Sentences with phrase «notion of human control»

Panelists returned to the notion of human control several times, emphasizing its central importance in the emerging international debate.

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The notion of women's autonomy» including absolute control over our own bodies» leaves us with an unrealistic sense of human power and an exaggerated sense of independence from the consequences of our attitudes and actions.

If God is conceived as cosmic dictator, this notion is a reflection of the human desire to control and manage.

«Providence» suggests that our affairs are in reality guided by something above or greater than human reason, while «fortuity» implies that the controlling agent is something beneath or less than reason; but either view renders illusory the notion that we are controlling our own affairs through the exercise of our own reason.

First, there is the tension between Western notions of human reason — nature - controlling, deductive and scientific — and a more embodied, feeling, experiential approach which draws on biological and psychological processes.

The science in this film is absolute bunk, not only pushing forward the often misinformed notion that human beings only use 10 % of their brain's capacity in their lifetimes, but positing that, with increased brain usage, we increase the ability to control and transform matter around us.

Themes explored in the exhibition include emergent ideas of the body and notions of human enhancement; the internet as a site of both surveillance and resistance; the circulation and control of images and information; possibilities for new subjectivities, communities, and virtual worlds; and new economies of visibility initiated by social media.

Themes explored in the exhibition include emergent ideas of the body and notions of human enhancement; the internet as a site of both surveillance and resistance; the circulation and control of images and information; the possibilities for exploring identity and community afforded by virtual domains; and new economies of visibility accelerated by social media.

As a brilliant earth scientist — until 1998 he was head of the geology department at James Cook University in Australia — he understood perfectly well that on the geological scale our planet has experienced shifts in climate of a magnitude so vast as to make a mockery of the notion that humans can influence or control it.

Instead of publicly expressing their views, a group of parliamentarians said skeptics should parrot the imploding official narrative: The notion that global warming, which even leading alarmists admit has been on «pause» for 17 years in defiance of every UN climate model, is caused by human activities and requires planetary carbon taxes and more government control.

The campaign calls for any future deliberations at the CCW on killer robots to not repeat the 2014 meeting, which requires «going deeper in exploring substantive aspects, such as the notion of meaningful human control.»

From this rich dialogue some nascent concepts or principles are finding broad agreement, most notably the notion that meaningful human control must be retained over the operation of weapons systems.

The group of Nordic countries urged that further consideration be given to the notion of «human control over new weapons» and affirmed that «humans should always bear the ultimate responsibility when dealing with questions of life and death.»