Sentences with phrase «in public debates»

This is an issue which regularly arises in public debates about Aboriginal Customary Law.

This is a commonly misunderstood aspect of science, seen in public debates about (for example) economics and climate.

This implied neutrality is what invests scientists with authority in public debates.

FoS lists their goal as «To educate the public about climate science and through them bring pressure to bear on governments to engage in public debates on the scientific merits of the hypothesis of human induced global warming and the various policies that intend to address the issue.»

2.10.2 Intellectual freedom includes: (a) the rights of all Staff to express opinions about the operation of the University and higher education policy more generally; (b) the rights of Staff to pursue critical open enquiry and to discuss freely, teach, assess, develop curricula, publish and research within the limits of their professional competence and professional standards; (c) the right to participate in public debates and express opinions about issues and ideas related to their discipline area; (d) the right of all Staff to participate in professional and representative bodies and to engage in community service without fear of harassment, intimidation or unfair treatment; and (e) the right to express unpopular or controversial views, although this does not mean the right to vilify, harass or intimidate.

Scientists that provide context and are honest about uncertainties tend to be valued as experts in public debates about science.

Toxic By Design In its announcement about the grant, the EPA explains a point often omitted in public debates over the use and risks of pesticides in food:

Of course that is right, but that is an abstract academic distinction that does not hold in public debates.

They engage in public debates in national newspapers, make documentary films, produce highly detailed technical analyses, and regularly confront museum curators and auction houses with their findings.

In addition to creating art, Zorach wrote, lectured, and participated in public debates.

In the»90s, he hosted a popular children's science show and more recently has been an eloquent defender of evolution in public debates with creationists.

Scientists must be more willing to speak out on their work and to get involved in public debates over uses of science, she added.

Since only a tiny fraction of Americans has lived through a state constitutional convention in their adult lifetimes, and since Americans are not taught about state constitutional conventions (as opposed to the federal constitutional convention of 1787) during their formal schooling (even those such as myself who received a Ph.D. in American government), Americans approach these referendums starting with a huge knowledge deficit, making local opinion leaders that much more influential in public debates.

All in all this was one of Cameron's worst ever performances and neatly demonstrated exactly why he is apparently so terrified of taking part in public debates.

How often have we heard such arguments in public debates about planning?

A question I often pose when taking part in public debates is «if not us who?»

In these public debates the way food is made is being repeatedly challenged.

We've yet to reckon with this change in our public debates.

Related to the third problem, above, there is no change in the public debates over cloning, abortion, euthanasia, and so on.

This negative reaction to black conservatives by most blacks partly explains the reluctance of the new black conservatives to engage in public debates in the black community, and their contrasting eagerness to do so in the mass media, where a few go so far as to portray themselves as courageous, embattled critics of a black liberal establishment — while their salaries, honorariums and travel expenses are paid by well - endowed conservative foundations and corporations.

On the other hand, Tracy, McCann and I (and possibly Groome and Ogletree) would want to abstract from the Christian story a more philosophically identifiable set of principles and procedures which could be used in public debates over the common good.

This position signifies a failure of theological and moral imagination, and raises the question of why the church reacts automatically in public debates instead of helping to advance the discussion.

Forty - nine percent said they think churches should have a say in public debates about political and social questions.

Even so, our most loyal readers are ordinary people deeply invested in the public debates that shape our day.

This has been one of the most cited stats in the public debate during the Great Recession.

We cognicenti know that national debts are not of any great economic consequence, but it's impossible to defend that position in public debate.

Hudak says OREA has been a stronger — and necessary — voice in the public debate.

McGill - Queen's University Press is a scholarly publisher of books that engage in public debate, current events, politics, contemporary thought, and the arts.»

This issue was tackled head - on by Paige Patterson and Al Mohler, two Southern Baptist educators, in a public debate at this year's convention.

Again, religious groups are well advised, as a general rule, to avoid political partisanship — but not because the Constitution prohibits their active engagement in public debate, nor because they might get in trouble with the IRS.

For example, if what you say in a public debate makes more «sense» than what Driscoll says, then you're more than likely to gain support from the masses because your stance is more logical.

Tradition has not carried much weight in public debate for centuries: Why, many will ask, preserve an archaic institution that has long oppressed women, excluded gays, and given free rein to brutes?

Confusion about its public role has further diminished church institutions» relevance and visibility in public debate and issues.

We reduce the number of those who can be seen and heard, can make their wants known, and can participate in public debate.

People were asked to locate themselves on the spectrum of identifiable viewpoints in the public debate.

In 1934, disagreements between them came to focus in public debate, (The essays in question are Brunner's «Nature and Grace» and Barth's «No!»

The values that were instrumental in forming the American culture have been ignored, forgotten, or ¯ worse ¯ forbidden in public debate.

The essay will no doubt become an important guide in the public debate on Israel and its critics, for it outlines the complexity of an issue that touches upon politics, human rights and religion.

Precisely because they can not get their way in public debate, they are driven to seek to circumvent the democratic process.8

As a result, their ability to maintain a distinctive voice in public debate, let alone a consensual one, will be extremely difficult.

Writing in the Baylor Law Review before the Romer decision, David Smolin of Samford University Law School argues that the present Court» rejecting «religiously based» claims as inherently particularistic» is increasingly dismissing «traditional theists» as too absolutist to join in public debate in a pluralistic society.

Not only are religious ideas permissible in public debate, he says, but public life is endangered when religion is excluded.

Arendt concludes On Revolution by suggesting we try once again to build structures of government in this country through which at every level all who want to participate in public debate can do so.

In the public debate the informational and cultural products play a significant role.

Second, natural law reasoning has an important function in public debate.

David Smith is less inclined to think religion has been marginalized in bioethical discussion, although that may be because he works with a general notion of correlating religious concepts with key terms more generally used in public debate.

Six million Jews, including 1 1/2 million children, can not be used as a tool in a public debate.»

Your support keeps First Things a vital voice in public debate.

The propriety of appealing to revelation in public debate is a complex issue.

With all the furor and dishonesty over the Supreme Court's decisions on contraception and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, it's a good moment to think about what kinds of structural weaknesses the center - right has in public debate and what can be done to address some of those weaknesses.