Sentences with phrase «concerning human affairs»

The Poverty of Historicism by Karl Popper - by far the best reminder that all dogma is suspect and that all models, theories and doctrines concerning human affairs become flawed if pressed too far and should always be treated with healthy scepticism.

Not exact matches

Most of those concerns focus on the singularity, a soon - to - arrive crossover point in the affairs of man and machine, where machines overtake human intelligence, and we cease to be the most interesting feature of the planet.

Deism is the doctrine that God created the world and its natural laws but takes no further part in its functioning, he does not interfere in the day - to - day workings of the universe, he does not concern himself with humans and our affairs.

a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.

Moreover, the faith that YHWH was the Lord of history meant that in contrast with the mythological cultures, where the gods were little interested in human affairs, the spotlight of divine concern was pointed directly to the human scene.

Thorpe stated that he personally had found Whitehead's thought of little help in relation to his own work on animal behaviour which was largely concerned with birdsong, but I think Suzanne Langer has shown that it may indeed be illuminating to think of problems of animal communication and eventually human language in terms of instructions, subjective aims or feelings, rather than in terms of information and description of states of affairs.

Religion — «a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.»

We begin with our commitment to the open and critical spirit, our concern for ourselves as human beings and for our neighbors, our longing for justice in human affairs, and our desire to participate responsibly in history, and we ask, Are all these quite unfounded?

«There are adequate, if not overwhelming, reasons to be concerned that the two repositories that are under debate right now are not the only places in the world where live smallpox virus still exists,» says Nils Daulaire, director of the Office of Global Health Affairs at the US Department of Health and Human Services, and head of the US delegation to the Geneva meeting.

The book imagines a vast, secretive organisation known as the Concern that keeps a discreet stranglehold on human affairs.

This is a natural, emotional basis for character development, but it quickly atrophies without the right kinds of feedback — in particular, guidance that supports the moral sense and shows how it can be applied to the range of social concerns that one encounters in human affairs.

It's always a problem for environmentalists, who want to claim that their concern transcends the petty affairs of mere humans.

There is more than enough evidence to atleast make this a serious concern for the long term stability of current international affairs and more importantly the ability of humans and all of life on earth to adapt to a world changing at, in solar terms, a blink of an eye.

Several of the independent experts appearing before either the Commons Committee on Justice and Human Rights or the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in the last session (3rd session, 40th Parliament) on criminal law amendments were concerned about the failure to provide additional funding concurrent with proposals that would increase the number of persons incarcerated at any one time.

YL was supported in her appeal by several interveners: the secretary of state for constitutional affairs; justice; Liberty; the British Institute of Human Rights; Help the Aged; and Age Concern England.

In May 2013, Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs Guido Westerwelle told Die Weit that he shares the concern over autonomous weapons, stating, «I don't want a situation where human decision - making is removed and delegated to machines.»

The Report raises significant human rights concerns about the following developments in Indigenous affairs in relation to:

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