Sentences with phrase «arbitrary standard»

The program documented other unhealthy changes, brought about by inbreeding and a quest for arbitrary standards for what certain breeds should look like: Dachsund's have been elongated, and their legs made smaller, leading to serious back problems.

And I'm tired of the various «caucuses» setting arbitrary standards entirely of their own creation, then decreeing that whomever does not meet that standard is «disrespecting» them.

Niebuhr said that moral pride «is revealed in all «self - righteous» judgments in which the other is condemned because he fails to conform to the highly arbitrary standards of the self.

«Our professionals don't believe teaching every year should be a scene out of The Hunger Games, fighting for survival against what could best be considered arbitrary standards.»

«You, however most certainly did imply that indy authors who do not come up with covers which meet your rather arbitrary standards of what a proper cover should look like, are not worth your time.»

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But trust isn't about perfection, nor is it about some legalistic adherence to an arbitrary standard.

When we separate ourselves from that reality, holding ourselves to impossible and arbitrary standards, we also become cold and heartless.

And we're going to have troubles when relationships are defined by our need to hold each other to some arbitrary standard.

The implication of words like «true» and «real» is that if you do not meet their arbitrary standard, then somehow you must be a fake woman or an unreal woman or less - of a woman.

It is permutation of the absurdity that is morality, that has been escalated to include punishment from a non-existent God for failing to comply to its arbitrary standard.

Equal protection under the law means just that... we're all treated the same, not subject to some arbitrary standard set by «the court of public opinion».

In any case, changing one arbitrary standard to another would do nothing about the widespread misinterpretation and misuse of P values, or change the fact that a statistically significant P value can be calculated for an effect that is insignificant in practical terms.

They possess a high glycemic index, which is the measure of the speed a specific carb enters the bloodstream with an arbitrary standard as the reference point.

You're competing against YOURSELF, not some arbitrary standard.

The regulations set an arbitrary standard for the «other indicators of student success or school quality» — and then make sure those indicators won't matter anyway.

The changes approved by the National Collegiate Athletic Association last month come after a four - year battle by the organization's critics, including school counselors and parents who became frustrated by what they claimed were unfair and arbitrary standards.

It is not just in kindergarten that developing students as learners and thinkers should be the focus rather than the focus being on the mastery of arbitrary standards.

Waiting for an arbitrary standard of scientific certainty before changing any behavior is an option the world has, one option among many: the «continue as before» option.

While emissions standards have a noble objective, what we need much, much more than legislators setting an arbitrary standard is a gas tax.

He told McGill students that politicians who don't meet his arbitrary standards of «climate activism» should be incarcerated.

Now Canadians have the one perfect case with which to challenge the CJC's performance and arbitrary standards, but we need your help to cover court costs.

However, few insurance firms have decided to embrace this pricing approach, leading to accusations of price gouging based on an arbitrary standard.