Sentences with phrase «consequences from good intentions»

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The mass exodus of children from Central America to the United States is the unintended consequence of four separate United States policies, each adopted with good intentions:

But Claire reminds me, now and then, that it is precisely events like these — well - intentioned educational initiatives that explicitly remove sex from the purview of family and religion — that promote the idea that sex can be engaged in without the consequences of sexually transmitted diseases, hurt feelings, and (by the way) children.

It is now my intention to draw out from the story of Abraham the dialectical consequences inherent in it, expressing them in the form of problemata, in order to see what a tremendous paradox faith is, a paradox which is capable of transforming a murder into a holy act well pleasing to God, a paradox which gives Isaac back to Abraham, which no thought can master, because faith begins precisely there where thinking leaves off.

But a new study from the University of Alberta's Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry shows those well - intentioned diaries may have unintended consequences.

Further, he discovered that the unintended consequences of well - intentioned reformers often ending up hurting those who were supposed to gain from reform - driven policies and practices.

But good intentions rarely lead to real solutions because Washington is too far from the real action in the schools to avoid all manner of unintended consequences.

Filled with Amy Tan's signature «idiosyncratic, sympathetic characters, haunting images, historical complexity, significant contemporary themes, and suspenseful mystery» (Los Angeles Times), Saving Fish from Drowning seduces the reader with a façade of Buddhist illusions, magician's tricks, and light comedy, even as the absurd and picaresque spiral into a gripping morality tale about the consequences of intentions - both good and bad - and about the shared responsibility that individuals must accept for the actions of others.

In a statement about the eyewitness testimony, the trial judge found that «Each of three women, no matter how well intentioned, tried to make narrative sense of the events by working backwards from their consequences.»

Given the gravity of the consequences flowing from a finding that a claimant group is not who they claim (and perceive themselves) to be, and consistent with principles of equality and respect for culture, as well as the intention of the Parliament in enacting the NTA «to rectify past injustices» and establish a «special procedure... for the just and proper ascertainment of native title rights and interests... in a manner that has due regard to their unique character», the Court should, it is respectfully submitted, approach the admission of oral testimonies of native title claimants in ways which accommodate Aboriginal accounts of their histories [85] and are, where appropriate, sceptical in the receipt of written records of the past.