Sentences with phrase «freedom as a culture»

But that's because we value freedom as a culture.

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The high freedom Googlers are given to recognize one another as important and for doing good work fosters a culture of recognition and service, helping Googlers to «think like owners rather than serfs.»

«So long as human exchange and specialisation are allowed to thrive somewhere, then culture evolves whether leaders help it or hinder it, and the result is that prosperity spreads, technology progresses, poverty declines, disease retreats, fecundity falls, happiness increases, violence atrophies, freedom grows, knowledge flourishes, the environment improves and wilderness expands.»

«Our culture's sexual freedom is more accurately described as sexual addiction,» says West, who was working this out in practice during his formative university years.

Unless it was meant for us as a new system to drop Republican systems for the Royalist systems that are taking place now that Jordan and Morocco both Royelists are planed to join GCC as one with a change to the name of the GCC since the Royalist empire will be extending to countries outer of the Arabian Gulf Countries... What ever it is all we need is freedom of rights, justice, peace, equality and to live in prosperity... Egypt is not in the heart of Egyptions only but as well in the heart of every Arabic nation, Egyptions were our teachers in our schools and Egypt was the university of our Yemeni students... Egypt was the source of islamic educations, Egypt was the face of all arts, books, papers, TV plays and movies to all of Arabian speaking countries... Egypt is our Arabian Icon so please please other nations are becoming larger and stronger in the area on your account as a living icon for the Arabian Unity what ever our faiths or beliefs are we are brothers in blood, culture and language, God Bless to All.Amen.

In an editorial provocatively titled «Against Human Rights,» he argues that the concept of human rights has become an ideology that functions, at least in the West, as «an enemy of the responsible exercise of freedom,» indeed a «patron of negative freedom, pushing against demands and obligations arising from our shared culture.»

A culture of bullying has taken over in this area, and the idea of academic freedom, wide enquiry, and genuine debate and analysis is no longer seen as essential in university life.

But that this should be interpreted as freedom from religion, and used as a means of sealing our culture against the imparting of religious knowledge, has no justification in fact.

In 1995, Blessed John Paul II wrote that our culture suffers from a «hedonistic mentality unwilling to accept responsibility in matters of sexuality, and... [from] a self - centred concept of freedom, which regards procreation as an obstacle to personal fulfilment.»

His proposal is for a future of increasing secularization that does not bring with it a profanation of Islamic culture, with the result that Islam will be seen as not only compatible with but strongly supportive of reason, freedom, and democracy.

DO N'T think you understand democracy if you think it's only about elections: it's about injecting as much of your religious culture and mindset which excludes freedom of thought, freedom of expression, political and religious pluralism, and human rights.

Central and eastern Europe didn't break free of the shackles of totalitarianism without trying, failing, and then trying again: It took a critical mass of people, determined to «live in the truth» no matter how difficult, to implode the communist culture of the lie and give a new birth of freedom to the lands Stalin claimed as his prize for helping beat Hitler.

But surely, Paul could as easily be arguing the need for a return to the regnant pattern after a false application of Christian freedom in the young church as he could be proclaiming that which was at variance with his culture.

But it is precisely freedom of conscience and our culture of tolerance that the perversions of our post-Christian culture now throw in doubt, as the goings - on at universities and in the public square indicate.

As an ideology, it has become a patron of negative freedom, pushing against demands and obligations arising from our shared culture.

As the once separate cultures meet and cross-fertilize one another, humankind is beginning to share more and more values — such as the concern for human rights and personal freedoAs the once separate cultures meet and cross-fertilize one another, humankind is beginning to share more and more values — such as the concern for human rights and personal freedoas the concern for human rights and personal freedom.

As I took the plane to South Bend for this Fall's Center for Ethics and Culture conference, I wondered how exactly «freedom» would be spoken of.

«That said, if the churches do not take the opportunity now to «advocate» and «teach» why same - sex marriage is wrong for everyone (i.e., harmful to children, to the couple, and undermining of a culture of marriage), religious people should not expect to find a lot of sympathy for their right to exercise their religious freedom to dissent from same - sex marriage,» Esbeck told CT. «In other words, church leaders no longer enjoy the luxury of not teaching biblical marriage, as much as large numbers of the laity don't want to hear it.

To some extent, and this is a point sometimes missed, arguing simply for the limited freedom for the Church to act as she desires in her own limited sphere is unsatisfactory, because it appears to abdicate the Church's responsibility to proclaim the truth for all people in all cultures.

It would be a disaster if today's European culture could only conceive freedom as absence of obligation, which would inevitably play intothe hands of fanaticism and arbitrariness.

Moreover, as John Paul II pointed out again and again, responsible human freedom is not possible outside a more basic loyalty to the commands that can come to us only in and through culture.

It animated the vibrant pontificate of Pope St. John Paul II, from his anticommunist writings on human freedom in its relationship to truth, to assertions of universal human dignity in the face of the culture of death, as well as in his approaches to ecumenism and interreligious dialogue.

At several points he touches upon the paradoxes of modern urbanism and the tragic ironies of our cultural attitude toward cities: although we now have more individual freedom, technical ability, and, arguably, social equity, we do not live in places as hospitable to human beings as were our cities of the past; we are pragmatists who build shoddily; our current obsession with historic preservation is the flip side of our utter lack of confidence in our ability to build well; while cultures with shared ascetic ideals and transcendent orientation built great cities and produced great landscapes, modern culture's expressive ideals, dogmatic public secularism, and privatized religiosity produce for us, even with our vast wealth, only private luxury, a spoiled countryside, and a public realm that is both venal and incoherent; above all, we simultaneously idolize nature and ruin it.

As for Mr. Trump, defender of traditional culture and religious freedom against «secular judges,» that forlorn hope is belied by the warm welcome afforded proponents of lifestyle libertinism — the principal driver of activist federal judging - as - legislating — at the Republican convention in ClevelanAs for Mr. Trump, defender of traditional culture and religious freedom against «secular judges,» that forlorn hope is belied by the warm welcome afforded proponents of lifestyle libertinism — the principal driver of activist federal judging - as - legislating — at the Republican convention in Clevelanas - legislating — at the Republican convention in Cleveland.

Their stance for chastity and monogamy, often labeled as «unrealistic,» is actually much better suited to African culture, especially in its present troubled condition, than are modern Western teachings about sexuality emphasizing personal freedom and individual development.

This gives womanist scholars the freedom to explore the particularities of black women's history and culture without being guided by what white feminists have already identified as women's issues.

A Careful Approach Culture is a difficult term to pin down and OTWTL offers an engaging and thought - provoking attempt to analyse how best the Catholic community can respond to what it frequently calls «modernity», now conceived in post-modernist terms as a society that has both privatised spirituality and championed the «needs» of the individual for such things as freedom, autonomy and self expression.

And so a culture of autonomous choice is one in which freedom is defined in primarily negative terms: as non-compulsion from without and self - determination for any possible realm of goods from within.

And it is this philosophy of freedom that offers an answer, really the only answer, to the challenge posed to us by what John Paul II has so presciently recognized as a culture of death.

On LA dining culture: «LA has an openness to it, a youth or whimsy, that allows a bit more creative freedom to do things that aren't as conventional as in a more historic, established city like New York or San Francisco.

There is no doubt that Bale needs to get the hell out of Real if he ever wants to be the kind of player he once was... this isn't to suggest that he his skills have diminished, he simply isn't the fiery, determined and aggressive player that struck fear in the hearts of his opponents... the small fish in a big pond just doesn't fit his profile... I can't even remember the last player I've seen who has become so invisible on the big stage (maybe Pogba last year)... maybe it's a case of culture shock or maybe he wasn't able to handle the notoriety that invariably came with his big money signing, but regardless of how it happened this guy is a shadow of his former self... although I doubt he would ever come to a team in such disarray, he could quite easily fill the shoes of Sanchez, who ironically was in a similar predicament in Barcelona, as Bale would return to his favoured left side and would be given the same freedoms that have allowed Sanchez to flourish... ultimately I think the cache of wearing a Real jersey and competing for the top trophies would be too difficult to give up for a wannabe club run by suits who care little about those kinds of accolades

Waldorf Education has as its ideal a person who is knowledgeable about the world and human history and culture, who has many varied practical and artistic abilities, who feels a deep reverence for and communion with the natural world, and who can act with initiative and in freedom in the face of economic and political pressures.

As children get older, what they want causes parents even more anxiety: more television time to absorb popular culture's cavalier attitudes about sex and violence, more computer time to talk with who - knows - who, more freedom to go places without parents, and eventually freedom to date and drive and all the activities that will drive me to distraction.

That said, other persistent tenants of U.S. strategic culture, such as casualty aversion, the pursuit of freedom and progress, and the use of outer space for «peaceful purposes» remain guiding principles of U.S. space policy, across administrations.

In our first issue, of 12 April 1913, we outlined our founding mission as being the creation of a state in which «health, comfort, culture and personal freedom are the rules instead of the exception».

Former culture secretary Sajid Javid told prime minister he was unable to support home secretary's proposals as they infringed freedom of speech

However, collectivist cultures, such as those of China and Japan, tend to focus more on group goals, such as those of a work group or family, and there is less focus on personal freedom.

All in all, a number of factors that constitute the foundations of AAU research culture have helped to build inspiring research environments at the University; they include complete methodological freedom in conducting research, the recognition of diversity as a value creator, and a focus on strengthening regional, national and international cooperation.

Nonetheless, it underestimates the diversity in culture and values of the American population to take it as a given that we will not see among schools of choice a number that will outrage even the most fervent advocates of the freedom to choose one's school and one's education.

Education that supports individual freedom and a free society is induction into a culture, not as a straitjacket but as the context of meanings and restraints that make the exercise of real freedom possible.

Teachers need support and freedom to focus on their own professional development and as such they can not take sole responsibility for CPD provision: school leadership, school culture and even national policy must also play a significant role.

When the culture of the East, its chief characteristic, is added to the strength of body and the strength of mind of the agricultural center, its special contribution, and these two great characteristics are constantly imbued with the spirit of independence and love of liberty which lives in the hearts of the dwellers of the mountains, their main quality added to the national character, there is every reason to believe that we shall have a people and institutions such as will be permanent; with such wealth of resources, of such high education and intelligence, and of such vitality, of such longevity, of such devotion to freedom and hostility to centralization and tyranny as shall enable this Nation of ours to stand indefinitely; and to maintain in the future years its manifest destiny of leading the peoples and nations of earth in the principles of free government, constitutional security and individual liberty.

Tamblyn went on to speak about how important self - publishing platforms have been in foreign markets where would - be authors may not have access to avenues for publication, notably small niche markets like sub-Saharan Africa, or oppressed cultures where freedom of expression is not as simple as writing a book and having it published and can have serious ramifications for the author.

Opening: «So Much Dirt But Not Enough Soil (Ruin Series)» at Knockdown Center At Knockdown Center, «So Much Dirt But Not Enough Soil» will include art utilizing familiar materials such as Miracle Grow, live active culture 1 acidophilus, liquid THC, a shredded and pulped copy of the introduction to Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman, yellow # 5, ginko biloba, Flavor Dynamics» CHEF - ASSIST ® Harvest Spice Flavoring, 3 - methyl butanoic acid, crushed Adderal and aspartame, among others.

Taking her inspiration from sources as varied as modern dance and the resistance narratives embedded in American black culture, the artist is being included this month in the MCA Chicago's new show «The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now» and she also has a concurrent show in Brussels with her gallery, Clearing.

Citing bam leader Amiri Baraka in a new book that accompanies the recent exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, «The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now», art historian Rebecca Zorach writes that «pure forms» of diaspora culture such as music, dance and religion resisted objectification and were best suited to «reconstructing or excavating black identity».

However, as NY1 Arts and Culture Reporter Stephanie Simon reported, it is definitely worth a visit to both because that is part of the exercise in freedom and creativity.

Artists of the decade often addressed these events specifically in their work, but also situated them within the context of changes particular to the art world, such as the «culture wars» surrounding artistic freedom and censorship; the impact of new media (video, sound, and digital art) on artistic practice; and the expansion of the global art market, with its explosion of art fairs and art markets.

But for the artists themselves — for Ingres, Delacroix and Courbet — each of these styles was justified by ideal ends that they served, whether of order, liberty or truth; and when we look back now to the nineteenth century, the astonishing variety of its styles, the many conflicting movements and reactions, and the great number of distinct personalities, appear to us less as signs of weakness in the culture than as examples of freedom, individuality and sincerity of expression.

It's got a lot to do with our deeply steeped car culture, sure — America is the nation where taking to the road offers freedom, renewal, etc — but if we had access to the alternatives a gas tax may offer, could we become as enthralled with the different kind of freedoms offered by say, 185 mph high speed rail lines?