Sentences with phrase «for democratic tradition»
Even so, did Albany bow to a new form of political correctness at the expense of respect for democratic tradition?
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«Respect for authority, tradition, station, and education eroded,» writes Hatch, and as a result, «American Protestantism has been skewed away from central ecclesiastical institutions and high culture; it has been pushed and pulled into its present shape by a democratic or populist orientation.»
Nevertheless, the classical humanistic tradition, with its emphasis on the common distinctive qualities of man, provides stronger support for the democratic ideal of human equality than does evolutionary naturalism, with its concern for the continuity of man with the lower forms of life.
17 Sept To Representatives of British Society in Westminster Hall: Allow me also to express my esteem for [your] Parliament... your common law tradition [etc., etc.]... Yet... if the moral principles underpinning the democratic process are themselves determined by nothing more solid than social consensus, then the fragility of the process becomes all too evident... [e.g. the credit crunch lacked] solid ethical foundations... [whereas the British - inspired] abolition of the slave trade [did not].
It was a longstanding principle of the civic republican tradition that power follows wealth; and for that reason a rough equality of property was assumed to be one of the prerequisites of a democratic republic.
Be Here for Me spokesman Ed Rennie, told Premier: «That we could ever really even consider anything like criminalising prayer - even if it's in a very confined context, which I think this would be - it's just contrary to the democratic and free traditions of this country and to Western democracy in general.»
For radicals, too, should praise the American tradition of democratic process and religious and political liberty.
Nevertheless the Christian doctrine of the relation between the ethics of Law and Grace, the Hindu concept of paramarthika and vyavaharika realms, the Islamic concept of shariat law versus the transcendent law, and the equivalent ones in secular ideologies like the Marxist idea of the present morality of class - war leading to the necessary love of the class-less society of the future need to be brought into the inter-faith dialogue to build up a common democratic political ethic for maintaining order and freedom with the continued struggle for social justice, and also a common civil morality within which diverse peoples may renew their different traditions of civil codes.
The other element that is very important in the environment for the development of Catholicism along the lines that I have suggested is the presence of a liberal, democratic political tradition.
A lengthy quotation from Ms Furedi begins: «For those of us who emerged from a progressive humanist tradition, «rights» designates the requirements for participation in bourgeois, democratic society.&raqFor those of us who emerged from a progressive humanist tradition, «rights» designates the requirements for participation in bourgeois, democratic society.&raqfor participation in bourgeois, democratic society.»
Uncle Petie I hope LibDems (especially those with an instinct for either social democratic or LibDem traditions) would not take the view that «more egalitarian reformed (liberal) market outcomes» will make redistribution unnecessary.
By the same token, I still believe that we need to rediscover and reinterpret the three overlapping political traditions — conservative, liberal and socialist or social - democratic — that have woven in and out of our history for well over a century; and that we have at least as much to learn from our complex religious traditions as from political ones.
All my responses are on my website, martinamidu.com or Martin Amidu Speaks, some of which are under the headings: «Why Martin Amidu Is Not Using Government Or Party Channels For His Advocacy For Accountability And Transparency» dated 29th May 2012; «Fighting Graft And Corruption Under The National Democratic Governments Of Ghana» dated 3rdNovember 2013; On Galloppers, Settlements And The Hallowed Traditions Of The Office Of The Attorney General» dated 10th July 2012; and «Defending Citizens» Rights And Freedoms From Unconstitutional Conduct By Government And Its Unlawful Covert Agent» dated 11th November 2015: and many others.
The Democratic Wealth series has given much attention to «republicanism» as a philosophical tradition which might serve as a source of guidance (see, for example, these contributions from Alex Gourevitch, José Luis Martí and Philip Pettit).
This is one of the many quaint parts of the New York democratic tradition, which are intended to make it difficult for people who are not incumbent officeholders to get on the ballot.
The democratic republican tradition was missing in action for most of the next half century.
Reeves and Collins are happy to let the House of Lords «wither on the vine», express an anti-pluralist instinct for unicameralism rather more common in the collectivist tradition than the democratic republican one.
For those trying to get their heads around «democratic republicanism» (or the other Marquand ideological traditions, this link given in the piece is the most useful useful starting point, though perhaps we should also invite Stuart White to open a discussion about it over here on LC http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/ourkingdom-theme/tom-griffin/2008/09/19/the-democratic-republican-moment
In a letter left on Inauguration Day for Trump that was both congratulatory and cautionary, Obama urged the incoming president to guard democratic institutions and traditions, and «sustain the international order.»
However, for a country that so often talks up its proud democratic tradition isn't it about time that we follow words with some innovative action.
Although the Liberal party was quite marginal for most of the century, the tradition also had some support within the Labour party and, in the 1980s, the Social Democratic Party.
In accordance with tradition, the Democratic governor made his tax returns available to journalists for inspection on Tuesday, the deadline for filing with the Internal Revenue Service and state Department of Taxation and Finance.
Four years ago, the state Business Council broke with tradition and made an endorsement in the governor's race for the first time in its 30 - year history, backing then - state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic frontrunner, over his Republican challenger, Carl Paladino.
«While I certainly respect the decisions made by my colleagues in the Democratic caucus, I also have great respect for the American tradition of peaceful transition of power,» Higgins said on Wednesday.
«For the last 100 years, our members and leaders have championed Democratic values and demonstrated a centuries - long tradition of service and dedication to our northeast Queens community.»
It's very damaging for Britain a country that stood up for democracy over the last century to see the BNP elected to the European parliament we have to make sure that we take very, very seriously the challenge to democratic politics that they show... Every vote is of equal value and it is important we try to understand why people have voted they way they have and we make sure the strength of this country and it's traditions of decency will win out.
Former Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Matt Flynn said Tuesday he's running for governor because the state's progressive traditions are being «obliterated» by Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
Elected officials, lobbyists, labor leaders and Democratic operatives are starting to trickle in to the Intercontinental San Juan Resort & Casino for the annual post-Election Day tradition: The Somos winter conference.
The tradition of voting on Tuesdays dates back to the 19th century, and some politicians, including former Democratic congressman Steve Israel, have pushed for the day to be changed to accommodate a more modern society, according to a 2012 NPR story.
That makes us guardians of those democratic institutions and traditions — like rule of law, separation of powers, equal protection and civil liberties — that our forebears fought and bled for.
Cuomo, a Democrat, broke with tradition and actually campaigned for his party - mates this year, and while he counseled marriage among the Democratic diaspora during the campaign he has said nothing about the state Senate in weeks.
When people were trying to place Bernie Sanders in an intellectual tradition, I saw my name mentioned in some articles — that's how desperate for American democratic socialists reporters were.
Even the Center for Civic Education, a 40 - year - old nonprofit organization whose National Advisory Committee reads like a Who's Who of democratic values and traditions (including a dozen current and former members of Congress and a couple of Supreme Court justices), does not explain in its curriculum standards that civil disobedience is rooted in fundamental principles as opposed to personal preferences.
We are here today participating in a wonderful American democratic tradition: running for president, meeting the voters, debating the issues.
Our definitions of democratic freedom and how to achieve it derive from different intellectual and moral traditions, as do our beliefs about what's worth learning, what counts as achievement, and, most important, what kind of school is best for children and society.
His principal purpose was to distinguish the extraordinary measures necessary for dismantling Jim Crow in the 1960s and 1970s from the «ordinary principles of our law, of our democratic heritage, and of our educational tradition.»
• Is it true that democratic control is necessary for communities to pass on their culture and traditions?
The moral imperative for the NJDOE, the NJ Legislature, and for individual school districts should be to act in the best interests of New Jersey children, and that means treating students humanely if their parents choose to participate in the democratic tradition of dissent.
This is true for the labor and ingenuity that has built this country, in addition to our democratic traditions.
Protest about the price of education was reserved for those countries still clinging to a naïve social democratic tradition.
Sumption argues for special treatment for different countries in particular the UK, where he asserts that there is no reason why the protection of Convention rights should necessary require the same measures in the UK which «has for many years enjoyed a strong tradition of public service, a high degree of participation in public life, functioning, democratic institutions and an independent judiciary, as they do in countries like say, Romania, Russia or Turkey...»
Have regard for the principles and requirements of a democratic society and promote respect for the diversity of values, beliefs, traditions, languages and ways of life in our society