Sentences with phrase «kind of societies do»

How do we live together, what kind of societies do we create, and what happens in the margins and in the transitional process from one society to another?
However, I think it's valid to ask «What kind of society do we want?»
As we consider how to deal with the world of television, a basic question becomes, What kind of society do we really want?
What kind of society do you want?

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These are things that are important to us as a culture and as a society and I only want to align myself with brands that have the same kind of cultural beliefs that I do
Then the question comes if you've managed to do that, you as a society, then the next question is about things like purpose and those kind of higher level questions, which I think are very interesting things to think about.
«This kind of deception is common in our society, but it is so difficult to prove that any other animal does it,» said lead researcher Aliza le Roux, a behavioral ecologist at the University of the Free State in South Africa.
«I don't think there's a place for that kind of language in any part of society, not in locker rooms, not in football players» homes, not in anyplace.
«This trend just pretends it doesn't cost anything to have a society that makes this kind of multinational business possible, and it does cost something,» Christians says.
The idea of debt amnesties was to prevent debt from tearing society apart — to prevent the kind of crisis that the United States has been in since 2008, when President Obama didn't cancel the junk - bond debts, or the debts that tore the Greek economy apart — when the IMF and Europe imposed them on Greece instead of letting it default on debts owed to French and German bondholders.
Not merely arbitrary rules for what to do and don't do, but the kinds of things important to maintaining a functional, peaceful, stable society.
And your saying that if religion didn't exist, then we would have some kind of utopian society?
Also, it gets kind of annoying when people imply that you need to believe in god to be a good person or want to do anything for the betterment of society.
I maintain that all kinds of violence are the same the violence of the soldier who kills, the revolutionary who assassinates; it is true also of economic violence — the violence of the privileged proprietor against his workers, of the «haves» against the «have - nots»; the violence done in international economic relations between our societies and those of the third world; the violence done through powerful corporations, which exploit the resources of a country that is unable to defend itself [Violence (Seabury, 1969), p. 97].
What kind of society will emerge if we begin eyeing each other's children as we do each other's cars, clothing and houses, mentally calculating «what that one must cost»?
The Bible says the same kinds of things about people who don't worship the one true god... it even tells you you to kill people who try to convert you... the difference is that we have grown as a society and we no longer murder people for what they believe... islam hasn't caught up with the rest of us... it's a problem and threat to the civilized word.
by LOVING others, one wold nOT want to enslave them... and I DID admit that this welfare system was nOT the best... except for at that time period since they do not have same kind of systems we do today (remember ALSO this was a brand new society starting out) got to start out with basics...
Nor do Christians understand Jesus Christ as some kind of Ayatollah, communicating a blueprint of an ideal society and calling upon his believers to make laws, pronounce judgment, and execute his will in the political, economic, and social spheres.
We have fallen into a condition of communal atomization, and the kind of solidarity we attain through society does not overcome that condition but conceals it.
It doesn't require commitment either, though in our society it is an expectation of romantic love and I think it is a healthy component of a romantic relationship to make a commitment of some kind, though I think «forever» is unrealistic.
Quite apart from indications born of biblical faith, it is impossible to imagine a society in which no research of any kind could be done until the researcher had demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt to a judge or a jury or a committee that it should be done.
On a macro level however, if you can convince enough people to be more like you and do acts of compassion and good, doesn't that help society as a whole, even if those acts are returned in kind?
(2) The church must also make a rigorous analysis of society for its members because most Christians do not know the kind of world they live in.
The structure of the ideal society Can not be finally prescribed, nor can we directly create a new order, The stuff of human history and human nature simply does not permit that kind of attack.
In doing so, they laid the foundations for a new kind of society, one in which serving God faithfully was the highest duty.
Hauerwas and Sider are right to argue that it does make a difference what kind of society is going to war, for not all societies are the sort that are liable to fight justly.
He defends the «ahistorical nature» of the just war doctrine, but surely for people who seek to go to war justly it makes some difference what kind of society they think is capable of doing so.
I was especially dismayed by his reading of my assessment of the real contributions of evangelicals and Roman Catholics in U.S. public culture; my point (more an aside, really) was simply that, for various reasons, they can not replace the kind of service to civil society that the mainline provides — not that they do no service at all.
For anyone who has trouble distinguishing between the two kinds of regimes, I suggest spending time in both Hong Kong and the Philippines, and then compare which place does better by those at the bottom of society: the so - called dog - eat - dog laissez - faire economy, or Asia's largest Catholic nation.
As they do so, society at large must cope with two kinds of barriers: attitudinal and architectural.
As Cordell Hull, author of the Revenue Act of 1913, said: «Of course any kind of society or corporation that is not doing business for profit and not acquiring profit would not come within the meaning of the taxing clause.&raquof the Revenue Act of 1913, said: «Of course any kind of society or corporation that is not doing business for profit and not acquiring profit would not come within the meaning of the taxing clause.&raquof 1913, said: «Of course any kind of society or corporation that is not doing business for profit and not acquiring profit would not come within the meaning of the taxing clause.&raquOf course any kind of society or corporation that is not doing business for profit and not acquiring profit would not come within the meaning of the taxing clause.&raquof society or corporation that is not doing business for profit and not acquiring profit would not come within the meaning of the taxing clause.&raquof the taxing clause.»
Yet I argue that participation in initiatives to restore a civil society in America, with appropriate reflective self - understandings, could meet the needs and activate the worldly spirituality of precisely those millions of middle - of - the - road citizens looking for the sorts of moral meanings, the kinds of religious roots, these communities used to represent and in some ways still do.
The controversy has to do with the «other» kind of Augustinian, the person whose piety can not find expression in a secular society, but hardens into a «new traditionalism» that rejects even Stout's generous terms for religious participation in public life.
Yeah, that's definitely the first thing an «all kind» prophet would do, is wipe his feet on the poor and downtrodden of society... Ricki Retardo
I agree... Keeping their kids isolated and in the religious hate - filled radicalized ideology of Islam, does nothing to help with the short and long - term prospects of creating and developing a society where there is more of the kinds of actions and behaviors that move our society forward socially, economically, etc...
Robert T. Miller of First Things commented that «Wielgus, long ago, did some seriously wrong things, but they were the kinds of bad things that generally good people might do — low - level collaboration, which he probably perceived to be harmless, in exchange for things that in any decent society would have been his by right, such as the ability to travel to pursue his studies.
In the second place, the churches do not have the kind of influence that would enable them to build a new society, even if they wanted to.
All I can do in this life is be happy, be kind to others, enjoy as many moments as possible, raise happy, healthy children that are productive members of society, and live each day to the fullest.
One of 11 children himself, Ryan thought that most people practicing birth control would be doing it from a «decadent» frame of mind; that bachelors were not building the kind of character necessary to contribute to the common good of society.
Fools like this don't belong in any kind of office — this idiot is an embarassment to society.
The freedoms of expression present democratic societies with the unwelcome news that they are in trouble, hut because all societies, like most individuals, are always in some kind of trouble, the news doesn't drive them onto the reefs of destruction.
I do not know whether some sort of decentralized democratic socialism can supply a healthier economic base for the kind of change that seems necessary if we are to continue as a society of free men and women.
Everything in society is now viewed through that very instrumentalized lens and unlike a lot of other people who hold the kind of job that I do, it's totally understandable that that would be the orientation, because higher education has done a spectacularly poor job of delivering on its promises: It has racked up over $ 1.4 trillion in student loan debt, putting an immense burden upon the next generation, not only financially, but dampening their ability to innovate and create.
Rather than using the scientific method to test the hypothesis that torture doesn't work, we should consider whether or not a culture of torture belongs in the kind of society we want to build.
Religions don't own the copyright or playbook on what it means to be kind, accepting, loving, good parents, brothers, sisters... The sooner people open their eyes to this, the sooner we can get beyond this relic of of pre-history and advance the world society as one in unity.
Rather, it resides in the relationship with God which such existence may and does enjoy, whether this is realized or actualized in a vivid manner or is present only as a kind of Leitmotif which runs through the whole history of the human race and the personal history of each and every human person as a member of the society of men and women.
Still, by putting together the similarities and the differences between various kinds of systems or organizations, we can gain better ideas of how a society works and of what must be done to change it in desirable ways.10
With this aim in mind, homosexual marriage and the right to adoption for same - sex couples appear as nothing more than a means for exploding the foundations of society, making possible all kinds of unions, finally liberated from an ancestral morality, and therefore definitively doing away with the very notion of sexual difference.
This is the kind of thing that allows for a society that decides what women should do with their bodies and their babies.
We are very kind, respectable, loving and honest people.Im a good mother, have a trying at times but great son who respects me and understands im his mother not his bff, And in my opinion the problem is ppl who do nt understand why god wants us to correct our children by not sparingthe rod... sure, some moms do nt wan na be the bad guy and «spank» bc god forbid their kid grows up to be violent - yet today most of society refuses to spank - and yet today we live in a world filled with so much murder, stealing, and crimes that i honestly believe if they had parents following gods word and disciplining like they did back in the day when older generations knew what they were doing we would live in a better world.
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