The far more insidious disease is what Percy calls scientific humanism — that rough consensus of both humanistic and technical thought which has seeped into every corner of American life, convincing us that we are creatures adjusting to a habitat, fulfilling ourselves from resources latent within the environment. (religion-online.org)
And while the academic debate over patient outcomes is a heated one, a rough consensus does emerge when it comes to more complicated surgeries — such as radical prostatectomy, where the prostate gland and some of its surrounding tissue is removed, usually to treat prostate cancer. (fortune.com)
Since World War II mainstream church policy statements have established a rough consensus. (religion-online.org)