Sentences with phrase «of arbitrary punishments»

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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.