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His army was destroyed, and 6000 captives were crucified along the Appian Way– a haunting demonstration of Roman authority.
A French historian said, two centuries later, "Seldom has so mighty an intellect submitted with such humility to the authority of Jesus Christ."
Because feelings are the purview of our authority, and people are uncomfortable with our anger.
But authority in humans is not so closely based on power and brutality as it is in other primates.
Notice also that on all of these graphs, the slope is steeper on in-group, authority, purity, which shows that, within any country, the disagreement isn't over harm and fairness.
Moral arguments within cultures are especially about issues of in-group, authority, purity.
They say, "Let's celebrate diversity, not common in-group membership," and, "Let's question authority," and, "Keep your laws off my body."
Traditional authority and morality can be quite repressive and restrictive to those at the bottom, to women, to people who don't fit in.
Think about the enormous moral authority of the Dalai Lama.
But if a student ever brings something to my attention and I don't know the answer, I will always admit it and own it because I'm not going to pretend to be an expert in something that I don't have experience in or I'm not an authority on.
He found that if people see the justice system as a legitimate authority to impose rules and regulations, they would follow them.
It's what happens when a person in authority treats you with dignity and respect, like the 40-something-year-old guy who struts down the aisle and says, "Judge, do you notice anything different?"
This is what they think about my site; it's ranked by blog authority.
They're known for their self-sacrifice, respect for authority and work as its own reward.
These witch hunts were not a unified initiative by a single authority, but rather a phenomenon that occurred sporadically and followed a similar pattern each time.
You know, if I had gone back looking for an authority figure who could tell me if it would work or not, he would have said, no, it probably won't.
And then you're the authority, and you can say, I know it works, because right there in that tube is where it happened, and here, on this gel, there's a little band there that I know that's DNA, and that's the DNA I wanted to amplify, so there!
As a prominent scientist and lecturer, his authority influenced many young doctors of his time.
In fact, Futura had authority, had legitimacy and had power because of this choice.
And in this case, when you think about this story, you realize that typography on the moon represents legitimacy, represents authority, and this gave them, the astronauts, the power to get to the moon.
Nomadic women held significant authority, managing these migrations, many of the flocks and trade.
In doing so, he encroached on the secular authority of the Roman governor Orestes, himself a moderate Christian, leading to a bitter public feud between the two men.
Camma steps between the opposing sides to stop them from fighting— they must honor her authority.
Now, she was told her pay was fairly standard for her position and that her boss didn't even have the authority to give such a raise.
But during this time, Napoleon Bonaparte had assumed power in France, and made it his mission to restore slavery and French authority throughout the empire.
To accomplish all of this, Christophe instituted mandatory labor, and to strengthen his authority, he crowned himself king in 1811.
This is not even talking about armed, autonomous systems with full authority to use force.
And I was really in tune with the protests, the sit-ins, the anti-Vietnam sentiment, and I really felt there was a need to question authority.
They're questioning authority.
I'm the one representing authority.
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