Sentences with phrase «matters of human action»

SA: As an Austrian school economist, I do not think we can make accurate timeline predictions in matters of human action.

SA: As an Austrian school economist, I do not think we can make accurate timeline predictions in matters of human action.

Rightly understood, faith and justice are in principle different because, while faith is a matter of human existence, of authentic self - understanding in trust and loyalty in response to God's love, justice is a matter of human action, whether right action toward all others (its generally moral sense), or right structures of social and cultural order (its specifically political sense).

Not exact matches

In short the need for actions and policies on many fronts has never been so great — yet the political comprehension and agenda is bankrupt of the will deal with the most salient matters facing the human condition.

Since humans are flawed creatures, we must recognize that each one of us is capable of being wrong or bad, so, the consequences of our actions must be consistent or no law and no amount of knowledge of any religion will matter.

«It» has an impact, but its impact is deterministic, it had no «choice» in the matter, it was just executing along determistically (Determinism is the philosophical idea that every event or state of affairs, including every human decision and action, is the inevitable and necessary consequence of antecedent states of affairs.

It would be otiose to give examples: a distant thunder is in the past as much as a distant star; but no matter how far in time - space a star or galaxy is, it is always faintly immanent in my Here - Now even when its action is below the threshold of human perception; its action can be made visible by a combination of lenses or a prolonged photographic exposure.

This in turn makes it possible to present the sacraments as a natural consequence of the relationship between Christ and his Church without making matter or human actions pre-determine divine grace.

There are two aspects to the Sunnah: legislation given by the Prophet on matters not specifically detailed in the Qur» an, and traditions based on the actions and utterances of Muhammad as a human being.

He makes a world where a majority of humans who have ever lived could not have possibly heard of Jesus Christ no matter what their actions were.

All that should matter to us is, on the one hand, human society, and on the other, the merely natural context of our actions.

The decisive matter is that the spirit of God has come into history in such a way as to plough up the old forms of human existence and to open the way to new human actions.

What matters here is that the total witness found in the Gospels, as well as in the epistles of Paul, John, and others, is to an activity of God in human existence and through a human activity, through which «newness of life» has been known; God has been seen as sheer Love - in - action, and human existence has been given meaning and value as a potential agency for divine Love in the world and in human affairs.

Certainly nobody could deny that when they are presented in this fashion they have the capacity to force all of us to regard human existence, human decisions, and human actions as matters of very great importance.

Whether the human deed is a matter of faith or not depends on whether we understand our sufferings as an extension of our action and a completion of freedom.24

People do wrong things regardless of faith... it mostly because greediness, power and so on... very few among the mankind fear Lord The Almighty which includes Muslims as well... and which is why today we see these actions are being done by human in everywhere... as a matter of fact its been there since the beginning of mankind... now we have been blessed with media and anything happens, next minute we can see it and sometimes we see what the media wants us to see...

Along with dualistic mythology several developments in scientific thought since the seventeenth century have contributed to the exorcism of mind from nature: first, there is the cosmography of classical (Newtonian) physics picturing our world as composed of inanimate, unconscious bits of «matter» needing only the brute laws of inertia to explain their action; second, the Darwinian theory of evolution with its emphasis on chance, waste and the apparent «impersonality» of natural selection; third, the laws of thermodynamics (and particularly the second law) with the allied cosmological interpretation that our universe is running out of energy available to sustain life, evolution and human consciousness; fourth, the geological and astronomical disclosure of enormous tracts of apparently lifeless space and matter in the universe; fifth, the recent suggestions that life may be reducible to an inanimate chemical basis; and, finally, perhaps most shocking of all, the suspicion that mind may be explained exhaustively in terms of mindless brain chemistry.

But perhaps I have not sufficiently stressed still another important matter, namely, that in all human decisions, and the actions that are consequent upon them, there is likely to be serious distortion of, or a sadly imperfect response to, the possibilities for good.

What is the matter with human affairs is that there is an accumulation of wrong decisions and actions that inevitably has produced a state in which right decisions and actions are more and more difficult.

But in the perspective that we have taken in this book, the ethical dimension is a matter of the human realization of possibility and accountability, with men and women in their social belonging and in the light of the one absolute ethical principle — which is nothing other than love - in - action.

Breastfeeding a matter of human rights, say UN experts, urging action on formula milk GENEVA (22 November 2016)-- Breastfeeding is a human rights issue for babies and mothers and should be protected and promoted for the benefit of both,...

It is a poignant love letter to fathers, babies and mothers, and also an imperative call to action for society: birth matters for each of our individual psyches, and for the future of our shared human family, so we better consider how we do it.

For the record, while the politically powerful Nehru - Gandhi family has shown that concession was not a bad venture as some may think, the incommodious confusion of political party action with family matters by some particularly petty politicians, in my view, runs against the grain of human values.

A Lagos - based human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, whose law firm was handling the matter, had said the actions of the security agency were against all known laws of a democratic society.

First, even with aggressive climate action, extreme climate events are likely to increase throughout much of the world — and human societies should brace themselves for that future, no matter what.

However, the seriousness of the Uganda action can be questioned after its army spokesman Lt. Col Paddy Ankunda down played the seriousness of sexual exploitation allegations made by Human Rights Watch by saying «reports of sexual exploitation are a small matter» (Daily Monitor, 2014, November, 6).

The artists believe that political systems are essentially built upon human actions and predictions, and for that matter, create an archive of incidental value judgments.

What this means is that if CO2 sensitivity were pretty low, then I could think that there is a high chance that humans «did it,» but a low chance that it would matter enough to take costly actions now, instead of waiting a decade or so for solar and other techologies to become cheaper.

Because there is a real difference between environmental concern — where consequences matter — and environmentalism — where signalling adherence to the appropriate markers of concern (based on human action being presumptively destructive) matter.

The documents were submitted directly to the arbitrator of the matter and only the very narrow point of that the respondent was given an opinion as to the legality of their actions and or policy were in compliance with Human Rights legislation.

Duncan Lewis have experience in all aspects of judicial review claimant work, including obtaining emergency orders and other interim relief to prevent breaches of human rights, following up judicial reviews with actions for damages in both the County and High Court and successfully pursuing judicial review matters to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.

The explicit concern of the CCD is that, in increasing de jure access to human rights remedies in civil court actions, the decision in this case may have the consequence of sending a message that a civil action in court can fulfill the same role as an administrative action under the existing statutory schemes, and that de facto financial barriers to access do not matter.

He offers a wealth of experience representing management in wrongful dismissal actions and general employment litigation matters including human rights, employment standards and labour injunctions.

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Does it matter if they are natural or the result of human action?

Provides Subject Matter Expert knowledge on Human Resource functions and policies as primary counsel to senior executives; recommends best course of action to optimize efficiency and productivity.

The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,