The first debating society, the Rota Club, met at Miles's.
Not exact matches
You're certainly correct that we need to be clear about the terms we are talking about, for example the
first two «we's in this sentence refer to you and I specifically, or generally anyone who is engaging in a
debate / discussion — but when I said «If war is wrong, then it follows that we should never go to war» the «we» meant Christians, when I'm talking to you I agree that we are talking about what we as followers of Jesus should do, not just generally members of a given country or
society should do.
The
first debate has to do with whether God ought to be considered a single actual entity or a personally ordered
society of actual entities.
In his chapter on democracy, Sen argues that a democratic polity is important
first because freedom is an inherent good, second because it contributes to economic well «being, and third because
societies need free political
debate to choose what economic «needs» to value.
First and foremost, where political studies are concerned, this neglect had been linked with the development of the discipline itself and its
debate in and toward non-Western states and
societies specifically (see, e.g., Anderson 1987:1; Green 1993:517 — 518).
Conservative MPs give their takes on the Big
Society in the
first parliamentary
debate on the matter
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The Fabian
Society produced one of the
first studies on this - a collection on «The English Question» in 2000, and it has often been discussed at our events, on political reform and Britishnes, for example in this panel
debate.
It started as a bill and went through the
first reading, second reading, public hearing to which all stakeholders were brought together to
debate it and some of the relieves we have seen were part of the
debate expressed by the stakeholders about the need to protect the vulnerable segment of the
society.
So, as Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on
First Past the Post (FPTP)-- the electoral system currently in place — I have been in touch with the Chief Executive of the Electoral Reform
Society to challenge him to a public
debate on electoral reform.
The encomium from Sunder Katwala, of the Fabian
Society for the Alternative Vote in the place of
first - past - the post (FPTP) elections for the House of Commons is yet another example,
first, of a major party's search to consolidate its electoral position, and secondly, of the weakness of campaigning bodies to oblige the parties to open up an honest
debate about the alternatives to FPTP.
Unite will play its part in the
debate ahead and — unlike the politicians — will also be the
first line of defence for millions of people in work and in the communities now facing an all - out onslaught on what remains of the welfare state and a decent
society.
More about dominant frames and discourses in the synbio
debate Two recent studies shed further light on
society's response to synthetic biology, a topic which we also discussed in the
first issue of this Newsletter (October 2010).
The report calls for greater
debate about biofuels before ploughing headlong into a completely biofuel - powered
society, although it focuses mainly on
first generation fuels, unlike the Science papers.
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