Sentences with phrase «n't necessary evils»

Believe it or not, editing isn't a necessary evil.

So make today the day you start thinking about the job search as an opportunity — not a fool's errand, not a necessary evil, not a chore.

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I realize that they're a necessary evil, but you need to be very careful that you're not saying things or doing things (even worse) to «prove» something to these people because (a) it's never enough to satisfy them in any case and they won't believe you anyway; and (b) it's a fool's errand to waste your time trying to impress people whose livelihood is much more about finding the warts and shortcomings in your story than in celebrating your successes.

Whether you are a master negotiator or think negotiation is a necessary evil, one thing holds constant — if you don't understand the basic components of an offer to buy a business, you'll be at a disadvantage.

Building powerful business connections doesn't have to feel like a necessary evil.

In most of business history, customer service was viewed as a necessary evil that didn't have a lot of repercussions if it was done poorly, or not at all.

Sometimes that's a necessary evil if you're getting much better financing, but it's not necessarily the most cost - effective option.

Some businesses don't consider that their business» website is this important, instead they think that their website is just a necessary evil of being in business and just «tick the box» of having one.

Unfortunately, just as there can't be buyers without sellers, there can't be winners without losers, and this is a necessary evil to ensuring the short and long term success of any market, cryptocurrency or otherwise.

The major Christian tradition has not been pacifism, in the sense of refusal to share in any war, but it has been a testimony for peace in the sense that war is seen as a necessary evil at best and never something in which to glory.

These conditions are not always associated with evil; indeed, they are sometimes necessary, as in the pain of childbirth, the separation of mother and child, the helplessness of an infant.

Divine providence, of course, will always bring about God's good ends despite — and in a sense through — the evils of this world; but that is not the same thing as saying that evil has a necessary part to play in God's plans, and that God required evil to bring about the kingdom.

«The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.»

I'm sure many people would consider themselves pacifists but say that this is too extreme a definition, one might say for example that pacifism means «attempting to promote peace and making it a goal, but accepting that war is necessary in some cases to prevent greater evils,» however the way violence vs. following Jesus is being discussed in this context doesn't allow such concessions.

It is a long way from such an ideal of political activity to the actualities in which it is carried on; but it is essential to our human attempt to live together to see that the «game of politics» is not merely a necessary evil but that it has at its best a link with legitimate good.

But the evil is in the tyranny, not in the coercion, In some human relations at least coercion is not only necessary, which Niebuhr of course admits, but also it is an essential element in the growth of the real good of mutuality among free and responsible persons.14

That is, if we think of a «necessary evil,» it is important to note that the necessity involved doesn't make the evil any less evil.

Just soldiers and commanders are sorry that evil exists to such an extent that acts of force are necessary to bring about justice, but they are not sorry about their acts of force.

Growth as measured by GDP is not a good, but more a necessary evil.

Theological determinists ultimately deny that there is any genuine evil — any evil that is not necessary for bringing about some greater good or avoiding some greater evil — and acknowledge instead that each instance of evil is a necessary component in God's perfect creative plan.

When he states that the truth or plausibility of the statements used to defend theistic belief in the face of evil «are utterly beside the point,» he is saying that the truth or plausibility of such statements is not necessary to preserve logical consistency, and this even Griffin does not deny is correct.

True, the purpose of retribution is served by the murderer's death, but under certain circumstances retribution might interfere with other purposes of punishment: it might prematurely put an end to his rehabilitation; it might undermine deterrence (say, by so angering his compatriots that they, too, commit evils); and it might not be necessary for the physical safety of others.

The proper definition of apparent evil, however, is prima facie evil which when judged from an ultimate frame of reference is that in the place of which no other realistically possible occurrence could be better.2 «Apparent» evil is not only a means to perfection, but also a morally necessary and justified means.

Atheist tend to be materialists and know the positive charge is a necessary force that can not be removed yet think the forces of good or evil can be removed by man.

Nonetheless, although novelty is a necessary condition to achieve value, it can also produce evil should it introduce a chaos that can not be creatively formed into a higher order, for as Whitehead did clearly state: «The novelty may promote or destroy order; it may be good or bad» (PR 284).

The plunge into evil, is not merely inevitable but necessary, and the apple of iniquitous knowledge must be bitten willfully.

They insist that while God is partly responsible for much of what we call evil (meaning, I assume, that the reality of a persuasive God as source of novelty is a necessary condition of the world's creative advance), this does not mean that God is morally indictable.

(2) Evil is not an inherent or necessary part of existence or human nature, but rather a choice, freely exercised at any given moment.

(3) Evil is not an inherent or necessary part of existence or human nature (creation was created good), but neither are humans wholly free to choose the good at any given moment.

The issue, in sum, is not whether an omnipotent deity's deception of its self - conscious creatures would be morally problematic but only whether such deception, if necessary in order to have a world with all the positive values of the present one but without its horrendous evils, would be justified as the lesser of evils.

The report on this subject frankly acknowledged that «the missionary enterprise, coming as it does out of an economic order dominated almost entirely by the profit motive,» has not been «so sensitive to those aspects of the Christian message as would have been necessary sensibly to mitigate the evils which advancing industrialization has brought in its train,» and then proceeded to scrutinize mercilessly the exploitation of backward peoples as the result of the economic penetration of Africa and Asia by the West.

Thus, in process thought, Lord Acton's maxim would not be accurate; power, in itself, is not necessarily evil and corrupting; it simply is, and is necessary at that for there to be anything actual at all.

We may not change how you see dinner as a necessary evil, but we can certainly take the devil out of the details!

Competition for a talented work force is fierce, and the military is not different in that regard; recruiting and advertising are necessary evils.

I know the safety of the game is important, but putting on pads and hitting is a necessary evil and if you don't, the quality of the game, the execution and fundamentals are compromised.

Power is the necessary evil of civilization because things like tax codes and wealth distribution have no distinct claim to a self evident «rightness» like moral claims do «tho shall not kill».

Probably not, but he'd understand the necessary evil of it since a vast majority of the NFL old white owners more than likely wouldn't give a minority coach / GM candidate the time of day unless they were already intimately familiar with them.

in the case of our club the powers that be sees us as a necessary evil... believe me if they could figure out a way to take our money without ever having to deal with us they would... instead they simply gauge our concerns then manufacture an aggressive PR campaign addressing said concerns so as to sell season tickets and the like... so whether it's about Sanchez staying, transfer budgets, lengthy player injuries, club expectations etc... this team has treated us like a petulant teenager that should be seen and not heard, which is a completely disrespectful way to treat incredibly loyal fans who pay some of the highest ticket prices in the world... this is why this team doesn't get the benefit of the doubt, this is why they don't get a pass when they screw up and this is why they don't deserve our respect when it comes time to show them the door... that time is NOW

Not every child lives with the mantra «hurt or be hurt,» but unfortunately for many kids who end up in facilities for juvenile delinquents, it's a necessary evil to survive.

I've actually never met a mom who didn't think that pumping was a necessary evil rather than an enjoyable activity.

Nobody wants their baby to be born sneezing, and you certainly don't want the doctor sneezing on the baby on its way out, so avoiding strongly scented aromas in the labor and delivery room is really kind of a necessary evil.

«The shift to the focus on victims is not only the morally right thing to do in and of itself, it is essential if we are to get the prosecutions necessary to try to end this evil,» chair of the committee Frank Field said.

Cuomo insisted his actions don't undercut his words, saying that unless politicians are «independently wealthy or their fathers are independently wealthy (ahem, Eliot Spitzer),» then fundraising from those over which one has / is seeking to have power over is a necessary evil.

But I view it as a necessary evil that should not be surrendered only to those who glory in it.

Suddenly the taxation of the wealthier was not an end in itself but simply a necessary evil.

He believes in the new 50p tax rate not as a necessary evil but as a desirable measure, entirely consistent with what he calls «fair taxation».

Cleaning your house is necessary, but it doesn't have to be evil.

So, it begs the question: despite initial chlorine disinfection being a necessary evil to ensure that our water supply makes it to our homes safely (without bacterial contamination), why would you then choose to consume such impurities after this process if you don't have to?

I say «like» because I honestly don't enjoy cardio, but it feels like a necessary evil for me right now.

Having trouble remembering things can be embarrassing and distressing but you should not conclude that it is a «necessary evil» of aging.