Sentences with phrase «for human freedom»

In her works, buttons and pins become more than mundane, mass - produced items; they are transformed into metaphors for human freedom.

Concern for human freedom thus requires us to think about how to organize power in and at work.

Similarly, when Socinus and his followers gave their defense of human freedom, even in relation to divine power, and rejected the timelessness of deity to make room for human freedom, who took them seriously?

Toward the end of the Cold War, there was a strong consensus that we were fighting on the right side of a struggle — for human freedom, dignity, and prosperity — whose outcome would have profound consequences for the world's future.

In order to convince the confused and alienated masses, we must be able to demonstrate that Catholic social thought treads the middle path between theocracy — the ambition of strict Islamist ideology — where the spiritual authorities simply subsume the powers of the State, and the atheist secularist agenda, which eventually leads to the State assuming God - like powers, yet without the compassion and respect for human freedom that is characteristic of the true God of Love.

And if no resolution seems possible, some courageous individuals will opt for human freedom and reject the idea of God as a form of enslavement.

Searle admits, however, that his account does not allow for human freedom, the reality of which, he emphasizes, he can not help presupposing in practice (MBS 85 - 98).

The opening of the document clearly indicates that the demand for human freedom in society expressed in part through constitutional limits on government prompted the council fathers to return to the Catholic Church's treasury of sacred tradition.

It left no clear Place for human freedom.

To an Orthodox like Nicholas Berdyaev or V. Ivanov, he is a spokesman for human freedom and a prophet of a new Christianity, transcending both Roman Catholic and Protestant distortions.

But in its slow and imperceptible processes, the real battles for human freedom and for the pushing back of the boundaries that restrict human life are ultimately won.

A God who acts coercively would lack moral respect for human freedom.

The consequences of this doctrine for human freedom are well known, and have given theology much internal strain.

There is first, the consequence for human freedom.

Not exact matches

Alex Miller, the global head of content at VICE Media, said in a statement that its readers «care deeply about freedom of speech and human rights» and that's why the company decided to launch the campaign for Rasool's release.

As Schilling points out, Einstein once noted: «My passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility has always contrasted oddly with my pronounced freedom from the need for direct contact with other human beings and human communities.

She has been jointly nominated for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought — the EU's annual award for defenders of human rights and freedoms.

As we look to the 150th anniversary of our Confederation, we are reminded that ours is a rich inheritance: a legacy of freedom; the birthright of all humanity and the courage to uphold it; the rule of law, and the institutions to protect it; respect for human dignity and diversity.

Of all the refugees interviewed by the Database Centre for North Korean Human Rights, 99.7 % said that there is no religious freedom in North Korea.

What I've written is for the benefit of others who actually give a damn about personal freedoms and human rights.

What you're giving up is your freedom to think for yourself by accepting this fantasy man - in - the - sky BS that has somehow managed to propagate throughout the centuries of modern human existence.

In that short period, the bilateral relationship has flourished into a deep, mutual commitment to work together to advance our common goals and a strong partnership for the promotion of human dignity and religious freedom.

I was taught, for example, the Enlightenment mythology of the dark, anti-intellectual ages dominated by the Church and the growth of human knowledge and freedom brought by those who rejected religion and discovered science.

Thus, as one who firmly believes in Judaism's teaching of the ubiquity of moral freedom for all humans, I had to suppress my understandable Jewish reticence and accept this invitation.

They praise him for his remarkable work in defense of international religious freedom and other human rights.

Secularization, the view that human beings are collections of atoms, sexual freedom, the scramble for wealth, careerism — these are facts that infiltrate everywhere, including our souls, making the beauty of an integrated life of faith elusive, difficult, and rare.

On the other hand, one must welcome the true conquests of the Enlightenment, human rights, and especially the freedom of faith and its practice, and recognize these as being essential elements for the authenticity of religion. . . .

If so, what does that mean for Machiavelli's project to expand the realm of human freedom — of effectual manipulation?

Unfortunately, Plantinga, himself, has not explicitly acknowledged the fact that his analysis of the relationship between divine sovereignty and human freedom is basically an attack upon, not a defense of, the view of omnipotence that most classical theists seem to hold; moreover, many such classical theists seem not yet to have perceived this tension for themselves.

Thus, for instance, the self - conscious freedom of human activity is made possible by the extremely complex order that it is privileged to appropriate, including the conditions which support life on this earth and the complexity of the human body.

In his communication through creation, his Son and the Bible, he gave only enough evidence for those with faith to follow the deductions to truth about him, but yet without defying human freedom.

Röpke locates wealth creation «not in «capital,» machine models, technical or organizational recipes or natural wealth, but in a spirit of order, foresight, combination, calculation, enterprise, human leadership and the freedom to shape life and things, also in citizenship, responsibility, loyalty to work, reliability, thrift and the urge to create, and in a civil middle class, providing the humus for all this» things, in short, which can neither be conjured up from the soil, nor imported.»

Wary of the dangers that radical subjectivism and moral fanaticism pose for social solidarity and cultural coexistence, he urges us to practice humility, civility, and humor in our political dealings while holding fast to core principles such as individual freedom and human rights.

First, Griffin himself acknowledges that the Plantingan can only allow the occasional violation of human freedom, and there is no way for us to know to what extent God has profitably violated human freedom already.

Far from compromising human freedom, then, the substantive goal of a maximal public world calls for maximal human self - determination.

God has given humans genuine freedom, so much so that if they choose to reject Him, He honors their choice, including the painful consequences (for them AND for Him) that their choice entails.

This mystery of human selfhood, with its connection to but also its freedom from the body, is the best evidence I know for the presence of transcendence in our world.

This criticism has an initial ring of plausibility, for it is easy, from our human perspective, to identify times when we believe God could have profitably violated human freedom for the sake of humankind - e.g., in relation to some of Hitler's actions.

Self - conscious freedom has permitted intentional exploitation of the earth in vast measure for the sake of human settlement.

We see the freedom of the Spirit moving in ways we can not predict, we see the nurturing power of the Spirit bringing order out of chaos and renewing the face of the earth, and the «energies» of the Spirit working within and inspiring human beings in their universal longing for and seeking after truth, peace and justice.

As a world leader for freedom and the protection of basic human rights, the United States should take every opportunity to advocate for people — including Americans here at home — to think, believe, and act according to their religious belief whether they belong to a minority or majority religion in their nation.»

In Our Backyard, an Oregon - based anti-human trafficking group, is planning to distribute «Freedom Stickers» with the National Human Trafficking Hotline clearly marked for women to call should they find themselves in unsafe circumstances.

«[N] on - state actors, including rebel and terrorist organizations,... committed by far some of the most egregious human rights abuses and caused significant damage to the global status of respect for religious freedom,» according to the 2014 IRF report.

In a report of the verdict on the jw-russia.org website, Jehovah's Witnesses described the outcome of the case as «a black day for fundamental human freedoms in Russia.»

Now more than ever there is a need for a time of peace and intellectual freedom in which devout thinkers can interpret the Qur» an in the light of the progress of human knowledge.

They estimated a «human freedom index» for each country based on 1985 figures for forty different indicators among them the right to travel, freedom of religion, freedom from unlawful detention, independent press, homosexual activities between consenting adults.

The strong still exploit the weak, the important human values of freedom and privacy are effectively denied, and incentives for productive activity are undermined.

While the dawning of the universally democratic age promises many goods?among them, peace, economic prosperity, and political freedom for millions, if not billions, of human beings?it may not be altogether good.

His refusal to accept either an «objective» or a «subjective» art is equivalent to the rebel's search for a value that transcends history but which does not diminish human freedom and creativity.

The death - of - God school tells us that the picture of God we have just outlined, save for its inclusion of love and moral justice when modified by love, has died on those who have discovered the reality of human freedom, the human capacity to act significantly, and the responsibility we have for acting in freedom.