Sentences with phrase «from debating societies»

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What disaster will result from the normalization of stupid lies and nonsense as a benchmark for debate over how society should function?

But a pluralistic society, to avoid civil war, has to exclude certain inquiries from public debate.

We need to build appealing subcultures rather than advance our own version of the Great Society or spend all of our energy on roiling national debates that stand far apart from the everyday experience of those Americans who could most benefit from what we have to offer.

This only confirms my suspicion that, particularly among evangelicals, the debate regarding women's roles in the home, church, and society is far from over.

Thanks to invitations from Blackstone Fellows and Federalist Society chapters, I've debated marriage at a couple dozen colleges and law schools.

In a series of articles and editorials that appeared in both magazines during 1977, differences of opinion over the church's involvement in society were defined and debated with little resolution.11 Although both sides refrained from labeling it merely a contemporary version of the debate between sixteenth century Anabaptism and sixteenth - century Calvinism, both recognized the importance their historical antecedents played in the discussion.

The consortium describes the Templeton Foundation as having «made up to $ 3 million available for research grants to stimulate and sponsor new research insights directly pertinent to the «great debate» over purpose in the context of the emergence of increasing biological complexity, ranging from the biochemical level to the evolution of life andthe emergence of society and culture.»

But I do wonder how much longer our society will stay trapped in a futile debate on sexuality limited to the moralists and the medicalists, neither of whom has much sense of the moral wisdom, compassionate understanding and sense of ambiguity available to us from the biblical tradition.

The «agnostic society» is a society in which every man is his own arbiter of what is «reason» or «nature», and in which the only certainties to draw from in this unending debate are scientific, positivist, facts.

As with global warming, so too with the lawlessness in our society: the debates over its causes are far from finished.

The central issue in the early debates between Fundamentalists and Modernists was on the question whether the gospel should emphasize as the essence of the gospel, deliverance of the humans from sinfulness or affirmation of the human vocation to creativity and cooperation with God in recreating nature and society according to the purpose of God.

How open is Hedges» «open society» if it excludes evangelicals, Muslims, Orthodox Jews, and faithful Catholics from political debate?

The Scottish Government reduced its limit to 50mg / 100 ml in 2014, but similar measures in the rest of the UK have been resisted because of fears of their impact on pubs About the Institute of Alcohol Studies The Institute of Alcohol Studies is an independent institute bringing together evidence, policy and practice from home and abroad to promote an informed debate on alcohol's impact on society.

Naturally, any debate about state power and the role of technology can not be divorced from wider arguments about the kind of politics and society we wish to create.

The truth is that, far from being the wise legislature of experience and expertise that Mr Seymour celebrates, we are in danger of becoming an elderly debating society of ex-experts.

He wrote to the Smith Commission: «The argument some use to justify our exclusion on the grounds that we currently have no «parliamentary representation» fails to appreciate that the referendum was not a parliamentary process, but an unprecedented public debate that resulted in an extraordinary level of engagement from all sections of society.»

The third edition of the Ghana Universities Debate Championship, which commenced from the 15th of June 2016, and hosted along the coast by the University of Cape Coast Debate Society, has ended successfully.

«We're past the point where we can seriously debate whether climate change is real» Do you mean as a society, separated from the scientific facts?

The Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) is an independent institute bringing together evidence, policy and practice from home and abroad to promote an informed debate on alcohol's impact on society.

The debate came as the centre - left thinktank the Fabian Society released research which showed that Britain could see a near doubling of the number of black and Asian MPs at the next election, taking the total from 15 to at least 25.

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.

Notes to Editors The report, «How alcohol industry organisations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer», by Mark Petticrew, Nason Maani Hessari, Cécile Knai and Elisabete Weiderpass, will be published online in Drug and Alcohol Review at 22:00 6 September 2017 The Institute of Alcohol Studies is an independent institute bringing together evidence, policy and practice from home and abroad to promote and informed debate on alcohol's impact on society.

The debate was organised by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), with support from the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD - Ghana), Open Society Initiative...

The debate was organised by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), with support from the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD - Ghana), Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), and Coalition for Domestic Elections Observers (CODEO), and its partner organizations towards next month's general election at Hwidiem in the Asutifi South Constituency of the Brong Ahafo Region.

Hoylman, a 46 - year - old Village resident and father of a 21 - month - old, said at a debate in August that his 15 - year track record with CB2, the Community Service Society and the Village Independent Democrats distinguished him from his opponents.

The University of Ghana will be represented by two students from the University of Ghana Debate Society at the World University Debate Championship in Mexico from Wednesday, 27th December, 2017, to Thursday, 4th January, 2018.

There long has been debate about the role prison - based education programs can play in preparing inmates to return to society and keeping them from returning to prison.

Despite that promise, many voices in society have raised objections to using stem cells derived from human embryos, a debate that is sure to continue into 2000 and beyond.

One was the substance of the debate, which is important for Western science - based societies and has long - range implications for the books our children read, the science they are taught, the logic by which national decisions ranging from social policy to military intervention will be reached.

While we were at the Amsterdam Film Festival last week Franny took part in a debate with some climate sceptics, which was hijacked by a medieval protestor from the Flat Earth society who wanted to shake hands with them as he had been all alone for 400 years with no friends.

Dedicated to science, innovation and their relations with society, ESOF 2018 will offer a unique framework for interaction and debate for scientists from all over the world, business people, policy makers, science communicators, and the general public.

It acknowledges and celebrates everything from traditional African society to African - American political debates, from the power and beauty of black women to the preservation of identity, all within the lush confines of the fictional African nation of Wakanda.

Never one to shy away from pressing issues, censored director Jafar Panahi debates the topic of his society's sanctioned sexism with a more whimsical (and more winning) tone than usual.

For a FREE DEMO please search: «The Philosophical Debate Generator [Free Demo Version]» Uses: - P4C (Philosophy for kids)- Form time activities - R.S. / Philosophy / Citizenship cover lessons - Debating societies - Making best use of spare time at the end of lessons Discussions follow one of four formats, each asking students to move from one side of the room or the other to make their position clear: teachers should then use questioning to foster a debate between students, encouraging them to present reasons for their choice and defend their posDebate Generator [Free Demo Version]» Uses: - P4C (Philosophy for kids)- Form time activities - R.S. / Philosophy / Citizenship cover lessons - Debating societies - Making best use of spare time at the end of lessons Discussions follow one of four formats, each asking students to move from one side of the room or the other to make their position clear: teachers should then use questioning to foster a debate between students, encouraging them to present reasons for their choice and defend their posdebate between students, encouraging them to present reasons for their choice and defend their position.

Uses: - P4C (Philosophy for kids)- Form time activities - R.S. / Philosophy / Citizenship cover lessons - Debating societies - Making best use of spare time at the end of lessons Discussions follow one of four formats, each asking students to move from one side of the room or the other to make their position clear: teachers should then use questioning to foster a debate between students, encouraging them to present reasons for their choice and defend their position.

This issue seems to have disappeared from the national debate after the Parents Involved Supreme Court decision in 2007, but I think the lack of diversity in schools today is a powerful driver of the achievement gap and carries adverse future implications for our society and citizenry.

Parents are cognizant that we, as a society, are beginning a debate about whether parents should be able to maintain their right to keep their children from being vaccinated and whether a parent's right outweighs the related issues associated with public health and safety.

Debates can be intense and digress from the job on hand: sitting behind the wheel and enjoying the comforts of a car that will not be out of place in haute society.

We will all suffer from the absence of diverse participation and contribution to the debates that occupy us as a society.

How profits from publishing are sliced up has become an industry debate in London, where agents are joining the Society of Authors in asking for more transparency.

With help from Professor Randall Abate and their co-sponsor, the Federalist Society, they presented The Legal Battle on Personhood Debate, featuring Steve Wise, president of the Nonhuman Rights Project, and Bob Kohn, fellow at the Center for Great Ideas.

It is precisely discussions such as these that moved the Retune Festival from an algo - filled party for the hipster geeks to a multidisciplinary open forum for debate, collaboration and meditation on the effect of the latest technologies not just on individual artistic practice, but on the society at large.

From «social to speculative; technical to theoretical,» the participating teams lead intellectual and architectural practices that not only situate the US as a leading center of critical research at the heart of the debate on citizenship, social conscience, and a just society, but also as a place at the intersection of political action, public policy, and changing notions of nationality.

Huntington investigates the surrounding society and draws inspiration from everyday life, the media, political debate, and socio - cultural phenomena relating to hierarchies and power relations.

Confirming that Manifesta is open to debate regarding recent political events and underscoring its commitment to strengthening forces and communities in society who fight for freedom of expression, Fijen added: «Our work is one of debate, negotiation, mediation, and diplomacy, that does not shy away from the conflicts of our time.»

The omnipresence of substances and the consequences of their handling within society currently inspire heated debates on a global scale — from the opioid crisis in the USA to the failure of the «war on drugs,» from the proclamation of a psychedelic renaissance to the LGBTQI community's struggle for legal access to hormones.

Whereas once ``... it is an established rule of the Society, to which they will always adhere, never to give their opinion as a body upon any subject either of Nature or of Art, that comes before them», now the Royal Society plays an active role in the debate, coming at it from only one side, without adequate acknowledgement of the lack of unanimity within the fellowship.

It aims to stimulate debate and build consensus on this new and challenging terrain, integrating cutting edge knowledge and experience from a wide range of disciplines into a single framework that can be clearly and effectively articulated to endorse urgent action across all sectors of society.

«Successfully reframing the climate debate in the United States from one based on environmental values to one based on health values... holds great promise to help American society better understand and appreciate the risks of climate change...» — George Mason University, Center for Climate Change Communication, May 9, 2011

Like his predecessors, however, Nurse fails to understand why partial statements from the president of the Royal Society do more to impede the progress of debate than move it on.