| He believes that the motive of benevolence, so dear to empiricist morality, is a species of mere inclination, and therefore morally neutral. |
| The inconsistency and disproportionateness which has been occasioned in our sentiments of benevolence, offers a curious moral phenomenon. |
| The necessary trust depends on benevolence to others, including strangers, honest dealing and fulfilment of promises entered into voluntarily. |
| In such a case, the person has failed to show benevolence for morally discreditable reasons, and so has behaved badly. |
| In this argument charity is private benevolence and social welfare is public. |
| In that cultural desert, the President on screen appears a dignified and generous oasis of calm and benevolence. |
