Sentences with phrase «felt as an obligation»

The world that one experiences as given is not felt as an obligation placed on oneself.

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As a Navy SEAL amongst a group of «young, eighteen - year - old kids» barely out of basic training, Chris felt he had a special obligation.

«I feel like we as businesses have obligations to our employees, and part of that obligation is to help everyone understand what the environment that we're operating in is like, to help everyone understand how our performance relates to that environment, and to make clear that the business is not a family.

Since the Liberal government feels it has checked climate - change financing off its long environmental to - do list, Ottawa is expected to shift its funding focus to other international obligations on the environment, such as the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.

I talked to Craig Wolfe, the CEO of Celebriducks and Cocoa Canard, who, as the top custom rubber duck manufacturer in the world, said that he personally felt a moral obligation to bring it back to where it began — in the U.S. — but, also needed to justify the business case for doing so.

The positive impact will be felt pretty quickly as your obligation will be complete within 30 days.

Given this, it is nothing less than our obligation, as fully participating members of civil society, to continue alerting Canadians to these cuts and their impacts, all too often hidden from view through omnibus budget bills and government «feel good» misinformation.

As i grew older i became more intellectually and scientifically driven and although i do still go to church when i can its more for me a place when i am having a bad day that is a refuge a place that i just feel at peace in probably because i grew up in a church was there every Sunday and every holy day of obligation with my parents it brings back peacful memories.

We increasingly feel a moral obligation to treat all fellow humans as equally as possible.

But the requirement that I express only what I deeply feel and avoid all head - tripping is just as strict and difficult a rule as any that has been laid down in the name of moral obligation.

(For the sake of convenience, we shall distinguish between the «categoreal conditions» as they are called in the chapters on «The Theory of Feelings» [III.1] and «The Transmission of Feelings» [III.3], and the «categoreal obligations» as they were later formulated in «The Categoreal Scheme» [I. 2].)

In the same and in other schools uncertainty about the meaning of the ministry comes to appearance also in the feeling of conflict in a faculty between its loyalty to a traditional idea, such as that of the preacher, and its sense of obligation to denominational officials, alumni and churchmen in general who urge a more «practical» education.

The obligation to bear and communicate such meanings against his natural feeling and thinking was the ground of Jeremiah's discovery of his selfhood as «I.» Not the reception of the Word as such but the necessity to decide about it was crucial to the formation of this structure of existence and to its preservation and strengthening in the Jewish community.

This acknowledgment introduces certain obligations felt as heteronomously imposed burdens.

In Process and Reality the categoreal obligations perform the function of axioms expressing the necessary conditions for which actual occasions must obtain in order to achieve a fully determinate end as a unit of feeling.

Systems and principles of justice are the servants and instruments of the spirit of brotherhood in so far as they extend the sense of obligation towards the other, (a) from an immediately felt obligation, prompted by obvious need, to a continued obligation expressed in fixed principles of mutual support; (b) from a simple relation of the self and one «other» to the complex relations of the self and the «others»; and (c) finally from the obligations... which the community defines from its more impartial perspective.5

So in spite of my trepidation, and in awe of tradition, and knowing that this gives an impression of audacity when what I feel is rather an obligation that I can not avoid, I am impelled by my understanding (such as I am capable of) to raise this challenge.

«I don't feel like I need someone to complete me, and [I think] that marriage is supposed to be viewed as a privilege and blessing rather than an obligation.»

The scientist's devotion to truth is an ultimate concern which he rightly feels as a sacred obligation.

Other people regard an embryo in the early weeks of pregnancy as not deserving of unqualified protection because, before we feel it to be human, we feel an obligation to spare the human - that - is - to - be unnecessary pain.

There is no evidence that this primitive communism became a general practice, but it is clear that the relief of brothers in need was felt as a Christian obligation.

The reason I wasn't feeling lifted up or renewed is because I had an obligation in that verse as well.

In a recent interview, Santiago said he was «not a religious person,» but felt an obligation to depict Clemente accurately: «I know as a society Puerto Ricans are very religious... mostly Catholic Christians.

The priest and the Levite felt no neighborly obligation to the injured man, though he was presumably a Jew as they were.

This feeling of harmonious connection with other things is perfectly concrete, and if it serves as a categoreally basic feeling, puts a new perspective on both the knowledge of principle (categoreal obligations) and the knowledge of particular other things arising out of their specific initial data.

I anticipate another accusation of stridency here, but I'm sorry, I feel that any intellectually honest person has an obligation to call out any and all bullshit as such, and religious beliefs are at least as unsupported, ridiculous and unintelligent as beliefs in homeopathy, astrology, the ideas of David Icke, or the belief that thunder comes from mighty Thor riding across the sky.

The whole round of observances and obligations comes to be felt as a burden in an already burdened life.

If I feel that I ought to do something, that means that my sense of obligation attaches to my idea of myself as performing that act.

If anything, I feel as if it is an obligation to it's members to state the facts.

In other words, an ethics of obligation is possible because, among other things, moral alternatives can appear as more powerful «lures for feeling» — that is, more promising of stability — that those of mere self - interest.

This would apply to a multiplicity of incompatible feelings, as well as to a virtual unity as required by the first categoreal obligation.

People hated that, but we felt like we had a public obligation to remind everyone that baseball will almost always chew your face off and make a terrible, bloodcurdling screech as it scampers away into the trees.

Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!

What starts out as a choice with you wanting to please your partner can turn into a demand with you feeling like you have to, and it can feel like an obligation which can add extra stress.

But some people are going to co-sleep regardless and because of that I feel as though our medical community has an obligation to provide information about safe co-sleeping practices.

As New York City's only Republican representative, I feel an obligation to work with my colleagues in the majority to advance the City's interests, and I'm glad I was successful.»

«We feel as though we have an obligation to support the education system,» Gerald Patterson said, adding about the tough budget, «I think it's a bad year.»

I feel like part of my obligation as a Republican leader is to do that.»

Do you as party chair feel any particular obligation to exercise quality control over who's getting on the ballot, particularly in the city, to try and upgrade the quality of elected leadership this community has?

As a citizen and a father, I feel an obligation to keep that dream alive.»

We feel a particular obligation to Essen and the Ruhr region, as this is where Stiftung Mercator is at home.

With the holidays fast approaching, you may feel more stress and anxiety as added obligations and errands begin to pile up.

I have often felt that a certain promise to a reader, a friend, another blogger or a brand makes it much easier to get things done, as I have made a commitment and therefore have an obligation to fullfill my end, because I «have to».

Some premium feature might cost you a bit to purchase, but there is no obligation to purchase those unless you want that and feel as worthy.

Work schedules, family commitments, and other obligations can make dating as a grownup feel like a ninja exercise in calendaring skills.

i mentioned in my profile that i was open minded sexually and that i am interested in couples, and that i am bisexual all of these are true but as a result of this i have noticed that alot of SD's feel since they are financially assisting a young sugar baby that they feel sex is an obligation because of their money

Women can feel good about a mutual attraction, as it takes a Yes from both parties to make a speed date successful or express guilt - free rejection without any obligation to continue communication.

At first he employs an entirely Jewish workforce because they are cheap and unemployable elsewhere but as the Nazis become intent on the extermination of the Jewish race, he begins to feel moral obligations to save them from exportation to the death camps.

With The Fate of the Furious, it feels like the movies have gotten as big as they can get, and the gleeful absurdity that drove them is losing ground to the specter of obligation.

When it doesn't, it feels as if he's overcompensating for the weak, routine material that comes with his character — a scared guy who's desperate to get out of the fight, keep his job, and maintain his family obligations (His daughter, played by Alexa Nisenson, has a talent show later in the day, and his pregnant wife, played by JoAnna Garcia Swisher, is three day past her due date — one guess as to how the movie's climax plays out in between the fight sequence).