Sentences with phrase «larger human concerns»

Processists are concerned with issues of priority and significance, of interpersonal action and interaction, and of larger human concerns in a way that is generally — and rightly — seen as central in the Continental tradition of philosophizing

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A Christian church that is not in some way related to human concerns has lost the spirit of its foundation in Jesus and has little to recommend it to the world at large.

While neither is overly occupied with the policy concerns of the larger environmental movement ¯ global climate, carbon capture, alternative energy, the future of nuclear power, and so on ¯ they help illuminate a common narrative that places nature above human need.

Human beings have become by and large the main concern, respect for human beings, their identity, so often denied, ridiculed and exploHuman beings have become by and large the main concern, respect for human beings, their identity, so often denied, ridiculed and explohuman beings, their identity, so often denied, ridiculed and exploited.

Effective parental / executive leadership and authority to nurture, protect, and socialize Organizational stability, with clarity, consistency and predictability Adaptability and flexibility — to better meet stresses and change Open communication characterized by clarity of rules and expectations, positive interactions, and a range of emotional expression and empathic responsiveness Effective problem - solving and conflict - resolution processes A shared belief system that enables trust, and promotes ethical values and concern for the larger human community Adequate resources for security and psychosocial support

The larger issue here is theological, concerning the meaning of being human.

Walker's understanding of a womanist as «not a separatist» («except for health»), however, reminds the Christian womanist theologian that her concern for community building and maintenance must ultimately extend to the entire Christian community and beyond that to the larger human community.

There has in fact been a persistent puzzle among economists, especially the variety that believe that all human behavior is rational, concerning why it is that people vote in such large numbers when their vote almost never make a difference, not only at the Presidential level, but even at the level of local elections.

«Mr Whittingdale: Is my right hon. and learned Friend concerned about the possibility that the large number of injunctions that appear to be being granted on a routine basis suggests that the courts are paying insufficient regard to section 12 of the Human Rights Act 1998, which was intended to protect press freedom?

It's very obvious that Hollywood is putting making money in the (soon - to - be the world's largest movie market) ahead of human rights concerns and democracy.

Scientists have long predicted large - scale responses of infectious diseases to climate change, giving rise to a polarizing debate, especially concerning human pathogens for which socioeconomic drivers and control measures can limit the detection of climate - mediated changes.

Jessica Wyndham, interim director of the AAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program, noted the world's largest general scientific organization has a long history of applying science and technology to address human rights concHuman Rights and Law Program, noted the world's largest general scientific organization has a long history of applying science and technology to address human rights conchuman rights concerns.

Given the obvious concerns for human ecological health — in terms of climate change, heavy metal toxification, indoor air quality, air pollution, plastics in the oceans, and things like that — there will be a large - scale trend to buildings that start to act like organisms.

And the marbled lungfish — a living piece of evolutionary history with the largest genome of any animal — is also rated as of least concern, despite being commonly eaten by humans.

That's a big human health concern in the Arctic, where people top the food chain, eating large predators such as seals and whales.

The focus of the debate on CO2 is not wholly predicated on its attribution to past forcing (since concern about CO2 emissions was raised long before human - caused climate change had been clearly detected, let alone attributed), but on its potential for causing large future growth in forcings.

Papich said, pointing out that large pharmaceutical companies and governmental agencies focus on human health and food animal concerns.

What I was concerned about is her coming in heat, we do not want to breed her, but our Vet said that «They — have researched spaying the larger breeds of dogs before they go through one or two heat cycles, and found out that was one of the reasons they have discovered they have physical problems later in life» ---- We have been married for 51 years, and have never been without two labs at one time (a dog needs a dog companion, the same as humans) when we lose one, we all mourn her loss, so we get her a puppy and we start another member of our family.

Just as with humans, ringworm is not a large concern among animals.

The animals of most concern to the public health sector are those who both have frequent contact with humans and roam at large, able to contract and spread disease from a variety of sources.

In Essenhigh's most recent large - scale canvases, action figures are cast alongside the demimonde in roles where time - honoured human concerns such as patriotism, religion, competitiveness and heroism are played out in...

Essenhigh's large scale paintings create an enigmatic world in which animated action figures are cast alongside mythological characters and the demimonde in roles where time - honoured human concerns such as patriotism,...

A large number of those surveyed were not too concerned about having to adapt to future technologies (41 %) but at least 35 % said they were somewhat concerned about the possible collapse of civilization in the future and 20 % said they were very concerned about the possibility of human extinction.

What becomes immediately evident in the work brought together for Mark of the Feminine, is how the vantage point of the «feminine,» in its full spectrum, speaks to a timeless yet ever - evolving, set of greater human concerns affecting our society at large.

Since 1990 he has expanded his concern with the human condition to explore the collective body and the relationship between self and other in large - scale installations and projects.

Concerned with what she calls «poetics of vulnerability» throughout her career, Siopis's recent works pioneered glue and ink medium; they reflect on how accentuating painting process as human openness to non-human material, can be a model to think through larger power relations.

Throughout his career he has tackled subjects dealing with the human condition and identity, often using symbolism to communicate larger social concerns.

They also marked a shift in her concerns, from bodily transformations of single female beings to architecture — which is, in a way, just a larger form of human protective covering that is communally worn.

Just as important is the very evident concern with human welfare and justice; these have clearly motivated a very large part of Epstein's life work, as well as several of those discussed in the book.

``... the company [Exxon Mobil], the world's largest oil and gas concern, has increased donations to Washington - based policy groups that, like Exxon itself, question the human role in global warming and argue that proposed government policies to limit carbon dioxide emissions associated with global warming are too heavy handed.

In the larger context of human and non-human animal relations, the methods used to herd dolphins and then kill them is off - the chart in terms of any concern for animal welfare.

Global climate change risks are high to very high with global mean temperature increase of 4 °C or more above preindustrial levels in all reasons for concern (Assessment Box SPM.1), and include severe and widespread impacts on unique and threatened systems, substantial species extinction, large risks to global and regional food security, and the combination of high temperature and humidity compromising normal human activities, including growing food or working outdoors in some areas for parts of the year (high confidence).

Riffing off the book Every Twelve Seconds by Tim Pachirat, Mark Bittman penned an excellent piece last week in the New York Times, explaining the human cost of animal suffering, and demonstrating how it's the system's routine normalization of suffering, not the outlying cases of abuse, that should be the largest cause for concern:

As sentient inhabitants of a large, complex ecosystem it is foolish to see human concerns as distinct from the baiji's.

Integrity is an important concern, especially when so many scientists have accepted far larger sums for research that emphasizes human causes, including some at Penn State, Virginia, George Mason and other institutions associated with the IPCC and EPA.

We are concerned about their large - scale use and impacts on human health and ecosystems,» said Sidney Ribaux, executive director of Équiterre.

And fires cause other environmental concerns such as the release of large amounts of ash, destruction of topsoil and damage to wildlife and habitat — not to mention loss of human life and damage to people's homes.

It's not a avery large offset to human emissions and I think there bigger concern is that all of this very large reservoir of lake moss peat, this lake carbon, is stored in permafrost since the sediments refreeze when they drain.»

At the same time, the company, the world's largest oil and gas concern, has increased donations to Washington - based policy groups that, like Exxon itself, question the human role in global warming and argue that proposed government policies to limit carbon dioxide emissions associated with global warming are too heavy handed.

This action is in response to growing pressure from environmental organizations, animal welfare groups, and others concerned about the long - term effects of using antibiotics important for human medicine in such large quantities.

The majority was concerned about human influences on climate, but were uncertain which would prove larger: CO2 warming or cooling from aerosols.

Similarly, law and policy does not ensure that human rights concerns will be central to decisions about approving large - scale foreign investment in Canada.

It means that in Human Rights Code related discrimination cases, concerning large, public employers, reinstatement with back pay will remain an option.

Plato's Socrates is concerned not with fine points of the law but with the Larger Questions on which the law, and all of engaged human life, depend: what is Good, how can we live in a way that is in keeping with the Good and, above all, how can we go about knowing that anything is True.

This move by the world's largest pension fund should spur similar funds and other investors to take a critical look at their investments amid rising concerns over weapons that would select and attack targets without meaningful human control.

On 5 December 2017, Denmark's largest newspaper Politiken published an article by Campaign to Stop Killer Robots coordinator Mary Wareham of Human Rights Watch, asking why Denmark is not actively working to address the serious concerns raised by fully autonomous weapons.

Intervention Included with intervention is a range of historical, programmatic, and policy considerations that allow group care practitioners to see themselves within the larger framework of human services helping professions: study of the organizational structure of human services delivery; the underlying political, social, and economic concerns; the history of services; the principal programs and methodologies; the key figures in the field; and the observable evolution and trends.