Sentences with phrase «goals of a democratic society»

This was illustrated a few years ago when President Harry S. Truman appointed a Commission on Higher Education which later issued its report under the title Higher Education for American Democracy and began its discussion with definitions of the dogmas and the goals of democratic society.

The second is that one of the fundamental goals of a democratic society is finding practical ways to resolve differences where agreement does not follow from debate.

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According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President expressed the belief that Gaya possesses the experience, credentials and vision to serve in the international body and contribute to the goal of making the world a better place through people - oriented legislations in a democratic society.

However, to be democratic, it would be necessary, however, that the governance of these systems count on the active participation of the population and civil society organizations in formulating goals (performance standard) to be pursued, as well as in policy or decision rules seeking to correct deviations between what was planned and carried out.

What if we realized that only inclusive classrooms can fully support the goal of creating thoughtful, engaged citizens for our democratic society?

Last summer, as he opened a convening of education organizations which had responded to a call for innovative designs to assess student and school performance, he reflected on the important role of ordinary citizens and organizations in civil society had to helping educational institutions advance their democratic goals.

Whether providing greater legal representation in civil cases to the less fortunate serves a social good and, if so, how best to allocate scarce resources to accomplish that goal is certainly worthy of debate for a democratic society to undertake via the legislative process.

The goals of a free and democratic society include further and deeper discourse, but when expression is aimed at marginalizing a vulnerable minority, these goals are not achieved.