Sentences with phrase «distorted value structure»

If sociologists have tended to center on the foregoing argument and to single out work as the basis of their assessment of our present inability to play authentically, theologians and philosophers have tended to: focus upon a second area: America's distorted value structure that has accepted as true the «mindscape» of technology 48 This is Theodore Roszak's phrase, and his discussion can perhaps serve as a helpful starting point.

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Nicky Butt could be the best thing that's ever happened to United's academy, but based on the club's track record of the last few years — as well as the context of the lack of structure and thoughts into how things are currently set - up behind the scenes at Old Trafford — his appointment looks like another symptom of a distorted value system more concerned with what looks right in a cosmetic sense rather than what needs to be done.

It is an interweaving of past and future histories that does not hold proof or speculation on species evolution, which neither distorts nor idealizes, but opens a path towards a reformulation of the social values that structure contemporary existence.

I'm sure that the New York - based REIT is a sound business, but the complex structure seems to provide less transparency, often distorting the true value of the company.