Sentences with phrase «about general welfare»

Instead of a community of people exercising wise judgements about the general welfare or even acting out of enlightened self - interest, we have large groups of people expressing unexamined prejudices which are all too easily manipulated by those who control the mass media.

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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.

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.

His failure to mention it in his 2014 party conference speech was just one sign of a rather muddled approach to the problem; after the 2010 election, the party's initial strategy was to talk about the necessity of cuts in general while opposing some of the most high - profile cuts introduced by the coalition, particularly when it came to welfare.

Everyone wants justice, tranquility, general welfare (I could say a few things about that one).

«The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, retired Brig. - General Paul Boroh is concerned about the welfare of beneficiaries in the programme.

«For the NPP youth and their Regional Chairman to only be concerned about who does it and for what personal benefit instead of the general welfare of the people who have had to deal with the devastating floods that the area has had to deal with every rainy season is unfortunate.

We all have people in our lives who avoid meat and / or animal products in general for multiple reasons — health, ethics, the environment, squeamishness, animal welfare — but we care about them.

It's about the ethics and environment of this discussion board, plus human welfare, rather than ethics and the environment in general or animal welfare.

This problem is so big that everyone who cares about animal welfare, the environment and the nation's health, in general, should educate themselves about the process of factory farming and find a way that they can make a change.

Any time we write about some of the more progressive programs across the animal welfare movement, we tend to see two general kinds of responses.

Beyond the lives saved, though, the Million Cat Challenge is offering a broader challenge — to the animal welfare community, policymakers, and the general public — as each of its five key initiatives questions our «conventional wisdom» about sheltering cats.

Be proactive in the health and welfare of your pet and learn from our team of experts about various diseases, conditions or what you can do to ensure their general health and well - being.

As an advocate of trap - neuter - return working for one of that nation's leading animal welfare organizations, Best Friends Animal Society — and somebody quite familiar with the science surrounding TNR and free - roaming cats in general — I feel compelled to respond to R. Scott Nolen's recent article («Cats may be greater threat to wildlife than first thought,» JAVMA News, April 1, 2013) about the paper published earlier this year by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).

Asked about the contributions, General Motors defended the Heartland Institute as «careful and considerate,» even though the radical think tank has accused «Government Motors» of «corporate welfare - sucking» and told people to «never again buy a GM car or truck.»

About Blog The Utah Dressage Society (UDS), exists to educate, promote, encourage, and inspire its members and the general public through programs, publications, and competitions, in a way that enhances the image of dressage and promotes the welfare of the horse.

Among children whose abuse was so serious that they entered foster care, the rate of substance abuse was about three times higher.8 Thus, substance abuse by parents of victims of child abuse may not be as common in the general child welfare services - involved population as often believed, but substance abuse appears to be a significant contributor to maltreatment.

Parental mental illness Relatively little has been written about the effect of serious and persistent parental mental illness on child abuse, although many studies show that substantial proportions of mentally ill mothers are living away from their children.14 Much of the discussion about the effect of maternal mental illness on child abuse focuses on the poverty and homeless - ness of mothers who are mentally ill, as well as on the behavior problems of their children — all issues that are correlated with involvement with child welfare services.15 Jennifer Culhane and her colleagues followed a five - year birth cohort among women who had ever been homeless and found an elevated rate of involvement with child welfare services and a nearly seven - times - higher rate of having children placed into foster care.16 More direct evidence on the relationship between maternal mental illness and child abuse in the general population, however, is strikingly scarce, especially given the 23 percent rate of self - reported major depression in the previous twelve months among mothers involved with child welfare services, as shown in NSCAW.17

If you are a guardian of a child in Ireland, you have a duty to maintain and properly care for the child and you have a right to make decisions about the child's religious and secular education, health requirements and general welfare.

A parent with legal custody shall make decisions about the child's health, education, religion, and general welfare.