Sentences with phrase «arbitrary will of others»

These paradoxical arguments — in which freedom is connected with service — differ from the core neo-Roman ideal that freedom consists in independence from the arbitrary will of others.

Not exact matches

At scale we will use this liquidity system to set all of our exchange rates across all currency pairs for which there are liquid exchanges (in other words, the rate is not simply arbitrary.)

This deceiver is none other than the nominalist God, whose goodness is no longer manifested to us by created beings, whose will is arbitrary, and who confines our minds within one order out of the infinite range of the possible.

God could have willed to order creation in an infinite number of other ways, since God's will is unbounded and arbitrary.

Referring to C. S. Lewis's much - cited claim in The Abolition of Man, Kass writes that if «man's so - called power over nature is, in truth, always a power exercised by some over others with knowledge of nature as their instrument, can it really be liberating to exchange the rule of nature for the role of arbitrary human will?»

This becomes clear when Hartshorne continues in a vein that runs through realistic epistemic claims of any sort, including the Whiteheadian: «On the other hand, if what I have in present experience is not the past itself but a newly created substitute or image, then the door is open to solipsism of the present moment, and only arbitrary fiat will keep that door closed» (italics added).

You consistently subordinate your empathy and reason to the arbitrary dicta of your capricious and cruel god thereby doing great harm to others all the while smugly convinced you're doing god's will.

Such choices are prompted by nothing other than the individual subject and his private conscience acting either on persuasive evidence or the arbitrary assertion of will.

Unless you specify, you'll get green chile on half of your order and red chile on the other half and the placement is arbitrary.

And think about it this way, if the school is already setting an arbitrary deadline for toileting skills and not taking into account the individual needs of each child, what other areas will they apply this thinking to as well?

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.

We fear decisions will frequently be subjective and arbitrary, as they have been in other parts of the public sector — notably the civil service — where performance pay has been introduced.

I apparently want to make games that appeal to everyone, do things that no other game has done, in ways that appeal to my arbitrary personal preferences, using skills that I don't yet have, to impress a broad set of opinionated outside voices, in a way that will earn me millions of dollars.

It will also handle strata corporation and tenancy issues relating to non-payment of monthly strata fees or fines; unfair actions by the strata corporation or by people owning more than half of the strata lots in a complex; uneven, arbitrary or non-enforcement of strata bylaws; issues of financial responsibility for repairs and the choice of bids for services; irregularities in the conduct of meetings, voting, minutes or other matters; interpretation of the legislation, regulations or bylaws; and issues regarding the common property.

If the property in question is a larger parcel — say 40 to 60 acres, Humongous Bank sets an arbitrary rule that it will only consider granting a mortgage on the value of the house plus five acres with nothing allowed for the other improvements (out - buildings) and the additional acres.