Sentences with phrase «more pragmatism»

You give Euro - progressives credit for far more pragmatism than they deserve.

If this is correct we may hope to expect more pragmatism in fiscal policy over the next few years, rather than allowing a Conservative majority government to spark a determination to reduce the share of government spending and the size of the public sector, regardless of the costs.

Bevan's role in the founding of the NHS demonstrates much more pragmatism and flexibility than he is usually credited with.

It is almost too Utopian in its ideology and I feel Arsene has, for some years, needed to reign it in slightly and apply a touch more pragmatism.

Win this and Arsene could walk away with his head held high at that point, and this should happen because the club needs a fresh and new approach with a touch more pragmatism, attention to detail and adaptability within it.

Although it looks like Wenger has put his stubborn approach aside and opted for less subtlety and more pragmatism and has come to the realisation that this is what is needed.

Not exact matches

Pragmatism as a philosophy, its proponents insist, is more than a matter of what works, but it ought to work better than that.

Weigel must either believe that some propositions are properly subjects for moral judgment, and others not (this truly is a form of Gnosticism), or that some propositions are more easily held and accepted by current society, and that the Church as a matter of pragmatism ought to prioritize low - hanging fruit.

The Gospel is not a game show, and pragmatism at all costs costs us much indeed --- more than just a few hundred thousand dollars in prizes.

But if it suggests a willingness to live with a certain pragmatism and provisionality, a suspicion of all - encompassing schemes, a readiness to risk a little more disorder instead of a little too much Ordnung, then I think the book qualifies.

Reason, or more properly «secular reason», needs faith, because it is faith that will save the values and convictions of civilised western society from being trodden under foot by ahistorical pragmatism, relativism and totalitarianism.

We need a return to the realistic and yet principled conservative pragmatism of Reagan who actually wanted to help people more than dogmatically stick to every single position and who was even willing to compromise with liberals like Tip O'neal at times in order to get something done that would actually solve problems and help the greatest number of people.

One way of acknowledging its revisability is to say that it can survive the critique laid for it by Wayne Proudfoot in his 1985 Religious Experience and, more importantly, by the postmodern culture for which Proudfoot speaks.13 If it ignores that kind of postmodern critique, I am suggesting, it will not deliver on the promise it has shown recently in the growth of The American Journal of Theology and Philosophy, in the founding of The Highlands Institute for American Religious Thought, in the resurgence of Columbia and Yale forms of neonaturalism and pragmatism in the work of Robert Corrington and William Shea, 14 and in the American Academy of Religion Group on Empiricism in American Religious Thought — as well as in the growing independent scholarship of those working out of the empirical side of process theology and the Chicago school.

It is time we said to our leaders that while we don't expect to elect any saints to public office, we have had more than enough of political pragmatism rooted in nothing but the desire to win the next election.

Both Marxism and pragmatism, along with more recent analytic philosophies of action, help to make sure that the other moment of action or praxis in the self's essential structure will be brought out no less effectively than the moment of existence or self - understanding on which existentialist philosophy so sharply focuses.

He did not want Absolute pragmatism to lapse into the usual caricature of idealism, which made ideas into nothing more than objects of idle contemplation; ideas always contain, at their core, an intention to act.

I would qualify the material on anonymity and pragmatism and be a little more critical of the then recently martyred John F. Kennedy.

Thoughtful pragmatism have served him and the club well which is why many of us would like to see more of it, I guess.

This functionality is the result of pragmatism from the manager, whose introduction of Casemiro to midfield has allowed for a more stable side with fewer holes between defence and attack.

And when I saw his cameo performance on Sunday I sadly didn't feel the same pang of sadness that I did the week before and sadly, the week before that because the more and more I start to think about the reality of the situation, the more that pragmatism kicks in for my mind.

An admirer of Guardiola's methods, a former assistant to Carlo Ancelotti and a natural opponent to the caustic, spartan pragmatism of Jose Mourinho during his time in Madrid, he wants to win, and win better — just like Zidane the player, Zidane the manager wants to achieve victory through technical excellence more than anything else.

I'm more concerned about the volume of water in the glass and if it would suffice to quench my thirst... Perhaps this deep rooted cynical pragmatism comes with being an engineer in an industry that is more of a sausage fest than the average meat packing plant?

But since my bleeding - heart liberal appeals are likely to be lost on you, I'll instead appeal your pragmatism: More than 35 percent of Texas schoolchildren are overweight or obese.

Other than Publicly Financed Campaigns it is hard to image a reform that would do more to increase the fairness, wisdom and pragmatism of public policy.

Liebson said after «doing her research,» she concluded that Clinton's policies aligned most closely with her own beliefs, and her pragmatism makes Clinton a more attractive candidate than her primary opponent, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont.

But the majority view is that it could be done if the British team showed some pragmatism and a more clear - sighted approach to what they actually want.

Ditto the rank - and - file party activists motivated more by ideology than Mr. Cuomo's centrist pragmatism.

In the process, Labour will get the popular credit, and will expose the splits in the Tory party - because there is a distinct limit to the pragmatism of the more right - wing and fiscally conservative Conservatives.

While elections will certainly play a role in whether the bill passes, Mr. Camara said in his mind, allowing local control of minimum wages had less to do with party politics and more to do with pragmatism.

Still, there are tons of singles who believe more in love than in pragmatism.

Can't quite agree with your characterization of Lincoln - or Obama for that matter - as being impatient or divisive (unless I'm misreading you on that point); in both cases, I think they did about the best they could with recalcitrant opposition (obviously more severe in Lincoln's case) and that they correctly read their respective times in pushing certain policies through (and both were, in large part a mixture of idealism and pragmatism - too pragmatic for a lot of other idealists).

Of course, we also see more in each of the other characters: Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) has learned to play to his audience and is so good at it that he even surprises Haymitch (Woody Harrelson); Haymitch continues to show a facility for diplomacy and pragmatism, as well as growing attachment to his charges; and even Effie's (Elizabeth Banks) cheerful façade begins to crack.

Naturally, Lanthimos» film isn't an exercise of pragmatism, but it is more dreary and clinical than his typically distant, deadpan movies.

Winkler's most obnoxious choice may have been sincere, but feels more like fiscal pragmatism.

Spellings is going to need more than her pragmatism if she wants to see reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act move forward and ensure the education legacy of President Bush.

There's not quite the same single - minded purpose to the cabin, more a spirit of pragmatism.

What it lacks in finesse it more than makes up for with pragmatism, and ultimately buyers will appreciate its daily driver practicality than an inability to shave two seconds off their lap time.

But the law requires more rigor than mere pragmatism, and Fiona is expert in considering the sensitivities of culture and religion when handing down her verdicts.

Stella's characteristic pragmatism never changed, but his desire to continue searching led to ever more complex and disjunctive models than could ever have been anticipated.

Pragmatism, far more than romanticism or mysticism, underlies Downes's perpetual interrogation of his surroundings.

They seem under the influence of some kind of mass delusion which excludes reality and pragmatism, the longer they cling to to their faith the more foolish they are going to look when reality can no longer be denied.

And every major multinational corporation with legal representation worth its salt has, so far as the law and pragmatism allows, one day a year set aside to shred every document and purge every bit of computer memory of records more than one year old on that date.

Climate Pragmatism There is a robust and growing demand for a more pragmatic approach to the climate challenge.

But, bottom line, I know a few more things about pragmatism, efficiency, and building for the long term.

Lord Steyn expressed the view in McCann that «pragmatism dictates that the task of magistrates should be made more straightforward by ruling that they must in all cases under section 1 apply the criminal standard».

Diligent case preparation, without question, involves thorough research of pertinent case law and legislation, but with advancing resources such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and content tagging, the pragmatism of preparation becomes much more time efficient.

The decision was based more in pragmatism than compassion.