Sentences with phrase «existing human institutions»

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Insofar as such structures and institutions are of legal character they may, of course) be regarded as merely human and thus mutable, not necessary laws, because they did not always exist but have been — or have still to be — established.

The sometimes almost desperate conservatives must be taught to understand, not only theoretically but instinctively and in their spiritual life, that the Church does not exist outside time and history; that she is indeed founded on the grace of Christ, but is nevertheless a very human institution burdened by history.

Rightly understood, marriage is one of those social institutions that exist «prior» to the state: prior in terms of time (marriage existed before the state), and prior in terms of the deep truths embedded in the human condition.

He holds simultaneously that existing democratic ideas, traditions, and institutions were often championed in actual history by those who were non-Christians or even anti-Christian; and yet that, in building better than they knew, such persons were often generating in human temporal life constructs whose foundations were not only consistent with Jewish and Christian convictions about the realities of ethical and political life, but in a sense dependent on them.

The first is that religious institutions, like all human institutions, have a way of existing for themselves as opposed to the purposes they claim to serve.

Marriage is the primordial human institution, a reality that existed long before the establishment of what we now know as the state.

We must come together in a new partnership with our faith - based institutions, civil society, businesses and government to create a powerful locomotive for transformation so that our President's coordinated program of economic and social development policies will create «an optimistic, self - confident and prosperous nation through the creative exploitation of our human and natural resources and operating within a democratic, open and fair society in which mutual trust and economic opportunities exist for all.»

Mediating institutions help give individuals meaning and connections that just wouldn't exist if humans were viewed as fully autonomous, mechanical entities.

IF the IDOE collaborates with key stakeholders, including LEAs, institutions of higher education, and educator associations, to refine existing human capital management systems that leverage evaluation and support systems to recruit, prepare, develop, support, advance, reward, and retain great teachers and leaders, THEN increased educator capacity and effectiveness will ensure equitable access to excellent educators and lead to improved student outcomes.50

Implementation of a human rights monitoring programs in the context of BECCs should include the use of role and capacity analysis to assess the obligations of institutions at the international and national level to monitor the impacts of climate engineering, as well as their capacity and analysis of existing information systems and networks to assess critical information gaps to effective monitoring by decision makers, rights - holders and rights - bearers.

Mistakes are made and no matter how well institutions try to establish systems and policies and procedures, the human element exists.

The justice system across the world is one of the most important institutions that could ever exist; it's what ensures we as humans act morally and ethically and are punished for acting against these two values.

It explains which independent human rights institutions for children exist in Canada, as well as information about what a child rights impact assessment is.