Sentences with phrase «accept that limiting human»

Today, the adherents of the mainstream religions typically use modern family planning to limit their family size and accept that limiting human numbers makes sense.

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To recognize this «given - ness» does not mean to accept the political or economic status quo, as if it reflected presumed orders of nature; it is rather to acknowledge that limits in knowing, as elsewhere, accompany our (common) existence as human beings.

Of course it is possible to say that such questions and many more like them are of the sort that the limited human mind can not properly discuss; we must accept the reality of the rising of Jesus and simply leave it there.

As we read this history, the furor over stem cells was fueled by numerous factors: the near - universal human desire for magic; patients» desperation in the face of illness and their hope for cures; the belief that biology can now do anything; the reluctance of scientists to accept any limits (particularly moral limits) on their research; the impact of big money from biotech stocks, patents, and federal funding; the willingness of America's elite class to use every means possible to discredit religion in general; and the need to protect the unlimited abortion license by accepting no protections of unborn human life.

If we accept the account of human nature given by the Western theological and philosophical traditions — that we are free, rational beings, limited and imperfect, prone to diversity of opinion and errors in judgment — we may be more inclined to be not only tolerant but gracious and loving toward those with whom we disagree.

As we have seen, the Greek view of justice is the proper and harmonious functioning of humans in the larger whole of the political community, each fulfilling the function innate to one's being, fully cognizant and accepting ones limits.

God has accepted the lowly limits of human existence, especially those imposed on human beings by the exercise of oppressive political power omnipresent in history.

b We may accept that the human brain reached the limit of its development at the stage which anthropologists call Homo sapiens; or at least, if it has continued to develop since then, that the change can not be detected by our present methods of observation.

We must relate to each other from within the context of our cultural, social and sexual predispositions and in so doing accept our limited perspective rather than believe that we have the universal blueprint for what it means to be human.

We may accept the writings of Augustine, Aquinas, Luther and Barth — and indeed, the Bible itself — as the expressions of limited human beings attempting to articulate for their own time and in their own terms their experience of ultimate truth.

Lasch accepts the reality of human limits and of sin, and he sees in the unadorned and giddily optimistic story of progress the ever more destructive outcroppings of Pelagianism run amuck.

Since the idea of rebirth was generally accepted by Buddhists as well as by all other people in India, and since birth was not limited to the human level, it was possible to have Buddha born to fit any ancient tale of India, whether of beast or people — and this was actually done.

To Mulroy, suggesting such a notion would be tantamount to accepting that human progress can be limited or dictated by nature.

Society's failure to embrace the idea of neurodiversity and accept people who think differently might be limiting human potential, says a new book

Other examples include Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman's studies of human reasoning, which show that humans frequently reason with unseen and persistent biases, and the work of Keller, Longino, and other feminist critics showing that scientists are cognitively limited by the ideologies accepted in their wider cultures.

The mother will have weaned and trained the puppy in many ways, which is an important step toward accepting limits from human owners.

The leaders in my not - so - great generation wish to live without having to accept limits to growth of seemingly endless economic globalization, increasing per capita consumption and skyrocketing human population numbers; their desires are evidently insatiable; they choose to believe anything that is politically convenient, economically expedient and socially agreeable; and they act accordingly.

First, the leaders in my generation of elders wish to live without having to accept limits to growth of seemingly endless economic globalization, of increasing per capita consumption and skyrocketing human population numbers; our desires are evidently unattainable.

First, the leaders in my generation of elders wish to live without having to accept limits to growth of seemingly endless economic globalization, of increasing per capita consumption and skyrocketing human population numbers; our desires are evidently insatiable.

Apparently, too many people in my generation of leading elders are not only too conservative and set in our ways, but also wish to live without having to accept limits to growth of seemingly endless economic globalization, of increasing per capita consumption and skyrocketing human population numbers; our desires are evidently insatiable; we choose to believe anything that is politically convenient, economically expedient and socially agreeable; and we act accordingly.

If one accepts these premises, then there immediately follows the idea that all lower - frequency variations (seen as «trend» from the limited perspective of a human lifetime) must be due to anthropogenic causes, i.e. AGW.

This strong ethical and moral responsibility is derivable both from the universally accepted moral principles including the widely accepted golden rule which requires people to treat others as they wish to be treated, and international law including, but not limited to the «no harm» rule which is a widely recognized principle of customary international law whereby a State is duty - bound to prevent, reduce and control the risk of environmental harm to other states and a rule agreed to by all nations in the preamble to the UNFCCC, the «polluter - pays principle» agreed to by almost all nations in the 1992 Rio Declaration, human rights law which requires nations to assure that their citizens enjoy human rights, and many other legal theories including tort law.

This strong ethical and moral responsibility is derivable both from the universally accepted moral principles including the widely accepted golden rule which requires people to treat others as they wish to be treated, and international law including, but not limited to: (a) the «no harm» rule which is a widely recognized principle of customary international law whereby a State is duty - bound to prevent, reduce and control the risk of environmental harm to other states, and a rule agreed to by all nations in the preamble to the UNFCCC, (b) the «polluter - pays principle» agreed to by almost all nations in the 1992 Rio Declaration, (c) human rights law which requires nations to assure that their citizens enjoy human rights, and (d) many other legal theories including tort law.

Regardless of whether or not other human beings choose to accept the «answers» to one question, I believe we must ask ourselves, «Can we teach one another to live within limits?»

The courts have accepted the reality of electronic disclosure and methods of searching for documents that, by necessity limit the number that need to be subject to human review.

Accepting that slavery is not really a counter-terrorism issue, the question that remains to be asked is do we really want to rip up human rights laws if that means that yours and my rights to not be killed or subjected to torture, is limited because we wish to restrict the rights of the «other»: the person who looks a little different, sounds a bit different, or thinks a bit different.

The idea that human beings have a right to water for limited domestic purposes (drinking, cooking, washing, sanitation) and that states must progressively realize this right among the people they govern is an increasingly well - accepted international norm.

When we accept feelings and limit behaviors, we teach children that their emotions are a normal human experience and they are responsible for how their actions surrounding those emotions.