Sentences with phrase «beyond arguments of»

The effects of this disparity go far beyond arguments of equality and fairness.

Not exact matches

Beyond the two games competing for players, devotees of each are debating which is the better game, and the number one argument is related to skill.

In light of what you said about the need to look beyond bilateral trade flows, how would you reply to such arguments?

«It's not linear or a matter of just following the logical argument; it's seeing the cloud of interconnections and influences, beyond just cause and effect thinking.»

Okay, here goes: You are engaging in a perceptual bias, a fallacious bit of reasoning, and you have no reasonable argument as to thinking some other species» mental idiocy to be significant in any way whatsoever beyond the mere biological curiosity of their neurological problems specific to them.

Again, this critique is beyond the scope of Smith's book and argument.

The idea of an «absolute antidote» suggests a different concept of the human than is presumed in Hitchens's argument: a being capable of enslavement by his darker side, one whose infinite desire for something beyond himself can be short - circuited into various «false infinities» (Ratzinger), who can redeem himself only by restoring the circuitry of his absolute relationship with his Generator.

They address the argument of ethicists who say that war is an extreme phenomenon that is beyond the boundaries of political reason.

The popular argument defines soul as indestructible, and so, curiously, beyond considerations of death.

His argument, part of which appeared in these pages («Leading Children Beyond Good and Evil,» May 2000), is that moral education as presently conceived almost inevitably ends up by thinning out moral content, removing the sharp edges of judgment, avoiding normative traditions of moral experience, and thus stifling the factors most crucial to the formation of character.

You have yet to directly respond to the specific points I've made at least three times now, i.e.: 1) the immutable good nature argument is simply unsupported definitional fiat (god can be equally described as malevolent or apathetic with equal support); 2) the immutable good nature argument presents a source of morality beyond god's direct control placing the argument in the god says so because it is good prong of the dilemma; and 3) the argument suggests god is not omnipotent because god is constrained to only a limited set of potential behaviors.

Werner Jaeger, who has written the classic history of the idea of paideia, [2] pointed out in a later book on Early Christianity and Greek Paideia that Clement not only uses literary forms and types of argument calculated to sway people formed by paideia but, beyond that, he explicitly praises paideia in such a way as to make it clear that his entire epistle is to be taken «as an act of Christian education.»

In addition to this being a case of special pleading via definitional fiat, the immutable good nature of god argument places the «objective / absolute» standard beyond the control of the god in that god has no choice but to obey this good nature (which also confounds the notion of omnipotence in that god is restricted to only a limited set of possible behaviors).

This means to move beyond our fear of national security, beyond the arguments, and find a refugee, a minority, an immigrant to love.

When Tom Derr made him a gift of my book, Richard twitted me in print for an argument I had made about the logic of «supererogatory acts,» acts beyond the call of duty.

This is the concept of that beyond which thought can not go, in which it completes its search for understanding, at which it really affirms only itself, and through which it relates all else.2 Leaving aside his views on its historical character, this is what R. G. Collingwood seems to be suggesting when he says that Anselm's argument does not prove «that because our idea of God is an ideal of id quo maius cogitari nequit therefore God exists, but that because our idea of God is an idea of id quo maius cogitari nequit we stand committed to belief in God's existence.

It is not his job to frame an argument; convince the higher clergy and rank - and - file Roman Catholics of its correctness; communicate his message well; ground the message in Scripture; or expand the message beyond a «Catholic issue.»

To get a gauge of just how inane the belief in creationism / intelligent design is in the 21st Century, here are some areas they must ignore, any one of which proves beyond rational argument that, not surprisingly, the World did not start about 6,000 years ago at the behest of the Judeo - Christian god, with one man, one woman and a talking snake.

Here one discovers claims and arguments that extend far beyond the question of homosexuality.

The theoretical roots of these studies tap directly into Weberian arguments, but the studies provide insights about religion and ideology that should be of value well beyond the Weberian school itself.

Critics charge that Weber's arguments go beyond notions of elective affinity in emphasizing the role of status groups as carriers of new ideas, but the intervening mechanisms relating particular ideas to particular status groups still leave much to be explained.

His argument for «building constituencies for change» is a plea to move beyond the intervention mode that passes for «international cooperation,» beyond the patronizing practices of private aid agencies driven by business competition rather than by civil constituencies and emancipatory agendas shared with others.

Justice Antonin Scalia, perhaps the leading exponent of this criticism, emphasizes the purely procedural quality of the argument by declaring abortion, for example, to be a matter entirely outside the purview of constitutional law and, therefore, beyond the jurisdiction of courts.

And to accept the arguments of the abolitionist, our great - great - grandparents had to see beyond the «plain meaning» of proof texts like Ephesians 6:1 - 5, Colossians 3:18 - 25; 4:1, and I Timothy 6:1 - 2 and instead be compelled by the general sweep of Scripture toward justice and freedom.

The argument from suffering reaches beyond medicine's responsibility and competence; it extends into metaphysical questions about the nature of human happiness and what constitutes a meaningful life.

the immensity of existence is so beyond what we can imagine that we narrow our beliefs to such a ridiculous set of arguments based on one book or another.

I submit that arguments of this kind can have the force that Hartshorne takes them to have only if the whole of our knowledge of God, beyond our unavoidable experience of «the inclusive something,» can be derived from such knowledge as we have of ourselves, and hence is merely symbolic rather than truly analogical.

These words and the concepts associated with them were very useful for intellectual purposes, but they made no contribution to life, and Levin suddenly felt he was in the position of a man who had exchanged a warm fur coat for a muslin blouse, and who the first time he finds himself in the frost is persuaded beyond question, not by arguments but by the whole of his being, that he's no better than naked and is inevitably bound to perish miserably.16

An examination of von Däniken's argument from literary and archaeological evidence indicts him beyond appeal.

A growing number of theologians and pastors are indifferent to any such arguments and reject all belief in life beyond the grave.

i can't argue the argument of a creator, i can only ask for proof which is often thrown back at me for asking but in reality the burden of proof lays with those that believe beyond a doubt that what is IS what was created by said god (s).

To get a gauge of just how inane that comment is, here are some areas fundamentalists must ignore, any one of which proves beyond rational argument that, not surprisingly, the World did n ¬ ot start about 6,000 years ago at the behest of the Judeo - Christian god.

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I wish we could get beyond the arguments over women leaders and same - sex equality and get on with the job of being Christ to people.

The difficulty with the argument lies in the notion of guilt «beyond all shadow of doubt.»

This argument may be rejected on the grounds that there is no reason to go beyond the beginning of things to a ground of their being.

Underlying his argument is Altizer's basic belief that the Christ that is now present (that has negated and moved beyond the forms of the historical Jesus and the Christ of the Gospels) is an Incarnate Word that is fully immanent in the world and in all human energy and life and progress.

Kind of like getting into a serious and heated argument with someone that believes in Santa Clause or the Easter Bunny... beyond illogical.

It's like building all your arguments based on old blog posts you really liked, «Well HeavenSent posted that it was sunny outside, so regardless of the evidence, that of darkness beyond my windows, I believe it's sunny outside, and you should too.»

For a detailed discussion of the Argument from Marginal Cases read Evelyn B. Pluhar, Beyond Prejudice: The Moral Significance of Human and Nonhuman Animals (Durham: Duke University Press, 1995).

Bleich treats this position as beyond dispute, framing his argument in the language of absolutes — «uncompromising,» «unyielding,» «sine qua non,» «null and void.»

Hartshorne also states this «argument» in terms of options, but this adds nothing to the «proof» beyond what has already been said about the first one.

James issues a stirring call for the Church to move beyond stifling arguments over gender roles and embrace a holistic understanding of God's calling for both men and women.

Unlikely as it may be for the Court to go beyond the arguments presented by the parties themselves to rule RFRA unconstitutional, the phrase «extreme religious liberty rights» is one defenders of religious liberty ought to prepare to hear a lot of in the coming years.

First, discussion of Intelligent Design's argument against neo-Darwinism is out of place in a high - school science classroom because most scientists working in the area do not accept the Intelligent Design criticism of neo-Darwinism and because understanding the scientific issues involves sophisticated arguments far beyond the capacity of nonspecialists, let alone high - school students.

The argument against using reproductive technology beyond reasonable limits turns finally on the definition of reasonable.

Hosts of people have prayed for the recovery of loved ones from sickness, have seen the tide turn and flow upward when physicians saw no hope, and are therefore convinced beyond all argument that prayer was the only decisive factor.

To be German, Italian, or French, the Fascists asserted, meant something more than just inhabiting a piece of geography; it meant something outsiders could not really enter into, something beyond reasoned argument.

Second, perhaps if you would actually address the posts that have been cut and pasted in response to your arguments with something beyond double talk and hiding behind recitation of scripture that means little to those who do not believe, and actually state viable, well thought out arguments to said posts, then the board could move on to more meaningful discussion.

Only a real die - hard would use the old «take the human eye» argument when we have examples in nature of every stage in eye development up to, and beyond the eye.