Sentences with phrase «intrinsic value attributed»

Furthermore, the intrinsic value attributed to other creatures is typically a function of their similarity to us.

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The shareholders are ultimately the «boss» of the board in the sense that the board serves as their proxy for enhancing intrinsic value, yet boards typically hear about shareholder concerns indirectly and often not attributed to any specific shareholder.

As the basis for an environmental ethic we would need a cosmology that attributes intrinsic value to life, mind, and the cosmos as a whole.

When one reflects on the individual and attributes intrinsic value to each individual, one may also think of how that individual can be protected from the caprice of the ruler or the prejudices of neighbors.

This progress must be taken seriously even though we should not ascribe infinite value or attribute intrinsic significance to it.

Intrinsic dignity designates one's value as member of a kind — say, as a human being — whereas acquired dignity either designates the honor consequent on noble action or the attributed dignity human beings confer on each other through publicly recognized social status.

If we could grasp what Lent calls elsewhere «liology», we would attribute our ultimate sources of value not to «a transcendent realm», or to our «moral rationality», but to «humanity's intrinsic connection with the natural world».

In the greater scheme of things, we need to encompass the intrinsic value of the volunteering network, in relation to the actual attributed talent, experience and expertise in terms of an unmeasurable source of added value to the greater good of our societies.

Or, it can be impossible: an attempt to attribute a price to the intrinsic value of human life, living things and nature itself.

It is also an attempt to attribute a price to the intrinsic value of human life, living things and nature itself.