doctrine

The doctrine of evolutionary ethics is now blessedly in decline, mostly because of a widespread feeling that science and morality represent, as Stephen Jay Gould argued, different and non-overlapping magisteria.

Most often, the doctrine is invoked by minors seeking an abortion without parental consent.

These are not sidelines to conservative Christian doctrine, but centerpieces of it.

If it leads to real change, not just in tone, but also in doctrine and policy, it would indeed be an earthquake.

But Francis has also implied that his hands are tied when it comes to changing doctrine or altering church teachings.

Affleck, as if on cue, challenged Harris: “Are you the person who understands the officially codified doctrine of Islam?”

The doctrine of international free trade, albeit the most conspicuous of its applications, was but one case under the general law.

“Doctrine”—the Monroe doctrine declared that no foreign power should acquire additional dominion in America.

But the central economic doctrine of cost can not be shaken by mere denunciation.

He forgot the great doctrine of humility, and declared that "Mister" Weston should have the volume that very night.

The biological doctrine of evolution was misinterpreted and misapplied to social policy.