure in this is morallyblameworthy; success morally praiseworthy.From theCambridge English Corpus
In the light of this it might not be surprising if a society chose to eliminate morallyblameworthyculpable behavior first.From theCambridge English Corpus
Emotions can beblameworthyor praiseworthy, and can center on large and small objects.From theCambridge English Corpus
Of analytic\\ logical necessity, a torturer, qua torturer, would be ablameworthyperson doing a bad thing.From theCambridge English Corpus
And if she doesn't have control over any event, she can't be morally praiseworthy orblameworthyfor anything at all.From theCambridge English Corpus
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