Learn more
about the principles by which we operate in our Strategic Plan, Code of Ethics I, Code of Ethics II, and Bylaws.
You can read the full article
about each principle by clicking the highlighted links.
Not exact matches
It's
about the insight you can gain
by applying calligraphy's
principles to a field — computers in the early 80s — that badly needed them.
Why I Like It: While this book is
about marketing to consumers, even business buyers are influenced
by the
principles that it describes.
That's the
principle by which we compile the news and insights we find most important
about China.
According to Walk, just
about any business can benefit from applying the simple
principle behind Page's approach: ask what would you have to do differently if you were trying to improve
by ten times instead of
by ten percent.
That time period in ancient China,
by the way, corresponds with what is called the Spring and Autumn Period (
about 771 to 476 B.C.), which tradition associates with the Chinese teacher and philosopher Confucius, one of the first to espouse the
principle:
He won an Apex Award for a book he wrote several years ago called
Principled Profit, which was one of the first to challenge the conventional wisdom
about the place of ethics and the environment in business successand that self - published book was republished
by mainstream publishers in both India and Mexico.
If you want to learn how to read the «graphic representation» of human psychology on the charts as mentioned
by Al Weiss in his quote above, as well as more
about the
principles discussed today, checkout my price action trading course and traders community.
You are doing better but learn more
about leadership
principles and how parishes are composed and ran
by many people to meet the needs of the members but also the needy with in the community.
Conservatives, for their part, repelled
by the public vision of civil rights advocates and convinced that the programs of the past have failed, prefer not to address racial issues at all; when they do, they talk in formalistic terms
about the
principle of «color - blind state action.»
If you are concerned
about Muslims — or anybody else — not being willing to abide
by American
principles and the Constitution, is there anything else we can do to prevent this, beyond the Draconian and character - destroying (our character and theirs) discussion of deportation or internment camps.
On the reading I propose, the Reformation schism was brought
about instead
by contingent human choices in a confused historical context defined less
by clear and
principled theological argument (though that of course was present) than
by a peculiar and distinctively sixteenth - century combination of overheated and ever - escalating polemics, cold - blooded Realpolitik, and fervid apocalyptic dreaming.
Right... so they didn't overtly «ask» you, however if you and the other members are living
by «correct
principles» then not a big leap to decide for yourself
about the evils of gay marriage and contribute money yourself... which, in fact... many of you did, yes...?
What is most striking
about this episode is that
by all appearances, Cochran's department functioned as a model of
principled pluralism.
I was told
by a former small group leader in a group setting that its good that I know these
principles (
about grace).
If a problem arises which is not dealt with clearly in the Qur» an or in the Sunnah, the answer is sought in the schools of thought, the theories worked out
by «leaders of thought» who have been careful students of the Qur» an and the Sunnah, have thought profoundly
about their inner meanings and understand their general
principles, and who have special knowledge of virtue and the general welfare.
Our difficulty in speaking
about cross-cultural
principles of right and wrong is compounded
by the fact that international organizations, from the United Nations to the World Court, are fragile and nearly helpless in many of the most critical areas of conflict.
These are some of the
principles on which the schools of thought based their decisions: all things are fundamentally allowable, unless specifically prohibited; toleration and the lifting of restrictions should be the aim of legislation; eradication of mischief is the aim of administration; necessity permits benefiting
by things not otherwise allowable; necessity is given due appreciation; preventing mischief has priority over bringing
about welfare; commit the lesser of two evils; mischief is not removed
by mischief; one should suffer private damage to avert general disaster.
... Renewal in the Church perforce requires a restoration of first
principles,
principles by which the early Christians, under their bishops, taught the world
about poor relief.
We must be willing not only to accept, but to embrace the radical transformation brought
about by the renewing of our minds and our thinking though the fundamental
principles of God's Word.
By showing Abraham their common ground
about the
principles of justice, God enables Abraham to gain His perspective on the practice of justice in the political realm.
Im not talking
about religion, or being religious, but believing in His word and applying it to your daily life, living it truly not
by man's
principle, but
by God's Word, putting faith in Him just as a mother would to a babysitter who is going to look after her child, or just as you would trust someone with your money, or yet with your own life.
As is observed
by J. Baird Callicott, a contemporary environmental philosopher and defender of Leopold, what is noteworthy
about this
principle «is that the good of the biotic community is the ultimate measure of the moral value, the rightness or wrongness, of actions» (AL 318).
There is nothing written
by Bill W., on the spiritual
principle of anonymity, that prohibits us from talking
about our personal experiences in AA or identifying ourselves therein.
It is their «
principle of life», something much more profound than can be indicated
by talk
about their goodness of life and their concern for righteousness, truth, and the other virtues.
Judgments
about manners are made
by applying the
principles of esthetic excellence to the field of human relationships and personal conduct.
A. I'll begin
by asserting that American society from
about 1776 to
about WWI was shaped
by a mix consisting of a) modernist Lockean / Cartesian
principles, and b) various pre-modern inheritances, Christianity particularly.
This made us all feel that we had before us not only a theological professor but also a Christian man whose life was swayed
by the great
principles about which he spoke -LSB-...] He not only made us see the truth, but he made us feel its power and perceive its beauty.»
By rationality I do not mean the self - consciousness
about the
principles of thought that is expressed in explicit logic or reflection
about methodology.
Instead of believing with Hartshorne that man's convictions
about the ultimate character of reality can and should be determined
by allegedly neutral logical
principles, the understanding here being argued is that man's thinking
about God is and should be governed
by a vision emerging in the context of faith, a vision that is itself decisively conditioned
by its rootage in history and in the prereflective levels of consciousness.
But we don't agree
about enough things to settle our basic political issues
by reference to a body of agreed - on
principles.»
He is always keen to present the truth
about the Catholic Church's promotion of science, and so the first chapters of his new bookare dedicated to that issue, starting with an analysis of the positive attitude to science taken
by Pope John Paul ii, who held as a guiding
principle «the harmony existing between scientific truth and revealed truth.»
Austen wants our judgments
about her characters to be shaped
by the
principles they display, not
by their ability to charm.
(When you think
about it that way it may not seem so surprising that such a search should lead to the Golden Rule and universal
principles of right and wrong applying to everyone, like the Commandments — though the steps involved in getting to these results are
by no means trivial.)
But «a moral discussion is inconclusive and even trivial, if it leaves out the question of its application,» as Gregory Vlastos has said.13 In order to be as specific as possible
about this approach to Christian social philosophy I shall outline in arbitrary fashion five general
principles which I suggest can be supported
by the evidence of human experience as being necessary guides to the conditions under which the Good Society can grow.
Science operates off first
principles» in other words, assumptions
about the nature of reality» that can never be proven
by science itself.
In the case of a blind aggregation, some form of unification brought
about by purely mechanical means, the
principle of large numbers comes into play.
Just as metaphysical first
principles are discovered in a mode of enquiry, so the precepts of natural law are those «presupposed in any situation in which learning and enquiry between rational individuals
about their individual and common goods can be advanced and
by any relationship in which individuals can conduct themselves with rational integrity.»
The programs taught me
about (1) admitting I was beat, (2) coming to believe in something greater than myself (eventually a higher power)(many evolutions and concepts of HP, all of these at one time or another: nature, the 12 steps, creator, Love, spiritual
principles)(Step 3) applying my low self worth and gigantic Ego to these spiritual
principles (4) write down my liabilities and assets (5) share them with another and my higher power (6 & 7) ask for the liabilites to be removed and be patient with the process (8) Make a list of all that were harmed
by me (9) make amends to such folks except whn to do so would injure them or myself (10) take a daily inventory of my day, checking for snafus, mean temperment, arrogance etc (11) meditation and prayer to communicate to my higher power and quiet reflection to listen for the Truth (12) after having a spiritual awakening as a result of working these steps, help others if they wish for help because now I am in the position to assist.
But because of the present strength of those powers which counteract the tendencies toward a unification of the world — primarily nationalism and politics dominated
by the
principle of the sovereignty of the state — he is pessimistic
about the next decades.
This is important: We can define, classify, and understand the world
by learning
about what potentialities for action a thing has or does not have precisely because the nature of a thing is its
principle of intelligibility — that which makes us capable of understanding it.
By our indwelling the image of a God who identifies with the lost, we are — at least in
principle — delivered of the need to exaggerate our performances or to lie to ourselves
about our shortcomings.
One wonders: do the authors of the Platform themselves agree
about whether the «dignity of all persons» is offended
by abortion, whether racial quotas honor or violate the
principle that «discrimination is abhorrent,» or whether the virtue of «tolerance» requires putting up with obscenity in the music of rock and rap?
The monograph lays down
principles about Catholic education, as outlined
by the Popes over the years: «It is vital for the Catholic school to have a great deal of independence from the state to pursue a mission that is truly Catholic in all aspects...»
We should have certain and reliable information
about the character and personality of God,
about the purpose and meaning of this life,
about values and
principles by which man can live usefully and happily, and
about physical death and what lies beyond it.
The extensive continuum as a
principle of togetherness of actual entities is given to presentational immediacy which «gives positive information only
about the immediate present as defined
by itself» (PR 124/189).
We are not using God's Word, the Bible, when trying to educate people, Christians and non-Christians,
about what God has to say
about caring for the poor, racism (a taboo subject in many evangelical circles), and articulating moral
principles like the immoral budget proposed
by Ryan - Romney as well as many other societal issues.
The fact that S is precluded
by metaphysical
principles provides no reason at all for supposing that X's bringing
about S is not logically possible.
Off hand, the conclusion would appear to be that a being having the logical limit of power would have power sufficient to bring
about a state of affairs (S) even if S were precluded
by a metaphysical
principle.