Sentences with phrase «if society as a whole»

If society as a whole owned the factories, it could distribute goods to all in a more equitable fashion.

Creating new knowledge and then carrying the new knowledge to the people will work only if society as a whole is happy with this application of the knowledge.

Not exact matches

If you combine adventurousness and curiosity with persistence and a sense that it's not all about you, then you get the creativity that benefits society as a whole.»

But it also serves an incredibly important role as an enabler and incubator of innovation and positive forward momentum for society as a whole, which is something that simply will not continue if those lone individuals become disadvantaged by getting their services blocked, slowed or effectively taxed by usage limits.

«I take the mindset of we owe it to society as a whole to retrain people whose jobs we displace but if we can make them happier and have a better job and put their efforts, their talents, to better use, that's still a net win.»

We can not hope to build strong, stable companies and products if the workforce doesn't represent society as a whole.

It should be clear that society as a whole would be better off if no committee of central planners held such power.

If indeed «Sharia» is meant to function as it takes into consideration what would be best for society on a whole through a lens of compassion and mercy», it should also ensure that animals will be dispatched «kindly» — as humanely as possible.

There are but two methods of providing against this evil: the one by creating a will in the community independent of the majority, that is, of the society itself; the other, by comprehending in the society so many separate descriptions of citizens as will render an unjust combination of a majority of the whole very improbable, if not impracticable.»

Third, as mentioned above, the location of a waste facility is just if the repository can be reasonably expected to contribute to the good of the whole society, and if those persons and communities suffering adverse effects have a means of redress and are duly compensated.

On a macro level however, if you can convince enough people to be more like you and do acts of compassion and good, doesn't that help society as a whole, even if those acts are returned in kind?

If you don't Pray for 5 times a day or you don't go to church on Sunday nothing will happen to the society as whole but it's only your faith keeps you haunting for not doing so.

Our sympathy and participation in the needs and claims of one party usually precludes any adequate participation in the rival needs and claims of others, particularly if the rival claimant is «society as a whole.»

Funny I never thought of Jesus as having a hercules style body... Just average build... He did work as a capenter and the carpenters I know have good muscle tone... by are not body builder status, Hercules built to excess... They are just like a average farmer, strong and even in muscle tone... Jesus's whole life was about being humble and coming from the low end of the society... he was born with the animals in a very humble place... I do not see him as a super strong human... but then being the son of God, he would have had super powers if he wanted them... he just did not need them...

I love how through the whole article he uses «They» as if Christians are some sort of alien society.

The shift from understanding Christian life as directly expressed in the service of the neighbor to understanding that the salvation sought is that of the whole society is an easy one, and those who made it can claim to be faithful to Wesley even if he did not take that step.

The whole country is corrupt, if you want to look at the government and everything, society as a whole has a problem that we need to deal with.»

He argues that if Internet users are representative of society as a whole, these surveys imply that a fetishistic or emotional attraction to diapers may be responsible for these «comfort» cases, and that «these behaviors are a significant cause of enuresis and incontinence.»

That will only be done if the lessons of the past are learnt and policies are developed which keep the City as the great national asset it is while curbing the excesses unacceptable to society as a whole.

And if you factor in the student loan, the housing ladder and so forth then the fees hike may well have the effect (since the NPV of a degree isn't all that impressive as it is, as far as I'm aware) of disadvantaging some groups relative to, say, plumbers or junior bankers in a way that won't be helpful to society as a whole.

She indicated that the older generation [those above 60 years] have failed in their quest to better their societies and the country as whole adding that if parents under this category had trained their wards well, things would have been better.

If you look at it like that, it is clear that this is a deal society accepted as a whole and thus carries as a whole.

BHA Head of Public Affairs Naomi Phillips commented, «The «soft system» of presumed consent which is being proposed in Wales accommodates the wishes of individuals and their family members who do not want to donate organs, while at the same time the opt - out system has the potential to profoundly benefit society as whole if it increases the availability of organs.

But there is still work to be done if we are to make the most of the huge benefits language skills bring to both individuals and UK society as a whole.

When we think about, for example, what the state of unemployment is in the US or the extent to which the average American encounters crime, one relevant source of information is this perception of society as a whole: If one's impression is that America as a whole is doing badly, then one would infer that the situation for a specific issue would be rather negative as well.

As you can imagine, there's a lot of demand for this kind of person, given that our whole society seems centered around financial worth — we're all reliant on the stock market for our retirement, cures to diseases only happen if they increase shareholder value, and the latest murder has been replaced by the latest merger on the front page of every major newspaper on the planet.

Natural selection acts on individuals, not society as a whole, so overconfidence can evolve even if it is costly to the population.

To find out, let's imagine what would happen if the whole world decided to eliminate meat, milk and eggs from its diet, then trace the effects as they ripple throughout agriculture, the environment and society.

Lead investigator Jason Hawes, founder of the Atlantic Paranormal Society, not only looks like and has the same day job as Samuel «Joe the Plumber» Wurzelbacher but carries himself with the same air of surly distrust, as if suspicious that the whole world might be encoded with hilarious bon mots at the expense of his sister.

Or as Shindell noted «It's not trivial to get this done — even if it's beneficial for society as a whole.»

In just the same way, we need diversity — in teams, organizations and society as a whole — if we are to change, grow and innovate.

I was intrigued by the suggestion that society as a whole would be more efficient if we never lent our...

Where a movie like All the President's Men — to which The Insider has been compared — wants to get us riled up and angry for society as a whole, The Insider can't really work on that level, even if that was the intention of director Michael Mann and writer Eric Roth.

If the witch hunters don't put a stop to it right away, there could be dire consequences, both for Augsburg and for society as a whole.

This kind of dependence is a good one, if is chosen with care for sake of both the society and individuals, as well as a whole and take responsibility for others and for the entire community, and vice versa, the community must in turn take care of its individual members.

If a country finds a way to meet the basic needs of women by taking loans that the whole society must pay, but the national constitution, and the various policies and services do not show the timely commitment for equity and equality, the chance to eradicate poverty and hunger will only be about the alleviation of these two major indicators of real development and sustainability It is then urgent and important not to fall in such a trap, which only comes to add to the financial and economic indebtedness of the society, and nations, to say the least, and to maintain the system of inequality and impoverishment as it basically exist..

[27] Thus, excluding applicants with prior convictions likely makes society less safe as a whole, even if it shifts some risk off - campus.

If we culled the whole bully breed of dogs today the scum of society would simply teach a Labrador to behave in a similar way and yes a lab treated like shit would have the ability to kill also just as so many medium size dogs would.

If the population is left unchecked, it will only lead to more and more cats living in unmanaged colonies, a decrease in public tolerance of homeless cats, and increased pressure on the environment, animal control agencies and our society as a whole.

In just the same way, we need diversity — in teams, organizations and society as a whole — if we are to change, grow and innovate.

The end result - lower costs to society as a whole than if we had just rebated back money.

If we hear of opposition to them in other places we attribute this opposition to the «not in my backyard» syndrome, i.e. to selfishness and lack of concern for the welfare of society as a whole.

If we forgive those who deceived us for the past sixty - nine years (2014 — 1945 = 69 yrs), then government science may again be a tool to benefit society as a whole rather than an instrument of our political leaders.

Choice 1: How much money do we want to spend today on reducing carbon dioxide emission without having a reasonable idea of: a) how much climate will change under business as usual, b) what the impacts of those changes will be, c) the cost of those impacts, d) how much it will cost to significantly change the future, e) whether that cost will exceed the benefits of reducing climate change, f) whether we can trust the scientists charged with developing answers to these questions, who have abandoned the ethic of telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but, with all the doubts, caveats, ifs, ands and buts; and who instead seek lots of publicity by telling scary stories, making simplified dramatic statements and making little mention of their doubts, g) whether other countries will negate our efforts, h) the meaning of the word hubris, when we think we are wise enough to predict what society will need a half - century or more in the future?

Rocher then relates this assumption about research to the country as a whole: «If Canada, as a political community (and a national community, as is used widely in the vocabulary of English Canada) is composed of two global societies -LSB-...], scholarly production related to it must reflect this reality if it wishes to be inclusive and comprehensive.&raquIf Canada, as a political community (and a national community, as is used widely in the vocabulary of English Canada) is composed of two global societies -LSB-...], scholarly production related to it must reflect this reality if it wishes to be inclusive and comprehensive.&raquif it wishes to be inclusive and comprehensive.»

The main one is that the bank or building society can ask either one of you to pay off the whole debt on a joint account (such as an overdraft) if they wish.

Also, children just happen to be the people who will turn into adults who run the world, and if we have the children's best interests at heart and in mind, and we actually look after the children's best interests, by extension, we can not fail in looking after the best interests of society as a whole.