Sentences with phrase «much society values»

Understanding how much society values those future people should be an influential component of climate policy decisions,» said Noah Scovronick, co-lead author and a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University's Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP), which is based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

From estimates of how much society values a human life, Jason West at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and colleagues deduce that alternative energy supplies should be worth the cost.

Not exact matches

Cornell professor and economist Robert Frank, who wrote a book in the 1990s titled The Winner - Take - All Society: Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us, made popular the belief that a big portion of the increase in the income gap has to do with the way a global market values its best performers, be they CEOs or athletes or actual performers.

Behind all this banter lies a big idea: That by de-emphasizing economic growth and considering other things that people value, societies could make much better decisions about how to use their scarce resources.

In our society, sexuality has lost so much of its value, because it is no longer set apart — rather, it's on display for the world to see.

There are norms and values in every civilized society and one has to abide by that.Muslims respect Jesus as much as they respect Muhammed (PBUH).

And of course that class has imbibed the values of the capitalist consumerist society too much to bring about a new society embodying values of personal freedom, social justice and ecological wholeness by themselves any more.

They do not deny the value of tradition or social order, but they are searching for a new strategy by which to bring about basic changes in society without too much delay.

Yet the Church does give much guidance on the values that must prevail in a society and on these we must ponder ahead of any political vote.

God, in the Whiteheadian view, intends that all occasions and societies of occasions achieve maximum value; Whitehead sees clearly that in the achieving of value much sacrifice, tragedy, and loss occur.

It seems much simpler to me to say that the structural possibilities for the self - constitution of currently concrescing actual entities are present in the society or field of activity to which the entities belong, but that only God in virtue of the divine primordial nature has an infallible understanding which possibilities will be genuinely fruitful and to what extent they will be fruitful and which possibilities will ultimately be fruitless, at least in terms of the achievement of higher goals and values.

In Calvin there is the zeal to improve society; but there is a much too complacent view of the righteousness of Christians, and too little awareness of the elements of value and relative progress in the life of purely secular society.

With such a moral heritage, combining both high value and narrow limitation, the tribes of Israel entered Palestine and, after a long conflict with the previous inhabitants, settled down to adjust and synthesize their cultural traditions in the midst of the much more complicated agricultural and urban society which they had conquered.

When young people grow up in a more or less homogeneous society, where parents, religious leaders, and schools all confidently communicate traditional values, they may rebel to some extent, but they are also likely to assimilate much of the tradition.

The passage reads as follows: «As every individual, therefore, endeavours as much as he can both to employ his capital in support of domestic industry, and so to direct that industry that its produce may be of greatest value, every individual necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of society as great as he can.

Until recent decades, for example, Liberian people in Poro Society masks both represented and regulated corporate life in the West African interior.3 In donning a mask and a concealing costume, a Poro member joined the mask's spirit to perform stylized tasks and movements that not only governed much of community behavior but also impersonated the hopes and values that shaped the society's chaSociety masks both represented and regulated corporate life in the West African interior.3 In donning a mask and a concealing costume, a Poro member joined the mask's spirit to perform stylized tasks and movements that not only governed much of community behavior but also impersonated the hopes and values that shaped the society's chasociety's character.

The premise being that the taxes paid are a reasonable approximation of merit and value to society that should determine how much the vote counts.

And a society that does not value women as much as men will always end in mistreatment and abuse, in creating men who do not take women seriously when they raise issues.

This is a measure of how much value society puts on a person's life — based on how much an individual would be willing to pay to reduce the risk of premature death.

But the drug's value to society, which would include all the money spent on buying the drug, would be much higher: about $ 449 million per drug, or $ 147 billion in total.

Yet, how much to invest in policies — like setting an appropriate carbon tax — to protect future generations from environmental destruction depends on how society chooses to value human population, according to a new study published Oct. 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

We believe that regardless of how much society changes, people will always yearn for partners who share their passions, values and beliefs.

I very much value your reliability and responsiveness which is rare in today's society and the care you took concerning my feelings as you responded to my questions or concern.

While this mindset has gradually been shifting to accommodate the changing society, it is still very much a part of the family values system.

In conclusion, there are melodramatic spells, as well as some focal unevenness, spawned from hurrying past certain plot aspects that really aren't all that needed in the first place, being not much more than supplements to the rather repetitious bloating that makes this overambitious effort too overblown for its own good, though not to the point of completely dismissing its engagement value, as there is enough sharpness to the production designs, cinematography and score work to provide striking style, as well as enough story value, brought to life by inspired writing, direction and acting, - particularly by leading lady Halle Berry - to make «Alex Haley's Queen» a rewarding near - epic study on the struggles faced by the mulattoes who struggled to fit into a post-slavery society that was rich with racial tension and plenty of other life challenges.

«Your society values people by how much they have, ours by how much we give away,» Michael Greyeyes» Sitting Bull says.

Another reason, raised this time by Fonterrada, is that other segments of society do not value music as much as the musicians (Fonterrada, 2008), even though they consider their value as art.

It made me realize how much society corrupts people's values.

I personally value PSLF so much, and know it is so vital from my fellow attorneys working to fight against the injustices and oppression in our society, as well as so many other professionals who are dedicating their lives to public service.

Cindy is a dedicated champion for homeless cats, recognizing that there is still much work to do in educating society about the value of the cat as an animal companion.

So much pious pontificating rubbish is spouted about the function and value of the arts in society that I was delighted last week to catch the great sculptor Anthony Caro putting the subject into wise perspective during an interview with my colleague Alastair Sooke on the latter's BBC Four series Romancing the Stone.

It will further the ideas introduced by Wallis in «The Order of Things»: that vernacular photographic series may reveal much about a society's internalized values; that their meaning can be analyzed; and that they have the potential to be repurposed by artists to construct new social orders.

Thus whereas Pop artists sought to highlight the absurdity of much of the media imagery relied upon by the Consumer Society, photorealist painters and sculptors aim to celebrate the integrity and value of an image.

Today, when there is much hand - wringing over the value of an art education, it feels more timely than ever to reflect on an institution that asked pertinent questions about art, pedagogy, and their relationship to a more democratic society.

-- a «mitigation» scenario with improved technology and changes in societal values and individual behavior triggering a «transition of our globalizing society towards a much more sustainable one»;

Steven E. Koonin, once the Obama administration's undersecretary of energy for science and chief scientist at BP, stirred up a swirl of turbulence in global warming discourse this week after The Wall Street Journal published «Climate Science is Not Settled,» his essay calling for more frankness about areas of deep uncertainty in climate science, more research to narrow error ranges and more acknowledgement that society's decisions on energy and climate policy are based on values as much as data.

Society also discounts future values, but its willingness to lend money at 5 % to the Treasury proves that they discount its value much less.

This value is the government's best estimate of how much society gains over the long haul by cutting each ton of the heat - trapping carbon - dioxide emissions scientists have linked to global warming.

That is because, as noted above, oil delivers much more value to society than coal does per tonne of CO2.

It is a value - driven view of the world, not a value - free investigation of it, as much as Presidents of the Royal Society protest otherwise.

Although it is impossible to place a monetary value on human life, economic decisions are frequently made that indicate how much money society is willing to spend to extend human life in contexts such as medical treatments and the design of transportation systems.

Much of what follows in the note seems trite and trivial from the perspective someone who's been as involved with social media as I have been; but, as I say, the target appears to be lawyers who are only now considering putting a toe into the water, and for them this may have some value, if only as a formal recognition by the Society that media such as Twitter and Linkedin exist and may be useful for lawyers.

It does not take much to think of times we might ourselves have expressed views with which the majority disagrees (views that today are considered mainstream — I would like to think because they are supportive of those other values, such as equality, that signal the nature of Canadian society in its ideal); or that we have tolerated the expression of views with which we vigorously disagreed and to which we may have responded in ongoing debate.

The (now removed from their website) supplementary materials on the Statement of Principles indicate that lawyers must «demonstrate a personal valuing of equality, diversity, and inclusion,» which makes it apparent that the Law Society intends to regulate thought as much as action.

Andrew Holroyd, society president, says: «I'm committed to working hard to continue the reform of the Law Society to deliver more effective, value for money support to solicitors and on the representative side we are now much leaner than a yesociety president, says: «I'm committed to working hard to continue the reform of the Law Society to deliver more effective, value for money support to solicitors and on the representative side we are now much leaner than a yeSociety to deliver more effective, value for money support to solicitors and on the representative side we are now much leaner than a year ago.

Children's day is also about gifting children who add so much value to our life, society and country.

Society seems to value kids, yet we aren't doing much to help raise them well.

The offer of inclusiveness to Indigenous Australians without consideration of the rights and values inherent within Indigenous cultures sounds all too much like invitation to conform to mainstream Australian society without extending a reciprocal invitation to non-Indigenous Australia to examine its relationship to the Indigenous population.

It also provides acknowledgement of the fact that, much like the celebration and acceptance of multiculturalism, we are a richer country for valuing Indigenous cultures and traditions on their own terms, and making them a feature of the fabric of our society.

To «facilitate public scrutiny of government policies... and to encourage the involvement of the various... sectors of society in the formulation, implementation and review of the relevant policies... [T] he preparation of the report, and its consideration at the national level can come to be of at least as much value as the constructive dialogue conducted at the international level between the Committee and representatives of the reporting State».