Sentences with word «coercion»

Many of those couples say the charges of coercion of birth mothers are overblown and that thousands of abandoned children will be condemned to a life of poverty if greater restrictions on adoptions are imposed.

On the other hand, if process theists decide that God would coerce if this were possible, they establish a sound basis for the human use of coercion in some cases.

In its own words, Dignitatis Humanae says «religious freedom... has to do with immunity from coercion in civil society [emphasis added].

Impact of Sexual Coercion on Romantic Experiences of Adolescents and Young Adults.

However, men can not discharge these obligations in a manner in keeping with their own nature unless they enjoy immunity from external coercion as well as psychological freedom.

Texas» Perry indicted for coercion for veto threat AUSTIN, Texas — A grand jury indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday for abusing the powers of his office by carrying out a threat to veto funding for state prosecutors investigating public corruption — making the possible 2016 presidential hopeful his state's first indicted governor in nearly a century....

Kahlenberg is comfortable with coercion of this sort even in his endorsements of charter schools; these should be made available, he says, where choice will contribute to the proper mix of rich and poor.

Let them posture and reveal exactly what they are about: restricting the rights of everyone they can influence through coercion with a message of fear.

Although the Court of Appeal cited several authorities confirming that an undercover agent is not typically a person in authority for the purposes of confessions, these same authorities indicate that there may be unusual circumstances where it may (R. v. Grandinetti at para 40), while the Ibrahim rule adopted in R. v. Oickle and protects against coercion against those in authority.

Using coercion theory as an organizing framework, the book distills over 30 years of thinking and research at OSLC.

Pope Paul VI and the «out of touch» Church predicted in 1969 that widespread use of contraception would lead to four things: 1) General lowering of moral standards, 2) A rise in infidelity, and illegitimacy 3) The reduction of women to objects used to satisfy men and 4) Government coercion in reproductive matters.

Insofar as freedom can not be so defined, a proscription on external coercion requires a substantive principle or norm of social action.

But the Society of Will Writers warns that the online matchmaking service could be «devastating» — encouraging clients to deal with solicitors and other will writers remotely rather than face to face and making it impossible to establish whether the client is acting under coercion.

Almost all of their explicit discussions of divine coercion center on the question of whether God can coerce in the strong sense — i.e., whether God can totally divest another entity of all power of self - determination.

They were able to introduce their measure as a secular and rational initiative directed against religious coercion.

There is also a second form of coercion which primarily affects final causation.

While advocates insist that the Common Core was «state - led,» it's fairer to say it was conceived by inside - the - Beltway nonprofits, foisted upon the states by federal bribes, and kept in place by federal coercion.

There is now strong evidence that government at every level will attempt such coercion.

Entrapment requires coercion by authorities to make a person to do something illegal, which he would have not otherwise been inclined to do.

If God, no less than humans, wants to end oppression, and God desires us as humans to use coercion at times to accomplish this end, must not process theists grant that God would coerce if this were possible?

But how can it be justifiable for us as humans to willfully use even violent coercion if God would never coerce at all?

Where coercion meets care: Keith Wilding discusses the benefits of tribunal hearings in the mental health context

They can be powerful tools for influencing behaviour — but be careful that nudge policies do not cross the line into coercion, says philosopher Evan Selinger

On the other hand, if the answer is yes — that is, if divine persuasion alone does not maximize human freedom to the extent that such persuasion and divinely approved human coercion does — then it is difficult to see why the process God would not use coercive power if this were an option.

For example, the wire's padded connection at the mouse end scrapes against its hard plastic edges without much coercion, which could wear it down over time.

Mark Pritchard MP, for example, notably stuck his head above the parapet during the 2011 Parliamentary debate on the issue and openly accused No 10 of attempted coercion on the matter.

«The second risk: South Korean President Park Geun - hye is forced from office and replaced with a center - left government that favors diplomacy with North Korea over coercion.»

When used poorly, monetary rewards can feel like coercion, an effect you see in the classic carrot - and - stick approach to motivation.

The dynamic of Grand Theft Auto isn't forced violence, or even coercion.

Pryce is relying on a defence of marital coercion against allegations she took Huhne's speeding points over a March 2003 incident when his car was caught by a speed camera on the M11 motorway between Stansted Airport and London.

A judge upheld a federal coercion charge against an investment manager accused of trying to land a pension fund contract by exposing an alleged extramarital affair of state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's top counsel.

The problem with trying to use PARCC or Smarter Balanced tests to drive Common Core changes is that it almost certainly requires more coercion than is politically possible and would be undesirable even if it could be accomplished.

Not only is Basinger unable to make divine coercionb intelligible, he also appears to be wrong in implying that the traditional God does not exercise coercion in the strong sense of unilateral determination.

«If we can not have a say as to what goes on in our territories, free from economic coercion and threats, particularly in the case of dangerous projects like Kinder Morgan, Canada can not say that it respects the rights of Indigenous Peoples,» said Chief Judy Wilson of the Neskonlith Indian Band, which is part of the Secwepemc Nation in BC whose territory much of the pipeline would need to pass through.