Sentences with phrase «by ideological commitment»

Doctors Reform Society president Dr Tim Woodruff suggested the Federal Government's policy of subsidising private health premiums was driven by an ideological commitment to private health insurance, rather than a concern for equity and efficiency, while public health specialist Associate Professor Peter Sainsbury said the Productivity Commission report ignored the fact that the private health insurance industry was in desperate need of reform.

Their position is driven by Culture War animosity towards greens, scientists, do - gooders and so on, or by ideological commitment to a conservative / libertarian position that would be undermined by the recognition of a global problem that can only be fixed by changes to existing structures of property rights.

They may well be strongly motivated by ideological commitment to libertarianism (the political philosophy which prioritises individuals excitingly pursuing their self - interest) and faith in the powers of new transformative technologies as well as in the few genius individual entrepreneurs who will lead us into a new kind of post-bureaucratic and post-state society.

By ideological commitments, I refer to the fundamental assumptions, the implicit lens that we use to examine reality and that are closely related to our beliefs about how the world is and should be.

Not exact matches

What is required of me by faith in terms of the «corporate responsibility» of the department or college or university — not first of all in terms of South African investments, but in terms of ideological commitments and personnel decisions?

Both in opposition and then in government Oliver's principal aim had been to help a succession of leaders to move the Conservative Party towards a particular ideological position — social and economic liberalism, tempered by a commitment to social justice and environmental stewardship, both globally and nationally.

Her claim today at the Chicago Tribune editorial board meeting that ISIS is motivated by the words of U.S. lawmakers, rather than a deep ideological commitment to waging war on the West to expand their caliphate, shows a shocking lack of understanding of the jihadists» true motivations.»

The «big tent» of education reform spans the ideological spectrum, from civic leaders and business - backed advocates for higher standards and champions for charters and choice to the commitment of innovative educators and the relentless pursuit of equity by civil rights leaders and organizers.

And not surprisingly there has been a big ideological divide in the response, with the government's commitment to academies matched by the teachers» unions» scepticism.

A report by the global teacher union confederation, Education International, describes England (and Chile) as the «emblematic cases» of an ideological commitment to the neoliberal reform of state education and a push towards marketisation and so - called business solutions.