Sentences with phrase «for universal human values»

In our corporate consumerist American culture which celebrates hedonistic materialism and where aggression and a lack of ethics often results in short term economic gain [at the expense of long - term sustainability], taking a public stand for universal human values is likely to result in the end of career advancement or even job loss.

Not exact matches

With its concern for historical truth and invocation of the need to facilitate the cultivation of the human person and society, «Mapping» at this point comes tantalizingly close to this vision only to fall back into statements that «the fundamental sources of value in a culture are neither necessary nor universal.»

It was in this ardent zone of growth and universal recasting that all that makes man what he is today was discovered — or at least must have been rediscovered, for even those things which had long been known elsewhere achieved their definitive human value only when they were incorporated into the system of European ideas and activities.

So the knowledge imparted was at different levels, - technical rationality, critical rationality to evaluate ends, universal human values, and the humanism of the person of Jesus - but with search for the unity of their inter-relationship realized in the renewal of personal and community life as the ultimate goal.

But I can point to the universal experience of all humans who have a yearning for something beyond our physical existence — for ultimate purpose, value and meaning.

While appreciating the immense value of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights we must work for its amplification to include global racial justice, in relation to population and land and resources.

Does the near universal proscription against cannibalism promote respect for the unique value of human life — that continues even beyond life?

Moreover, we are sometimes afflicted with a sense of impending crisis, lending force to Niebuhr's observation that «one of the most pathetic aspects of human history is that every civilization expresses itself most pretentiously, compounds its partial and universal values most convincingly, and claims immortality for its finite existence at the very moment when the decay which leads to death has already begun.»

But to be of full value for all people in all ages these insights must be understood as illustrations and particular embodiments of general aspects of universal human experience.

There is an essential difference between a faith which recognizes responsibility for the universal human community but does not seek to dominate it, and master race theories such as Nazism, or the interesting new Japanese version of Nichiren Buddhism known as Sokka Gakkai (Value - Creating Society).

Jesus does not support his demand for love by referring to the value of other men as human beings, and love of enemies is not the high point of universal love of humanity, but the high point of overcoming of self, the surrender of one's own claim.

Also, Aspiration 3 states it in a different way, «Africa shall have a universal culture of good governance, democratic values, gender equality, respect for human rights, justice and the rule of law».

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana believes in the principles that democratic societies provide individuals with the best conditions for political liberty, personal freedom, equality of opportunity and economic development under the rule of law; and therefore being committed to advancing the social and political values on which democratic societies are founded, including the basic personal freedoms and human rights, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; in particular, the right of free speech, organization, assembly and non-violent dissent; the right to free elections and the freedom to organize effective parliamentary opposition to government; the right to a free and independent media; the right to religious belief; equality before the law; and individual opportunity and prospehuman rights, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; in particular, the right of free speech, organization, assembly and non-violent dissent; the right to free elections and the freedom to organize effective parliamentary opposition to government; the right to a free and independent media; the right to religious belief; equality before the law; and individual opportunity and prospeHuman Rights; in particular, the right of free speech, organization, assembly and non-violent dissent; the right to free elections and the freedom to organize effective parliamentary opposition to government; the right to a free and independent media; the right to religious belief; equality before the law; and individual opportunity and prosperity.

France's revolutionary tradition would at first seem to offer ripe soil for liberal - minded thinkers to stand up to a system perceived as falling short of the Universal Rights and values enshrined in the Declaration of Human Rights.

French foreign minister Alain Juppé said: «We must not be afraid of the Arab Spring because it embodies universal values - dignity, freedom, respect for human rights, the right of people to choose their own leaders.»

Since the same design (whether architectural, in hardware or software) could not work for everyone, people recognized that «universal design» was not a precise litmus test for new technology but rather a set of principles for design that «recognizes, respects, values and attempts to accommodate the broadest possible range of human abilities, requirements and preferences» (Stephanidis, 2001).