Sentences with phrase «objective authority of»

We also readily defer to the allegedly impersonal or objective authority of science — to those who say «studies show» instead of «I think.»

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This raises a number of issues which are the object of vigorous debate at present among monetary authorities world - wide: issues such the appropriate objectives for a central bank and the desirable degree of independence.

As part of its 2006 election platform, the Conservative Party promised to «create an Independent Budget Authority to provide objective analysis directly to Parliament about the state of the nation's finances and trends in the national economy; require government departments and agencies to provide timely information to the Parliamentary Budget Authority to ensure it has the information it needs to provide accurate analyses to Parliament; and ensure that government fiscal forecasts are updated quarterly and that they provide complete data for both revenue and spending forecasts».

«Mr. Speaker, one of the commitments the Conservative Party made in 2006 was to create an independent parliamentary budget authority to provide objective analysis directly to Parliament,» Bob Rae offered with his third intervention, stepping forward and jabbing his index finger at the government side.

There IS no objective authority, (or there wouldn't be 30,000 sects of Christianity).

Once you equate your morality to the morality of a «God», it's just personal opinions framed as «objective» and your opinion of what is God's «morals» carries equal authority with anyone elses.

• The movement to reject any objective ultimate authority and elevate human experience as the only source of meaning.

Fortunately, there is an objective authority that urges Catholics to look to Scotus as a source of orthodoxy: the magisterium of the Church.

She is not only the objective institute of salvation which confronts me and to whose authority I concede certain things but towards which I am, on the whole, in a defensive position.

For in such a case, too, the moral judgment (that is the capacity of subjective realization) may remain below objective demand even despite normal intelligence and freedom, and though the objective demand has been understood and the fundamental authority of the Church is not disputed.

The claim that the UN resolutions suffice to assure «just authority» is belied by destruction in Iraq unrelated to freeing Kuwait (bridges, roads, municipal water and sewage systems) and by restatements of war aims (asking Iraqis to replace Saddam Hussein, demanding unconditional surrender and a war crimes trial) which go far beyond the UN objective (note as well the elements of bad faith in the UN appeal to which Geyer pointed).

It is a shift in theological method from locating the basis of authority in the objective written Word of God to placing it in human reason and experience.

Faith does, to be sure, have an objective content in the form of the truths that God has revealed, so there have to be dogmas and there has to be a teaching authority.

Furthermore, in the continuing tension between levels and branches of political authority, the distrust of unrestricted autonomy is expressed, and the need for common loyalty based on objective principles of justice is made plain.

Where people join an institution to achieve religious objectives — like the pursuit of faith, prayer, and salvation — they are giving that institution the authority to make decisions about religious matters.

Catholics acknowledge an infallible authority in questions of both dogma and morals, whereas Protestants possess no objective rule for either but are buffeted to and fro by the winds of subjectivism and error.

But when we we forsake moral authority or an objective sense of right and wrong to satisfy that fiction, we shouldn't be too surprised by the painful results.

The rioting was just the extreme result of the institutional and inexorable undermining of youthful respect for the authority of elders and objective values.

The Scripture itself helps to protect us from a false faith in purely objective signs of authority.

An essential element in this attack was the critique of «the myth of objective consciousness,» which pointed out the links among the establishment's claims to legitimacy, its tendency to submit to depersonalizing technological forces, and its Enlightenment heritage of scientific authority.

Anyone who wants to «prove» their case on the authority of the Bible, and particularly the New Testament, should investigate thoroughly how these writings came to be in their present form — not just adopting the dogma of sectarian seminaries but also finding out what more independent and objective scholars have to say on the matter.

Its suspicion of authority, of piety, of faith of all sorts, stems from its interest in being objective and from its cognizance of the capricious tendencies of human subjectivity.

We cherish the commitment of academics to objective research, and this provides a special authority to the university.

Questions such as whether the language of «faith» has any authority in a scientific age, or whether mind and life are reducible to atoms and molecules, whether only the tangible is real, whether the human person is anything more than a complex physico - chemical mechanism, whether we are free or determined, whether there is any «objective» truth to the symbols and myths of religion — all of these questions are asked at all only because what is fundamentally at issue is whether there is an ultimate context that gives meaning to cosmic process and significance to our lives in this process.

[25] It was an entirely objective assessment of the state of affairs that drove Newman to seek that episcopal authority where historically it had existed and where in the present, it could be found exercised.

The turning away from the objective truth of words (and from authority) which has been so much part of the modern «turn to the subject» is caused by, among other things, a particular idea with a long intellectual pedigree.

report every five years to the Murray - Darling Basin Authority on the achievement of environmental outcomes at a Basin scale, by reference to the targets to measure progress towards the environmental objectives in Schedule 7 (Basin Plan Schedule 12, item 7).

But there is no excuse for violating the marketing requirements — and given the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled against claims made in the advertising for Danone's formula brands, it clearly is not a reliable and objective source of information.

If you can inform the conversation around the subjects that matter to you - becoming an active participant within that conversation and accepting the dispersal of authority - you will help re-build trust, particularly trust in yourself and your argument, and this will ultimately serve the objectives of your campaign.

The story of continuity also ties to perceptions of impunity — no one in Burundi has thus far been prosecuted for political murder -, to lack of progress on questions of justice and memory, lack of trust in the newly established Truth and Reconciliation Commission (which interestingly only appeared on the scene months before the election, in December 2014), and perceptions of corruption, abuse of office, the sense of being «used» by those in authority (people speak of being their «bridge» to other objectives).

Recognising these challenges, the authorities prepared and discussed with the mission, a package of measures which would reduce the risk of expenditure overruns, in particular on the wage bill, and keep the 2016 budget outturn consistent with the programme objectives, with an overall cash deficit now projected at 4.8 percent of GDP.

But in each case, these injunctions and objectives are deduced not from philosophical principle, but from an understanding of the distinctive character of politics as a form of order and authority, contending with a world in which conflict is a fact of life.

It said it was committed to assisting Nigeria to achieve the objectives of its reforms in the power sector in accordance with the priorities already approved by the authorities.

The Ashanti Regional Minister Hon. Simon Osei Mensah has urged the staff of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to be realistic and objective in their tax assessment and must be well explained to the potential taxpayer as well intensify tax education for compliance.

DiNapoli's proposal would require state - funded public authority projects to be «scored and ranked using measurable and objective criteria,» he said, as well as greater disclosure of those authorities» activities.

Local authorities frequently accuse the Government of underfunding them through central grants while imposing additional duties that they must fulfil - requiring councils to put up council tax to meet objectives they have not been involved in setting.

It also objected to the lack of coordination with transport, communication, planning and further education authorities in trying to attain those objectives.

«I have also been discussing the relevant sections of the BBC Agreement with the World Service which will guarantee that I will continue to have oversight of objectives for the World Service, and the opening and closing of language services will continue to require my written authority.»

«If he finds people that are willing to be extremely adversarial toward John Degnan and projects like the Port Authority Bus Terminal, or pursue some of the other objectives that Cuomo wants to see pursued, the Port Authority could become a very, very dysfunctional place,» Robins said.

At Governor Cuomo's direction, the New York State Thruway Authority has managed the bridge replacement project since 2013 with two fundamental objectives — first, to fully open the bridge to traffic in 2018, and second, finish the bridge at or below the budgeted cost of $ 3.98 billion.

At the Governor's direction, the Thruway Authority has managed this project since 2013 with two fundamental objectives, to first open the bridge in 2018, and second, finish the bridge at or below the budgeted cost of $ 3.98 billion.

Program and Service Objective #III: Collect, compile and record data, provide information and file required reports to federal, state and local authorities pertaining to the statistical profile of Erie County Workforce and when needed EEO complaints.

The method used in the study is known as the Hirsch Index and while the study authors acknowledge factors such as there being high public interest leading to more studies of a particular illness, they believe that because it is objective and evidence - based it will be a useful complement and guide to more traditional methods of risk assessment and can be used to produce a shortlist of pathogens for authorities to focus on.

Such efforts are expected to attract support from provincial and district authorities as they are well aligned with established Government of Lao PDR revenue and policy implementation objectives.

Authored by NewClimate Institute, Lambert Schneider and Stephanie La Hoz Theuer, this publication forms part of a broader project, commissioned by the German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt) at the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), with the primary objective to analyse the current situation and development of the international carbon markets.

But I'm sure you looked at the movie through a perfectly «objective» set of lens... Oh and resisting authority is completely patriotic unless it is against global warming, abortions, and affirmative action right?

AQA, GCSE Religious Studies B, NEW Specification B: Catholic Christianity, 3.9 The authority of the Magisterium and its views on the Trinity The PowerPoint contains: Learning objectives, prayer, starter, definition of key terms, notes from the AQA GCSE NEW specification B textbook, tasks and practice exam questions with sample structure for answering the evaluation question and finally the plenary.

Objectives To identify the meaning of the term Conscience To be able to explain how the Conscience is evidence of God's goodness To evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of Conscience as a source of moral authority Please leave a review if you find it helpful.

The Download (comprising 4 files, within one zip file) includes: - A PPT Containing a Full Lesson - A complete lesson plan covering: objectives, key - words, differentiation, and lesson timeline - Double - sided A4 worksheet - A3 Silent Debate group worksheets - A Homework Task The topic of the lesson focusses on the following part of the specification: Human Concerns [Duties / Virtues / Yamas] • Hindu understanding of the concepts of free will, suffering and virtue, including their relationship to karma and samsara • The meaning and importance of Hindu virtues / moral duties (yamas), including harmlessness / non-violence (Ahimsa), compassion (daya), selfcontrol / restraint (dama) and giving (dana) • The relationship between virtues and particular elements of dharma • Common and divergent emphases placed on human concerns by different Hindu groups, including which virtues are identified as of core importance • Different interpretations and emphases given to sources of wisdom and authority by different Hindu groups Sources: Mahabharata V 39 Bhagavad Gita XVI, 1 — 3 Bhagavad Gita VIII 8 — 12 This is part of a series of lessons, if you like it: save countless hours by downloading the complete course!

Local Authorities and Further Education Institutions have proposed # 2.3 billion of projects, which meet the investment objectives of Band B of the Programme including: addressing growth in demand for Welsh medium education; reductions of surplus capacity and inefficiency in the system; expansion of schools and colleges in areas of increased demand for educational services; and making assets available for community use where demand exists.