Sentences with phrase «not human vulnerability»

They represent to us, not human vulnerability before nature, but human ascendancy over it.

Not exact matches

Palihapitiya has repeatedly criticized social media in general, saying it preys on human vulnerabilities and that he doesn't allow his children to use it.

In this novel Atwood does not abandon biblical history to those who have muted female testimony; instead, she imaginatively writes this testimony back into cultural contexts that would destroy it utterly and that fail to do so, even as she reveals the violence in any amputations of human stories and the historical vulnerability of all speech and silence.

Sidney Hook captures this sense of the vulnerability of the human condition when he defines pragmatism as «the theory and practice of enlarging human freedom in a precarious and tragic world by the arts of intelligent social control it may not be [a] lost [cause] if we can summon the courage and intelligence to support our faith in freedom...» (CAP 193).

As Reynolds writes, «Neediness, vulnerability, or lack of ability is not a flaw detracting from an otherwise pure and complete human nature.

As such, it has all the power of a human drama, where the weakness and vulnerability of Christ do not compromise his divinity, but serve rather to accentuate the staggering generosity of his self - sacrifice.

Indeed, the human infant's physiology is not designed to function optimally outside the context by which usually the breastfeeding mother can compensate for the infants developmental (neurological) vulnerabilities.

This does not encompass all humans in need, wherever they are located and however uneconomic or sociopolitically excluded, nor does it consider the subtlety of understanding human vulnerabilities in context, with sociocultural drivers (beyond markets and data); nor does it attend especially to those who remain disconnected in communications terms, which raises new questions of who is more remote and more vulnerable (including acknowledging sociocultural barriers to speaking up).

«For translation to humans, it would be important to know if pharmacological enhancement — ideally of the specific GABA receptor — can alleviate the peripheral hypersensitivity to touch, especially in young children who may be in a critical period of vulnerability,» says Takao Hensch, a neuroscientist at Harvard University who was not involved in the research.

Seriously, she's great in this movie not only because she can wield a sword and throw a proper mech - suit - enhanced punch, but also because she brings a nuanced vulnerability and dimensionality to the role that makes the character human.

«His art... is about the human condition, which is why the images or scenes depicted are not specific to China, nor especially to the era... and individual experience in this rapidly modernising society acts as a backdrop to Jia Aili's awareness of human frailty, vulnerability, and the need to be mindful of one's surroundings.»

But that is certainly not the case when you consider the contributions of rich and poor countries to the heat - trapping blanket of greenhouse gases, and those countries» relative vulnerability to the projected effects of human - driven warming.

------------------ From reading these quotes in context within pp. 268 - 270 +, it seems to me this is more about economic losses due to hurricanes & floods (human / human - structure exposure and vulnerability), and not about overall possible changing patterns in such extreme events.

My response would be that it is irresponsible not to mention the need to reduce inherent and avoidable human vulnerability to tornadoes in the crowding South, particularly in low - income regions with flimsy housing.

Updated, Feb. 8, 10:00 p.m. Given Florida's special vulnerability to rising seas and other consequences of human - driven global warming (which I first wrote about in 1988), it's not surprising that one of the first efforts to break the partisan impasse in the House around this issue has come from two lawmakers from the south end of that state — Republican Representative Carlos Curbelo and Representative Ted Deutch, a Democrat.

While warnings of an exploding global «population bomb» have not played out, high fertility rates are still a big driver of rising human vulnerability to environmental threats in the world's poorest places.

A resource - based vulnerability framework would give policymakers a better perspective not only of how human forcings affect climate but of how climate affects risk.

We must not be deterred by our vulnerability; we must embrace it and allow it to propel us forward to chart a new course for human civilization.

One of the problems with the EPA's Endangerment TSD is the nearly complete disregard of observed trends in a wide array of measures which by and large show that despite decades of increasing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions the U.S. population does not seem to have been adversely affected by any vulnerabilities, risks, and impacts that may have arisen (to the extent that any at all have actually occurred as the result of any human - induced climate changes).

... incomplete and misleading because it 1) omits any mention of several of the most important aspects of the potential relationships between hurricanes and global warming, including rainfall, sea level, and storm surge; 2) leaves the impression that there is no significant connection between recent climate change caused by human activities and hurricane characteristics and impacts; and 3) does not take full account of the significance of recently identified trends and variations in tropical storms in causing impacts as compared to increasing societal vulnerability.

«The Earth's climate system is highly nonlinear: inputs and outputs are not proportional, change is often episodic and abrupt, rather than slow and gradual, and multiple equilibria are the norm... there is a relatively poor understanding of the different types of nonlinearities, how they manifest under various conditions, and whether they reflect a climate system driven by astronomical forcings, by internal feedbacks, or by a combination of both... [We] suggest a robust alternative to prediction that is based on using integrated assessments within the framework of vulnerability studies... It is imperative that the Earth's climate system research community embraces this nonlinear paradigm if we are to move forward in the assessment of the human influence on climate.»

To understand vulnerability in these sectors we need to know not only about the natural processes involved in global change, but also about human behavior that influences production and consumption.

While ice extent may indeed be «out of our control», (as if it was ever in our control) the issue for humans is not controlling the weather, but controlling our vulnerability to it.

Nevertheless, TAP, and the entire Southern Gas Corridor, is a climate - busting fossil fuel project that serves to prop - up corrupt regimes that trample over human - rights, and today's tragic news of the gas explosion in Baumgarten, Austria, demonstrates that these pipelines increase danger and vulnerability, not European energy security.

Here the Court slid into not only a moralized (vulnerability) account of why we have human rights protections for certain groups (a sound move), but also to a moralized (vulnerability) account of the contexts in which these protections are to be operable (a very unsound move).

This is not least due to human evidence that major early life stress events markedly increase vulnerability for developmental and adulthood psychopathology, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorders....6

There is nothing worse than the thought of those we love - straying to another (EVEN IF IT REALLY DID NT MEAN ANYTHING) Sinead is right however, i actually recognise that I made things very hard for my partner and neglected certain aspects of our relationship - this is NO EXCUSE for there behaviour, however it does highlight that they are just Human (with faults and vulnerabilities which can lead to mistakes.)

But I think the one thing I learned about myself is I'm a human being and therefore I'm vulnerable and real strength is knowing that and knowing how to deal with vulnerability and knowing just how much I need other people not just to be social with or to have fun with or to work with but how much I need.

However, it is clear that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Northern Territory have an ongoing vulnerability to laws infringing upon their human rights, and that constitutional rights protection mechanisms should not be left to the benevolence of a particular government.