Sentences with phrase «actions by their consequences»

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Start today, by making one risky decision or taking one risky action, even if its benefits or consequences are minimal; it's the start of a new habit that might someday help you achieve your loftiest goals.

«They've been nurtured by their parents, who've talked with them and modeled values of excellence for them that [seed] concern for the consequences of their [kids»] actions on other people.

Studies have found that longer sentences do not have appreciably greater deterrent effects; many serious crimes are committed by people under the influence of alcohol or drugs, who are not necessarily thinking of the consequences of their actions, and certainly are not affected by the difference between a 15 - year and a 30 - year sentence.

Lack further said «any actions that run counter to our core values are met with consequences, no matter who the offender,» and he added that the company was «deeply saddened» by the news.

«Unilateral actions taken by individual governments reacting to emerging threats may result in unnecessary disruption or lead to unintended safety consequences,» said the members.

After years of buying up companies then raising the prices of their drugs — a strategy that rapidly amplified Valeant's revenue and stock price — Valeant is now struggling to grow by other means, while dealing with the consequences of its previous actions.

Every action by our government (or the fed), always comes with unintended consequences.

Unfortunately, by this time, any action taken usually will be too late to actually deflect the consequences of waiting and procrastinating too long.

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What happened, in 2008 and what are the consequences, realized and yet to be discovered, of those very extraordinary and unprecedented actions taken by governments around the world to douse the flames of deflation?

She has prosti.tuted herself to other «gods» who are indeed not God, and God has actively as well as passively chastised her by abandoning her to the unintended consequences of her actions.

The freedom for decision in the creation makes those who are created causative agents also, so that God is the chief causative agency not the only one, whose action makes possible, and also is affected by, the creaturely decisions that (in Whitehead's phrase) «matter and have consequences.»

In the terms of a traditional distinction, there are no perfect duties, duties «not to do, or not to omit, an action of a certain [specific] kind,» whatever the consequences, because all specific duties can be canceled by the imperfect duty «to promote a certain general end» (Donagan 154).

Accordingly, the social sciences may be expected to play an increasingly important role in liberal learning, as it becomes ever more evident that the conditions of human existence are not simply imposed by fate, nor the results of the interplay of blind, impersonal forces, but the consequences of deliberale human action.

It may seem that to emphasize the pervasive operation of the Holy Spirit, as well as to stress the Spirit's focal action in the life of Jesus and its consequences, will in the end reduce men and women to mere automatons used by God with no respect for their freedom, their dignity, and their own responsible decisions, without any personal or social human contribution to the process.

Man's place in society is determined by his actions in his previous life, and in this life he is preparing the consequences for future existences.

The unintended consequence of these supportive actions have opened a virtual Pandora's box, revealing a smorgasboard of s@xu = al depravity that runs the gamut from NAMBLA to growing ranks of pedophile teachers, emboldened by the brazen behaviors seen in «Pride parades» and an increasingly risque mainstream media that panders to the lowest common denominator in entertainment.

Truth is we have to face the consequences of our actions, part of free will by God.

Persuasion in this sense consists in communicating information about the advantages of a certain course of action to gain strength of beauty from natural consequences unmanipulated by the voluntary action of other people.

If, e.g., as sometimes happens, the man, after a time, more or less, recovers the faculties of which the injury to his brain had deprived him, and that not in consequence of a renewal of the injured part, but in consequence of the inhibited functions being performed by the vicarious action of other parts, the easiest explanation certainly is that, after a time, consciousness constitutes the remaining parts into a mechanism capable of acting as a substitute for the lost parts.

My suggestion is that the metaphor of roots and branches ought not be interpreted by identifying one's initiating actions as the roots and the consequences of those actions in others as the branches.

When Pope Clement VII failed to back him, he considered himself released from that debt on the basis that he retained, both theoretically and pragmatically, plenipotentiarity, and needing funds to defend his nation from the consequences, it was natural justice to impose the expense on the offender, the Catholic Church: it is to be noticed that the grounds for his divorce action were that he had been induced into marrying Catherine by the deliberate misrepresentation of Pope Julius II.

The morality of my actions is determined by their consequences.

But second, the sense of obligation is influenced by factors other than the anticipated consequences of the action.

As a consequence he would not be able to explain how a man could ever be guilty for something done by him years ago, how there could be an ethics of obligation, political action, artistic production, or an historical process» (RW 331).

In this dissent, the liberal Catholic academic establishment has gotten into the habit of issuing hyperbolic, sky - is - falling declarations about the consequences of rather ordinary and appropriate actions by Church authorities.

No director, officer, employee, or volunteer of the Rainforest Alliance who in good faith reports any action or suspected action taken by or within the Rainforest Alliance that he or she perceives to be illegal, fraudulent, or in violation of any adopted corporate policy shall suffer intimidation, harassment, discrimination or other retaliation or, in the case of employees, adverse employment consequences.

Why is there no accountability for wrong decisions made by referees that matches the consequences of their actions.

Though the incident was driven by the actions of both players, there was no way Portis wasn't going to face any consequences for severely injuring Mirotic even if things were two - sided.

(though bringing him at the emirates was not a mistake) today the consequences of our actions (not having good quality of players) has been reviewed by not making it to the top four.

Deci and Ryan, by contrast, argued that we are mostly motivated not by the material consequences of our actions, but by the inherent enjoyment and meaning that those actions bring us, a phenomenon labeled intrinsic motivation.

Are we encouraging independence, self - reliance and competence when we over-parent by doing everything for them, when we rush in to prevent them from falling, from making mistakes, from reaping the natural consequences of their actions?

Children learn responsibility by being made to face the consequences of their actions.

Often we try to either rescue our child from the natural consequences of her actions OR we compound it by adding additional punishments on top of it.

The main goal of discipline by AP is for children to learn the literal consequences of bad decisions on their own, as opposed to being slapped on the butt... The only consequence that teaches them is that the action angers / disappoints the parent.

To skip the discipline you would enforce with a less sensitive child denies the sensitive child the opportunity to learn and grow by experiencing the consequences of her actions.

Instead of learning self - control, patience, and the important lesson that there are consequences to our actions, she may have learned that she can get whatever she wants by being aggressive.

- to make decisions about the plan of care prior to and during the course of treatment and to refuse a recommended treatment or plan of care to the extent permitted by law and hospital policy and to be informed of the medical consequences of this action.

The major benefits of Forest School, as listed in the book, «Forest School and Outdoor Learning in the Early Years» by Sara Knight are increased confidence and self - belief; social skills with increased awareness of the consequence of their actions on other people, peers and adults and the ability to work cooperatively; more sophisticated written and spoken language; increased motivation and concentration; improved stamina and gross and fine motor skills; increased respect for the environment and increased observational skills; ability to have new perspectives and form positive relationships with others; a ripple effect to the family.

Against the backdrop of alleged plans by some activists to block the popular third mainland bridge in Lagos, the police command has issued a stern warning saying such action will be met with consequences.

At noon, Democratic Reps. Joe Crowley, Steve Israel, Hakeem Jeffries and Kathleen Rice call for federal lawmakers to approve long - term DHS funding by Friday without amendments challenging President Obama's executive actions on immigration, and discuss potential consequences of failing to do so; lobby, Marine Air Terminal, LaGuardia Airport, Ditmars Boulevard and 23rd Avenue, Queens.

«However, unilateral military action by the U.S. in a Middle East conflict causes grave concern, given the lack of any Authorization for Use of Military Force from Congress and the absence of any long - term plan or strategy to address any consequences from such unilateral action.»

However, taking this approach may lead to adverse political consequences for the President - such as loss of popularity; failure to re-elect down the road at the milder end of the spectrum; to higher end of the spectrum where such (in) action may be used as an excuse to remove the President before the election via either impeachment proceedings in Congress or the use of the powers granted in the 25th Amendment by the Executive branch.

«Having severally alerted Nigerians and the international community of the plans of the APC to decimate the opposition by «taking over» states controlled by the PDP, especially in Rivers and Akwa - Ibom states of the South - South zone by every means possible, we warn of dire consequences of the actions by the APC to disrupt the will of the people of the two states.

Censure does not bring any legal consequences, but is a form of public shaming by the House, and the first action below expulsion.

Balbuena calls for «immediate action by the competent authorities to safeguard their health and prevent negative consequences of uncontrolled contact.»

«This sort of side - by - side comparison of the long past and the long future has not been shown before, but is useful for seeing the geological scale to the consequences of carbon emissions since the dawn of industrialization until our actions today.»

When adolescents test their luck by experimenting with drugs or having unprotected sex, however, they may have only a vague idea of the possible consequences of their actions and the likelihoods of those consequences.

Based on the available scientific knowledge it is only by concerted global actions and smart science - informed policies that we can provide solutions to limit warming of the climate system to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels, and thus reduce the risks and mitigate the consequences of climate change.

By doing yoga for weight loss and putting yourself in a state of mind where you can think clearly and carefully plan your actions ahead, you will have a much, much lesser chance of deviating from your path and cheating on your rules, because you will be able to see the kinds of consequences your actions are going to have.