Not exact matches
It's certainly disappointing that the name
of Jesus Christ has been linked with that
of Camping, and that as a result Christianity generally may be married more inextricably to widespread concepts
of religion equating to judgement,
punishment and to a vengeful,
arbitrary God.
In the following passage from the Ethics, he is discussing just war and capital
punishment, and he asserts, «All deliberate killing
of innocent life is
arbitrary.»
When the threat
of random murder is omnipresent, we live in a world where reward and
punishment, life and death are so
arbitrary that their very meaning looms precarious.
Death, then, is not an
arbitrary divine
punishment but a natural consequence
of sin.
Worst
of all, perhaps, there is the narrowly moralistic idea, where God is conceived to be the governor
of the world who imposes
arbitrary laws that must be obeyed or those upon whom they are imposed will suffer ghastly
punishment — a picture
of God that some sadistic pervert might have thought up, modeling deity after his own character.
Earlier this week, Goodell placed Peterson on suspension without pay for the remainder
of the 2014 season, a
punishment the NFL Players Association called «unprecedented,
arbitrary and unlawful.»
The whole idea
of trying to police a set
of sometimes logical and sometimes
arbitrary laws through a combination
of rule setting, surveillance, «keeping the peace», and
punishment gives me the hives.
Authoritative parents are also less likely to control their children through harsh or
arbitrary punishments, shaming, or the withdrawal
of love.
The Court
of Appeals, in a 5 - 0 decision, rejected claims that the regulations were
arbitrary and capricious, and amounted to a retroactive
punishment.
Perfecting his style
of absurdist deadpan comedy, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth) introduces new rules, activities, and gruesome
punishments at every turn: Matches are made based on
arbitrary similarities; trial couples are assigned children; and time extensions can be earned by hunting down renegade singles who live in the woods and only listen to electronic music.
Children are subjected to endure prison - like security,
arbitrary punishments, and pharmacological abuse through the forced prescription
of dangerous drugs, according to a press release for the film.
But Obama, taking Duncan's lead, now supports some
of the key NCLB concepts that doomed it to fail: high - stakes standardized testing,
punishment for lowest - achieving schools, and
arbitrary deadlines for success.
In 1215 John was forced to sign the Magna Carta, a document drafted by his barons that stated the king's will was not
arbitrary and
punishment could only be by the law
of the land, not by decree.
«All
of these life domains are increasingly controlled by secret models wielding
arbitrary punishments.»
In addition, the Convention prohibits, in particular, torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment, slavery and forced labour,
arbitrary and unlawful detention, and discrimination in the enjoyment
of the rights and freedoms secured by the Convention.
However, in 2003, the Supreme Court
of the United States explained in State Farm v. Campbell that the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits «grossly excessive or
arbitrary punishments.»
Trump's demonization
of Mexicans and Muslims foreshadows an assault not only on the safeguards against racial discrimination developed since the 1950s (and which moulded our own equality laws) but even on the fundamental rights
of the individual to freedom from
arbitrary detention and
punishment.
Parents who use an authoritarian parenting style send the message that children must cooperate with their parents «because I said so» by implementing techniques such as shaming, withdrawal
of love, or
arbitrary punishments.
Looking at existing Mississippi law, the court found that while private organizations are generally free to discipline members who violate prescribed rules
of conduct, private organizations must also describe possible
punishments which can be imposed for various rules violations, in order to alert the member as to the possible
punishments when he / she joins the organization and also avoid
arbitrary disciplinary actions by the organization against its members.