Sentences with phrase «more justice in the world»

If there really were a god there would be more justice in the world and there would be far less inhumanity.
Then I will roll up my sleeves and find ways to act in solidarity, address the massive inequities some communities face and work to create more justice in the world.

Not exact matches

The more serious we become about being salt and light in the world, the more devoted we will become to mission and justice, the more concerned for the least and the lost, the more stubborn about forgiving those who don't want our forgiveness, the more determined about exposing the works of darkness — and the more we will suffer.
nothing makes the atheist more ticked off more than when you bring up GOD... God gets all the blame for all the tragedy in the world... If there wasnt a god in the first place, humans would not know tragedy or injustice when we see it... it would be a non-issue to us... survival of the fittest would not permit the emotions of love, compassion, empathy... Darwininian theory could not allow any of those and many other of the best of people's capacity for caring to surface... You cant explain it away by synapse or neurons... without a Supreme Being, there would be no sense of justice or injustice, we would not call it anything because there is no Ultimate Moral Standard to compare it.
If we ask why so few economists are willing to take more serious account of issues of justice or of the conservation of the natural world, the answer is found in two deeper assumptions.
The utilitarian can confidently say, «Better to save one life than none at all»; no abstract rules about justice or fairness should count more than increasing the utility in the world.
In more modern terms, those who are committed to social justice have looked askance at those who are concerned to preserve the natural world.
Although they've volunteered in order to do something for the poor, their paternalism comes apart when they meet articulate poor people who often believe in God more than they do and who want a world where North - South relations are characterized by justice rather than charity.
With other feminists, I believe that we must consider the likelihood a) that countries with less stringent guidelines for ova donation will proceed more efficiently with research; b) that countries in the one - third world will likely benefit from research using ill - gotten gametes; and c) that advocates for ESCR will argue that, for the sake of justice, the U.S. needs to implement more liberal guidelines for gamete procurement so as to avoid the injustice inherent in situation b).
What Christians need today more than ever, in a time that the Christian sub-culture is shrinking in size and Christian witness is losing influence, is help to figure out how to live in this pluralistic non-Christian world in a way that does justice to Jesus» call to be his disciples in the world.
In doing this, we have also seen how one of the consequences of authentic preaching is a determination, established in the hearts and minds and wills of those who have assisted at worship, to give themselves more fully to the service of God — as «co-creators», in Whitehead's fine word, with God in the great work of «amorization», establishing in this world (so far as a finite order will permit it) a society marked by caring, justice, responsibility, interest in others, and relief from oppression, devoted to everything positive which promotes the fullest actualization of human possibilitIn doing this, we have also seen how one of the consequences of authentic preaching is a determination, established in the hearts and minds and wills of those who have assisted at worship, to give themselves more fully to the service of God — as «co-creators», in Whitehead's fine word, with God in the great work of «amorization», establishing in this world (so far as a finite order will permit it) a society marked by caring, justice, responsibility, interest in others, and relief from oppression, devoted to everything positive which promotes the fullest actualization of human possibilitin the hearts and minds and wills of those who have assisted at worship, to give themselves more fully to the service of God — as «co-creators», in Whitehead's fine word, with God in the great work of «amorization», establishing in this world (so far as a finite order will permit it) a society marked by caring, justice, responsibility, interest in others, and relief from oppression, devoted to everything positive which promotes the fullest actualization of human possibilitin Whitehead's fine word, with God in the great work of «amorization», establishing in this world (so far as a finite order will permit it) a society marked by caring, justice, responsibility, interest in others, and relief from oppression, devoted to everything positive which promotes the fullest actualization of human possibilitin the great work of «amorization», establishing in this world (so far as a finite order will permit it) a society marked by caring, justice, responsibility, interest in others, and relief from oppression, devoted to everything positive which promotes the fullest actualization of human possibilitin this world (so far as a finite order will permit it) a society marked by caring, justice, responsibility, interest in others, and relief from oppression, devoted to everything positive which promotes the fullest actualization of human possibilitin others, and relief from oppression, devoted to everything positive which promotes the fullest actualization of human possibility.
We need to say to ourselves cold - bloodedly that if we do not rise to the demand of our time for a wider justice and a more stable world order, there is the real possibility that what will be left of humanity will be a few crazed survivors stumbling and mumbling about in the radioactive ruins left by the atomic war.
The reason the world has paused for Pope Francis» if only for a little while» is that so many people sense in him something more than himself; not just God's truth and God's justice, but God's tenderness.
While Calvin seems to see more clearly than Luther the need for reforming the orders of the world guided by love and justice, both Reformers see the organization of society in terms which we know are far too simple in the light of the later history of democratic forms of political life.
As the competition for a share of the world's limited goods becomes more bitter, justice will vanish in the desperate struggle for survival, and tyrants and bureaucracies will arise to establish some order among the needy and fearful people.
I've seen this sort of theology applied to global warming, («God is going to destroy the world anyway»), humanitarian aid, («It's more important to give people the gospel than to give them food») and to social justice, («Just let God straighten it out in eternity»).
Concretely, the church must exhort its more committed members — the gathered remnant — to ever more strenuous work in the service of social justice, work which will reveal to both the world and its wavering members the fact that religious fervor is conducive to true social progress.
We are aware, much more deeply now that never before, that for the survival of our Mother earth mercilessly plundered by us human beings, for the peace of the world torn with division and bigotry, for love and justice to prevail in human community, and for worship of God to bring shalom to ourselves and to the community around us, we must learn to be repentant, each one of us acknowledging we have fallen short of God's glory, But repentance alone is not enough.
It is interesting to look at some more sweeping generalisations often made by psychologists: that men are more oriented towards rights and justice, women more towards responsibility and caring (and, yes, self - giving); or, to put it another way, male identity is forged in relation to the world, and female identity awakened in a relationship of intimacy with other persons; or, further, that «development», in the male mode, implies establishing the independence of «self» from others, while in the female mode self is developed by relating to others.
terror will be spread upon his enemies and justice will prevail (just following the pattern of the movie «Danny the dog», hope i remember the story of that movie right d) Got a new world class member in our medical staff that amongst other abilities and skills he specializes in healing just every kind of injury of a DEFENDER in just two working days (for other players's positions he needs a bit more) e) Chambers is of pure quality - nothing to brag a lot, yet.
and how the commentator was observing that this seemed to actually be more a requirement now than when Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O'Connor (both of whome were wives and mothers) were cutting there teeth in the world of employment and the public sphere.
- Administering the New York State and Local Retirement System for public employees, with more than one million members, retirees and beneficiaries and more than 3,000 employers; - Acting as sole trustee of the $ 129 billion Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest institutional investors in the world; - Maintaining the State's accounting system and administering the State's $ 12.6 billion payroll; - Issuing reports on State finances; - Managing the State's assets and issuing debt; - Reviewing State contracts and payments before they are issued; - Conducting audits of State agencies and public benefit corporations; - Overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City; - Overseeing the Justice Court Fund and the Oil Spill Fund Acting as custodian of more than $ 9 billion in abandoned property and restoring unclaimed funds to their rightful owners;
to hear more about her most recent participation in the World Justice Forum III and to respond to her call for member feedback on ASCE's role in the World Justice Project.
The Environmental Justice Foundation elaborates more on the world wide negative effects of pesticide use in cotton.
«This idea really that turns me on is that there's a family that's a force to be reckoned with in the world of international art and antiquities... [a family] that deals with heads of state and heads of museums and metes out justice, -LSB-...] We'll have the family dynamic, which we've done in a couple of movies now... And then you take that and put it on the bigger, more muscular stage of an international action picture, but also put all the character stuff in it.
In addition, as Tonto is more important, there are elements of Native American mysticism introduced to the story that brings other - worldly occurrences to the fore, especially in the actions of the all - white horse later dubbed «Silver», whom Tonto sees as a great spirit who resurrects John Reid from the dead to fulfill his destiny to bring justice back into the worlIn addition, as Tonto is more important, there are elements of Native American mysticism introduced to the story that brings other - worldly occurrences to the fore, especially in the actions of the all - white horse later dubbed «Silver», whom Tonto sees as a great spirit who resurrects John Reid from the dead to fulfill his destiny to bring justice back into the worlin the actions of the all - white horse later dubbed «Silver», whom Tonto sees as a great spirit who resurrects John Reid from the dead to fulfill his destiny to bring justice back into the world.
Rosa professes to be interested in «equity and social justice,» which are important concepts, to be sure, but empty ones if they don't help children of all descriptions to succeed in an ever - more competitive world.
First, the competitive pricing — a tactic that certainly did not win the world's largest digital retailer and friends in the US, as evidenced by the excuses born out of the recent Department of Justice investigation and lawsuit against Apple and several publishers — that Amazon could support made e-readers finally something more of a tool than an investment.
In The Wedding Guest, I hope to have done their complicated history justice — and to have given voice not only to the more than 27 million slaves of today but also to my own ancestors who, beginning in the 16th century, were kidnapped from Africa and enslaved in the New WorlIn The Wedding Guest, I hope to have done their complicated history justice — and to have given voice not only to the more than 27 million slaves of today but also to my own ancestors who, beginning in the 16th century, were kidnapped from Africa and enslaved in the New Worlin the 16th century, were kidnapped from Africa and enslaved in the New Worlin the New World.
Blurb: In a world where the gods and magic have returned, enforcing justice just got a lot more hazardous!
This is good and all, but what we are more interested in is those who will go out of their way and go above the system to do what is «right» and bring their own justice down into the world.
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«As the world in which we live becomes more pluralistic — and issues such as global peace, environmental health and economic justice become more urgent — institutions with strong interfaith and intercultural commitments such as the Rothko Chapel become increasingly important.»
For more information, please contact Corinna Gilfillan at Global Witness: +44 (0) 207 272 6731, or +44 (0) 7950049141 Ian Smillie at Partnership Africa Canada: 1 (613) 728-9725, or Susan Isaac at 1 (613) 237-6768 ActionAid - U.K. www.actionaid.org Amnesty International - Canada Amnesty International - London Fatal Transactions - Netherlands www.niza.nl/fataltransactions Global Witness - U.K. www.globalwitness.org Network Movement for Justice and Development - Sierra Leone One Sky - Canadian Institute of Sustainable Living - Canada Oxfam International Partnership Africa Canada www.pacweb.org Physicians for Human Rights - U.S.A. World Vision U.S.A. Editor Notes: The KPCS, launched in January 2003, requires governments and the diamond industry to implement import / export control regimes in rough diamonds to prevent conflict diamonds from fuelling war and human rights abuse.
In summary, a strong case can be made that the US emissions reduction commitment for 2025 of 26 % to 28 % clearly fails to pass minimum ethical scrutiny when one considers: (a) the 2007 IPCC report on which the US likely relied upon to establish a 80 % reduction target by 2050 also called for 25 % to 40 % reduction by developed countries by 2020, and (b) although reasonable people may disagree with what «equity» means under the UNFCCC, the US commitments can't be reconciled with any reasonable interpretation of what «equity» requires, (c) the United States has expressly acknowledged that its commitments are based upon what can be achieved under existing US law not on what is required of it as a mater of justice, (d) it is clear that more ambitious US commitments have been blocked by arguments that alleged unacceptable costs to the US economy, arguments which have ignored US responsibilities to those most vulnerable to climate change, and (e) it is virtually certain that the US commitments can not be construed to be a fair allocation of the remaining carbon budget that is available for the entire world to limit warming to 2 °C.
Although there are many countries other than the United States that have frequently failed to respond to what justice would require of them to reduce the threat of climate change, the United States, perhaps more than any other country, has gained a reputation in the international community for its consistent unwillingness to commit to serious greenhouse gas emissions reductions during the over two decades that world has been seeking a global agreement on how to respond to climate change.
Are Walmart's significant efforts to make their product chain more environmentally friendly enough to enable them to be embraced, not just begrudgingly tolerated as the biggest retailer in the world (and therefore a force which has to be acknowledged), by the environmental community, let alone those people working for social justice and local businesses?
In fact, anyone wanting to get the full picture of this data is advised to look at both the LexisNexis and World Justice Project sites in tandem, because the latter allows you to get more granular and even download the data to analyze yourselIn fact, anyone wanting to get the full picture of this data is advised to look at both the LexisNexis and World Justice Project sites in tandem, because the latter allows you to get more granular and even download the data to analyze yourselin tandem, because the latter allows you to get more granular and even download the data to analyze yourself.
After seven hours of discussion over five months, the ideas proffered for improving access to justice were (1) more money for legal aid (to be extracted somehow from the most indebted sub-national government in the world), (2) more e-filing, (3) more pamphlets in more languages, (4) re-purposing the Shirley Dennison fund to laud someone who does something beneficial wrt A2J, and (5) encouraging indigenous peoples to use circles of healing instead of the court system.
What we witness without a whimper from the media, the courts, or the bar is a prosecutor charged with the highest professional duty to see that every accused, no matter how guilty, obtains a fair trial, and who, instead, in this historical instant, has voluntarily taken steps to see that such a right becomes little more than a sad, distant echo of a justice system that once set the standard for the world.
Superimposed on this are the modern problems of access to justice and a high - tech world in which more services are offered on line.
I couldn't agree with him more... we need a place to have debate on how advanced technology is affecting legal practice as well as the ways it can assist — particularly so in helping with the costly, slow and burdened administration of justice process that must be borne by governments all over the world.
Accessing consistent effective justice in financial disputes is more demanding than ever before in the fast - moving, complex and cross-border business world and the financial List represents an exceptional new option that will make life easier for Solicitors, the Bar and clients.
In short, the badly needed justice component of the world's peace and justice architecture needs a lot more work.
In my view, the real reason for cases like Mitchell was for the Court of Appeal to flex its muscles and to show practitioners that the new world of economics was more important than any traditional notion of justice.
Afghanistan, with the second to lowest score in the World Justice Project's Rule of Law Index, was the world's leading producer of refugees for more than thirty years — even through the conflicts in the Balkans, Central Africa, and Iraq — and was surpassed only in 2014, by SWorld Justice Project's Rule of Law Index, was the world's leading producer of refugees for more than thirty years — even through the conflicts in the Balkans, Central Africa, and Iraq — and was surpassed only in 2014, by Sworld's leading producer of refugees for more than thirty years — even through the conflicts in the Balkans, Central Africa, and Iraq — and was surpassed only in 2014, by Syria.
A vision, put negatively at first, of what must not be done — so that, over time, we will edge nearer to a more honorable and decent world, where «equal justice» will not only be a phrase cut in the marble of a particular Washington, D. C. building, but something known and felt to be a daily given the world over.
The study that we do is like a report card, in which the government can see what areas of opportunity exist and know into what it should put more energy,» explained Leslie Solis, criminal justice analyst with the World Justice Project.justice analyst with the World Justice Project.Justice Project.»
WASHINGTON, DC (31 January 2018)-- The World Justice Project (WJP) today released the 2017 - 2018 WJP Rule of Law Index ® which measures rule of law adherence in 113 countries worldwide based on more than 110,000 household and 3,000 expert surveys.
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