Sentences with phrase «better human institutions»

He rooted this realism in the writings of St. Augustine on the observable presence of sin wherever men live and act — even in the courts of law, even in marriage, to name two of the better human institutions.

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Big losers will include our cultural institutions, including the CBC and the Canada Council who will likely face further devastating cuts, as well as human rights, international development and arts organizations who were funded historically by the Canadian government (some of whom had already lost funding under the minority Conservative government).

The cause for this wishful hope in institutions quickly appears: «In an increasingly globalized society, the common good and the effort to obtain it can not fail to assume the dimensions of the whole human family, that is to say, the community of peoples and nations.»

As Zmirak writes, Röpke «centered his economics in the dignity of the human person, who lives not alone but as part of a family and a community; who thrives or suffers according to the health of those institutions; and who regulates his own economic activity according toýfinancial and personal incentives that he» and not the State» is best equipped to interpret.»

My assessment is that the wider disorientation of Western society, the decreasing respect for many institutions and the disdain for humans alongside what Christopher Lasch has termed a «culture of narcissism» has played out both among the «spiritual but not religious» identifiers as well as among many «new atheists.»

If, therefore, we discuss future human structures and institutions of the Church which would make possible a more active participation of the laity in the decisions of ecclesiastical authorities, such efforts should not be discredited in advance by saying that they would remain in any case subject to the good pleasure of the hierarchy.

Hence, a fundamental religious virtue is humility, born of the persuasion that no man and no human institution can rightly claim the authority of God himself, but that all are under an authority toward which each may at best help to direct his fellow seekers after truth.

When the self is committed to the Second Good, its stock of memory, intelligence, relationships, health, and wealth becomes the instrument for the concrete achievement of security, justice, liberty, or fraternity within the domain of personal relations and in the larger world of human institutions.

Since the legitimacy of institutions of governance» be they democratic or otherwise» depends ultimately on their capacity and willingness to preserve and promote the common good by, above all, protecting fundamental human rights, the failure of the institutions of American democracy to fulfill their responsibilities has created what is truly a crisis.

Crucially important to Meland's enterprise is a recognition of myth as the felt expression of the depths of human culture, In his view, religious faith, and more particularly Christian faith, finds embodiment and expression not only in religious institutions and individual religious experience, but in the midst of secular cultures as well, The Judeo - Christian mythos underlies and is formative of the cultural sensibilities of Western men.

George Allan has argued that God provides aims to human societies as well as to individuals.153 The elements of purposive activity which characterize men singly, according to Allan, also characterize institutions.

And we need to challenge with the same zeal as an Old Testament prophet the institutions to humble themselves and obey the truth, to deal justly, to respect human dignity, and to serve us well.

By «perspective» I mean the realization that things will never be perfect In this world, that the ultimate good is unobtainable, that there is no such thing as a human cause or human institution without error and sinfulness, that only God deserves our ultimate loyalty.

In even our best acts, we humans seem to have an inescapable self - centeredness that causes us to deify ourselves, our cultures, our religions, institutions, sacred books, the things we make....

... this Council acknowledges all the true, good and just elements inherent in the very wide variety of institutions which the human race has established for itself» (40).

Even in the best of human institutions, of which marriage can serve as a supreme example, there can be damage when somehow the intention to share life fully is absent.

For reasons Maritain articulates at some length, a certain kind of democracy, guarded against the diseases to which «pure» democracies are prey, best represents the full flowering of human practical wisdom about the sorts of institutions worthy of Jewish and Christian thought.

He holds simultaneously that existing democratic ideas, traditions, and institutions were often championed in actual history by those who were non-Christians or even anti-Christian; and yet that, in building better than they knew, such persons were often generating in human temporal life constructs whose foundations were not only consistent with Jewish and Christian convictions about the realities of ethical and political life, but in a sense dependent on them.

In political and social thought, no Christian has ever written a more profound defense of the democratic idea and its component parts, such as the dignity of the person, the sharp distinction between society and the state, the role of practical wisdom, the common good, the transcendent anchoring of human rights, transcendent judgment upon societies, and the interplay of goodness and evil in human individuals and institutions.

His sees human nature as essentially good and well - meaning, as something that can be improved through the efforts of institutions like the post - Vatican II church, which have the resources to educate and form their members.

It would only do so were we to understand human nature, in the manner of Rousseau, to be intrinsically good, with evil a mirage of unjust social life that will disappear with the transformation of corrupt institutions.

Which beliefs, customs, and institutions governing sexuality best promote their human flourishing?

According to Nussbaum, Nehru may have been good at building formal institutions, but it was Gandhi who gave a spiritual and philosophical basis to democracy in India by calling «all Indians to a higher vision of themselves, getting people to perceive the dignity of each human being.»

McGrath replied: «Christianity, like every human institution, has messed up, but sometimes it does good stuff.

Before dismissing Augustine as being ancient, his dilemma as being archaic and his solutions as being irrelevant, it is well that we take a close look at what has been happening in secular education and also at the relationship between human / social studies in secular institutions on the one hand and Christian institutions on the other.

Since the legitimacy of institutions of governance — be they democratic or otherwise — depends ultimately on their capacity and willingness to preserve and promote the common good by, above all, protecting fundamental human rights, the failure of the institutions of American democracy to fulfill their responsibilities has created what is truly a crisis.

-- Our people - serving institutions (especially churches, schools, and health agencies) should redefine their purposes and revise their programs to become better human wholeness centers devoted to helping people maximize growth throughout the life journey.

Today, as always happens when a supreme ideal endeavors to get itself expressed in human institutions, the general average of organized religion is lower than the best.

Finding Your Own Passenger Pigeon - Center for Humans & Nature - January 2015 10 best Chicago museums: Top institutions to visit in Chicago - TimeOut Chicago - December 10, 2014 From prairie and river ecosystems to the biology of Ice Age — mammals, nature and its conservation, the focus at this Lincoln Park museum situated alongside a lagoon is vast and varied.

The report finds makes a list of recommendations for business, industry, professional bodies and government, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons later today.

A Sustainable History model requires an inclusion in societal institutions of minimum criteria of good governance that meet human dignity needs which are: reason, security, human rights, accountability, transparency, justice, opportunity, innovation and inclusiveness.

The Joint Committee on Human Rights concluded that «the proposed reforms constitute a very significant development with the potential to transform the Office of Children's Commissioner into a national human rights institution capable of becoming an international example of best practice if sufficiently well - resourced.&rHuman Rights concluded that «the proposed reforms constitute a very significant development with the potential to transform the Office of Children's Commissioner into a national human rights institution capable of becoming an international example of best practice if sufficiently well - resourced.&rhuman rights institution capable of becoming an international example of best practice if sufficiently well - resourced.»

Membership requires that candidate country has achieved stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights, respect for and protection of minorities, the existence of a functioning market economy as well as the capacity to cope with competitive pressure and market forces within the Union.

As a science student he could easily grasp the issue and translate it down but as a human institution as our party was, people either deliberately or innocently vilified him and it's sad it happened that way because I know him to be the best,» the former Deputy Information Minister confessed.

He says HIV programs for MSM must concentrate on key institutions such as the media and government policymakers; confront religious leaders and their claims that homosexuality is both a sin and a legacy of Western colonialism; independently fund agencies serving MSM; and bring the force of U.N. agencies to bear in support of human rights and good governance.

With an M.A. in human genetics and molecular biology from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a B.S. in biochemistry from New Mexico State University, Cordova has held research internships at those institutions as well as at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and at the University of Texas - Houston.

The head of human resources at Qiagen's U.S. headquarters in Germantown, Maryland, Paula Green, cites Montgomery College, the University of Maryland, Hopkins, and Georgetown University as local institutions that do a particularly good job of preparing students for careers in biotech.

Funded by MacArthur, Oak and Open Society Foundations, SITU has undertaken collaborations with a diverse range of partners, including the International Criminal Court, the United Nations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, B'tselem, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), as well as projects with international legal teams, award - winning journalists and leading academic institutions such as Carnegie Mellon and Princeton Universities.

Free - market evangelism spoils an otherwise good book, which attempts to extend the theory of evolution beyond biology to human culture and institutions

Research in the social, behavioral and economic sciences (SBE) builds fundamental knowledge of human behavior, interactions, and social and economic systems, as well as organizations and institutions.

As well as throwing new light on human psychology their discoveries have practical potential: to generate more compelling movies and more effective institutions, and possibly even to keep us safe from attack.

Thus, BPRC is fully compliant with the international demands on animal studies and welfare as set forth by the European Council Directive 2010 / 63 / EU, and Convention ETS 123, including the revised Appendix A as well as the «Standard for humane care and use of Laboratory Animals by Foreign institutions» identification number A5539 - 01, provided by the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States of America's National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Dutch implementing legislation.

The Awardee's institution must assure appropriate governance of animal studies as well as human studies.

At the same time, it is an obligation for governments, international institutions, as well as nongovernmental organisations to deepen its knowledge and understanding on human rights through activities for all the population at formal, non formal and informal levels.

If we can not be sure what fundamental right is «better» and more important, than we or any other institution can not hold scales and weigh any of our rights that we hold as the citizens and as the human beings.

Just like in the Middle East where there are madrasah teaching that all humans are not equal, there are similar institutions in our country that believe that all humans are not created equal as well.

In addition, collaborative efforts with human complementary and alternative medical institutions would offer great possibilities for development in human health care as well.

This idea of holistically consuming our human stories, including the many that are normally excluded from history — while it has become a normal part of daily digital living — was inconceivable in the 1980s when the Guerrilla Girls became famous for storming cultural institutions and media outlets to take on the political plight of better representation for women in the arts.

It is impossible for the viewer to enter this emotional landscape without making their own identifications and associations, without being an implicated participant within the unfolding of history, its apparatuses and institutions as well as its human narratives.

The director is both the artistic and the administrative leader of the institution and must have an understanding of both financial and human resource administration, as well as work in relation to public and private support actors.