Sentences with phrase «as an necessary evil for»

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For some websites, a time - consuming manual link building campaign is a necessary evil as the industry within which the site operates is very competitive from an SEO standpoint.

If the ability to do this is necessary for a viable theodicy as Griffin implies, it would seem to follow that it is in fact possible to answer the problem of evil within classical limits — i.e., without having to resort to Griffin's process conceptuality.

It is simply false, therefore, to claim that Plantinga must view all evils in the actual world as necessary for bringing about some greater good or avoiding some greater evil.

The major Christian tradition has not been pacifism, in the sense of refusal to share in any war, but it has been a testimony for peace in the sense that war is seen as a necessary evil at best and never something in which to glory.

Thus the traditional conception of deity, which we have received from our past, puts its main stress on divine absoluteness or aseity; on divine causative agency as the explanation of everything that occurs whether by direct divine willing or by indirect divine permission with respect to evil done in the world; on divine self - containedness and hence lack of necessary relationship with anything else; on divine impassability, which makes any suffering impossible for God; and on divine moral perfection, with the giving of laws in accordance with which everything should be ordered.

The * natural * reaction is to demonize the aggressors; after all, as Edmund Burke and others have pointed out «the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.»

This contrasts with philosophies that, justifying the existence of evil in God's creation, would posit it as necessary for the machinery of the world — in other words, with all forms of theodicy that merely explain evil away.

We can appreciate the Christian absolutist who seeks to stand wholly against involvement in the evil of society; yet as he does so he must realize that those who are working for relative gains within the social order are doing a necessary work in the service of God.

«2 The retention of subjective immediacy within the everlastingness of God's nature is seen then as subjective immortality.3 Some argue that subjective immortality is necessary for the religious need of continuity between present hope and future fulfillment, redemption and fulfillment, and the overcoming of evil.4

Furthermore, those approaches, sometimes found in Catholicism, which tend to depict God's coming as Man and his agonised death on the Cross as more than was strictly necessary or as under the primary control of evil are insufficient for meeting the modern challenge of allowing God to be God.

And concepts of good and evil can easily be defined as human (or hominid) created concepts that are necessary for forming civilizations.

Many people unfortunately see work as a necessary evil that funds the life they really live for.

Schulweis could write that Whitehead finds occasions which are intrinsically evil to be necessary and justified for the attainment of higher perfections, but he should hasten to add that such occasions must be referred to as «good» in light of the whole.

There is, of course, wide disagreement on these issues, some holding that war is sometimes necessary for the restraint of evil and the winning of time for positive steps toward peace, others holding that war itself erects such barriers to these steps that it is completely futile as well as unchristian.

Nonetheless, although novelty is a necessary condition to achieve value, it can also produce evil should it introduce a chaos that can not be creatively formed into a higher order, for as Whitehead did clearly state: «The novelty may promote or destroy order; it may be good or bad» (PR 284).

They insist that while God is partly responsible for much of what we call evil (meaning, I assume, that the reality of a persuasive God as source of novelty is a necessary condition of the world's creative advance), this does not mean that God is morally indictable.

As it has been said, «The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.»

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As we wrap up car week, we have noted that the car and car seats seem to be a necessary evil for many people.

The home secretary, Theresa May, was thought to have recently reluctantly swung behind the retention of control orders as a necessary evil despite repeated interventions by Nick Clegg, whose Lib Dem manifesto clearly called for them to be scrapped.

Liam Byrne defended the announcement, telling Channel 4 News that «every department has over the last few months been looking at their budgets and how they can make efficiencies, for the very simple reason that we hate debt and we know that it's a necessary evil to help us get through the downturn as a country in one piece.»

For the guys who think of training as a necessary evil, you will always be taking two steps forward and one step back.

Many foods condemned as evil are not really evil at all; in fact, most of them are necessary for you to have a well - rounded, happy life.

This inflexibility is a necessary evil as the purpose of Haggis to set a standard across Scotland and therefore ensure that both staff and pupils are well prepared for exam questions.

Because lots of us are sick and tired of Germanic tech-fests that regard the driver as a barely necessary evil - for now - rather than being at the center of proceedings - as long as the numbers are better than those of the preceding model?

I write because history shows us — heck, The Daily Show and Roxane Gay and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and thousands of journalists and bloggers and working poets and writers literally show us every day — that it's the best weapon against hopelessness and despair and loneliness, mightier than tear gas and homophobia and injustice and corrupt politicians and fracking and every other evil in the world, and every bit as necessary for reaching our human potential as oxygen is for continued function of the brain.

In the remake, Scrooge and his friends look for different treasures, but it's revealed that the treasures were the necessary components of Magica DeSpell's evil curse to revive a vampire known as Dracula Duck.

* Science gave us the pesticides that they denied for decades as being toxic and made environmentalism necessary in the first place after they apparently poisoned the planet with their evil chemicals.

Architects and builders - who actually are the purchasers and who actually are responsible for the design of our bathrooms - must begin to think of hygiene facilities as an important part of the home and as an important aspect of our daily lives rather than as a necessary evil to be accommodated according to the dictates of some obsolete handbook or drawing template in whatever space is left over with whatever part of the budget is minimally required to meet legal standards.

As Edmund Burke sermonized, «All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.»

It's easy for law students to think of the articles they write for law review as necessary evils, grown - up book reports that demonstrate their research and writing ability to potential employers and justify the prestige - grab of law review.

Route1 recently surveyed 130 junior lawyers and found that a large majority distrusted recruiters, describing recruiters as a «necessary evil» because lawyers do not have the time to wade through various employers» websites or vague job boards to identify opportunities and make applications for them (see box «Route1»).

Demonetization can hence be termed as a necessary evil as of now and a way of paving its way towards a more stable and economically stronger road for India.

It's sort of a necessary evil for new companies going to ICO to get started, but as Ethereum and Bitcoin get converted into fiat, their prices lower in turn for all the people invested.

Alarm clocks are a necessary evil for most of us as we certainly don't love them, but can't live without them.

This definitely is not going to go down in the sands of time as one of the most exciting technology - based purchases you can make but for a lot of people, it's a necessary evil to have and own.

It's no secret that most people view looking for work as one of life's necessary evils.

What was once viewed as an overwhelming, yet necessary evil has now transformed into a highly regarded method for lead capture, communication, and engagement with the hungry buyers and motivated sellers of today.