Sentences with phrase «matter of degree»

In turn, disagreements about the consequences of climate change and the proper policy response are also matters of degree.

However, the level and subject matter of the degree dictates other aspects of Illinois teacher certification, like whether or not prospective teachers can seek traditional or alternative certification.

The environmentalists» case only exists by blurring distinctions between logically distinct categories of knowledge, by ignoring the order of events, by reducing matters of degree to binary true / false axioms, and by exaggerating the influence of the alleged conspiracy.

For if the climate debate were to become understood as one about many matters of degree (and I don't just mean degrees centigrade), it would surely capsize the ship of fools that is piloted by the likes of Plibersek.

It's just a matter of degree: It may be as simple as cross-comparing your employment history with your LinkedIn profile to verify data or look for red flags.

«The difference between selling a vote and selling access is a matter of degree, not kind,» Justice Stevens wrote.

So, no one can follow perfectly, therefore the difference between you and an honest attempt to follow, e.g. many Catholics, is just a matter of degree of falling short, correct?

These are matter of degree, not principle.

«If you think of the difference as a matter of degree, you're quite right, Thomas,» Dr. Colletti replied.

First of all it is a matter of degree how deeply scriptural narratives discipline one's capacities in regard to how one speaks and acts, how one takes oneself and one's neighbors and the shared world, all in relation to God.

The distinction here between liberals and conservatives is usually a matter of degree, but the degree is important.

Acquiring the relevant abilities and capacities will always be a matter of degree.

What needs to be stressed is that such conceptual growth is a matter of degree.

This growth is a matter of degree in two ways.

The conceptual growth in which a theological school is engaged is a matter of degree in a second way.

It is just a matter of degree and if we are still nice people in spite of our stupid ideas.

Thus, we can see that, in one sense, the question of whether some actions of a person are more fully «his» than others is a matter of degree.

As long as we know that this is all a matter of degree, and a matter of choice as to just how we judge that degree, we can allow these loose edges of inconsistent use to remain.

Personal identity is a matter of degree.

One way of understanding the identity as a matter of degree is in terms of the persistence of common characteristics.

In many other cases, responsibility for past acts is a matter of degree.

It truly is, as stated by some astute observers, a matter of degrees which separates Camping from other Christians... for if you are a Christian you believe in the rapture.

Of course, this is a matter of degree.

Because everything is a matter of degrees in a relational view, to lessen the degree of satisfaction and the eventual value of contribution because of sin is most serious.

The obvious differences we observe are matters of degree.

Once again, it is a matter of degrees.

Psychoanalysis has shown that we preserve more past values than we are conscious of, but this is still a matter of degree.

The differences between us seemed to be a matter of degree, not of kind.

When I stated that C0ntrac3ption, M0rn1ng @fter p1ll and @b0rt1on are only a matter of degree, Tom Tom stated that when @b0rt1on was banned, desperate women did what they had to and many died.

and invent another criterion of humanity, one that makes it a matter of degree.

We can't not know the preciousness of human life - therefore, if we tell ourselves that humanity is a matter of degree, we can't help holding those who are more human more precious than those who are less.

Whitehead recognizes that all such differences are matters of degree, but that where degree achieves a certain magnitude, the difference amounts, for practical purposes, to one of kind.