I think that we are all enjoying a well - deserved moment of euphoria right now, after so many set - backs, not least of which is the Harper Government ©'s full - bore assault on the environment and its complete
abdication of responsibility re: CO2 emissions.
Abdication of this responsibility is a significant factor in many of the problems we face.
Not exact matches
In effect, this
is an
abdication of personal
responsibility.
This motivation
is evidenced in the frequent
abdication of any personal moral
responsibility to critically evaluate your alleged deity's behaviors.
Her flight to the commune
is thus an
abdication of responsibility.
We all like to slum it, sometimes, but to get too enthusiastic about pop culture materials or, worse, to take them seriously as objects
of aesthetic judgment — well, that
was an
abdication of the critic's
responsibilities, not to mention a sign
of vulgar taste.
Lastly, I would again offer that these forms
of apologetic responses to the depictions
of genocide in the bible
are little more than a Nuremberg Defense, i.e. the
abdication of personal moral
responsibility to evaluate a particular command in obedient deference to perceived authority.
As for
Abdication of responsibility, that
is what the entire Jesus thing
is all about.
If «politics»
is understood in this broad sense, then the church and theologians can not afford to stand above politics in the situations they find themselves, for to do so would
be an
abdication of their
responsibility.
This «balance»
is not only an
abdication of moral
responsibility; it
is badly undercutting other Vatican goals in world politics.
And using the «word
of God» as a way to justify evil behavior
is just
abdication of personal
responsibility.
Any opinion that replaces reason, logic, search for truth, and tolerance with dogma, absolutism, ignorance, denial,
abdication of responsibility, and self - forgiveness
is absolutely NOT beneficial to humanity.
Again, debates about freewill and predestination continue in each century, whether the adversary
of freedom
is alleged, (all too often in
abdication of personal
responsibility!)
However, don't blame others for making «dangerous» products — this
is just an
abdication of responsibility if you fail to use the product correctly.
In my opinion, introducing a for - profit service provider into a public education environment amounts to an
abdication of responsibility that does little more than put the corporation's well -
being over the welfare
of children.
This
is a complete
abdication of responsibility by our legislative leaders.
It
is an
abdication of responsibility.
If there
was an
abdication of responsibility, it
was from those who forgot that when people propose a change to the status quo, especially a fundamental constitutional change, the emphasis rests with them to make their argument.
It would involve sacrifices (not flying seems like a basic first step, but most
of us tend to justify it to ourselves quite easily) but waiting for the government to act before we do seems to
be a complete
abdication of our own personal
responsibility.
«The mayor's current position
of absolute zeroes
is an irresponsible
abdication of responsibility that kicks the can down the road for taxpayers.»
Failing to fill this vacancy would
be a shameful
abdication of one
of the Senate's most essential Constitutional
responsibilities.»
«There
are, unfortunately, criminals in all kinds
of professions, but if these charges
are true, they represent three outrageous
abdications of people's highest
responsibility to the public,» Quinn said, referring to the high - profile arrests Tuesday that have rocked the New York political community.
«It would
be a total
abdication of our
responsibility.»
A policy
of non-enforcement that amounts to an
abdication of an agency's statutory
responsibilities could potentially
be said to violate the Take Care Clause.
The tenant groups, who have come weekly to Albany and
were involved in a protest that led to 60 arrests outside the governor's offices, call it an «
abdication of responsibility and leadership.»
«I felt it would have
been self - indulgent and an
abdication of responsibility to continue in a job I loved,» she said.
Others look at the ongoing carnage — current estimates
are of over 200,000 dead, nearly half
of them civilians — and see a catastrophic
abdication of moral and international
responsibility.
«Failing to fill this vacancy would
be a shameful
abdication of one
of the Senate's most essential constitutional
responsibilities.»
Self - mockingly describing himself as «an out -
of - touch lawyer who does not know the political realities», the crossbencher suggested the referendum had
been «an extraordinary
abdication by Parliament and representatives
of the country
of their own
responsibilities.
There
's a perverse logic to this
abdication of responsibility.
The shot
of McDormand walking away from the bewildered but relieved couple in a restaurant
is «cool,» I guess, but the
abdication of any
responsibility toward another woman who might
be in the same dangers she faced
is demoralizing — and McDonagh doesn't know it.
This
is an
abdication of responsibility.»
Nothing
is more tragic than the virtual
abdication by the American high school
of its
responsibility for the mathematical and scientific education
of the next generation, leaving U. S. 15 - year - olds below the industrial world average on math and science tests.
Even if the school survived the chaos that would ensue, could we expect that the character
of its students wouldn't
be affected (adversely, in this case) by the message that such an
abdication of responsibility would impart?
«The fact that the changes
are being made without anything close to adequate preparation
is a failure
of leadership, a sign
of a broken accountability system and, worse, an
abdication of our moral
responsibility to kids, particularly poor kids.
It
is the most recent example
of an alarming trend — the
abdication of responsibility by boards
of education to publicly traded, profit - making companies whose bottom line
is not education but the strength
of their financial performance for their stockholders.
The view that prospective teachers
are simply
being college students and will likely outgrow their juvenile actions
is an
abdication of teacher educators»
responsibility to prepare highly effective teachers.
In his view, making readers the «new gatekeepers»
of published work
is an
abdication of a writerly
responsibility to make that work as strong as it can
be.
One
is a complete
abdication of responsibility.
The [Koons] exhibition's historical position as the last to fill the Breuer building
is a travesty, an
abdication of the museum's
responsibility to balance aesthetic discernment with the forces
of the marketplace.
Since global fossil fuel use
is dominated by the G8, and since much deforestation involves raw material export to G8 countries, the failure to plainly address these issues
is an
abdication of responsibility.
Exporting these batteries to
be processed under grossly inadequate environmental and workplace safety regulations
is an
abdication by industry
of its
responsibility to
be a good steward
of the environment and America's
responsibility to
be a good trade partner with Mexico.
For the WG1 to not estimate the PDF for climate sensitivity
is either a rare example
of scientists ethically refusing to overreach while
being pressured to do so, or an
abdication of responsibility to society.
It
is an
abdication of responsibility for an expert to take advantage
of this.
Many, however, continue to claim that the spirit and intent
of the 1969 White Paper and the
abdication of responsibilities to Aboriginal peoples by Canada continues to
be a long - term goal
of successive federal governments.
Clinical experience often shows that where the father
is alcoholic and there
is a son in the home, the son tends to take on «father
responsibilities» in an effort to compensate for the father's
abdication of his role.