The
existence of human choice will always prevent the human sciences from predicting the future with the accuracy available to the physical sciences.
4 I use the term «matter of preference» to mean a
situation of human choice in which there is finally no rational basis for an ethical distinction between the alternatives.
The story as a whole was written to persuade the reader that God is present and active, even when that activity is hard to see in the
face of human choices.
However, acknowledging the
reality of human choice also suggests that the human future is open - ended and indeterminable.
Yet such assumptions, in themselves, contradict the method of economic development and defeat its purpose, which is, in essence, the
extension of human choice.
Among other significant ways that preliberal Christianity contributed to an
expansion of human choice was to transform the idea of marriage from an institution based upon considerations of family and property to one based upon the choice and consent of individuals united in sacramental love.
Economic forecasting is even more problematic, for it is dependent on the uncertain
factors of human choice and idiosyncrasy.
«Beyond the anxieties and
unpredictabilities of human choices, we as political consultants do not believe election periods should generate such ugly and fearful feelings associated with our elections in Africa.
This somber film about the
luxury of human choice begins somewhat strangely: An elderly rabbi delivers a rousing sermon to his northern London congregation about the Creator's unique gift to man that allows him to choose between the wisdom of the angels and the instincts of the beasts, the bestowment of the capability to disobey the law decreed by God and to pursue another less indoctrinated path.
These living, breathing helpless creatures are usually
victims of human choices or circumstances and have no control of their destiny which can be cruel and heartless.
While this paradigm has been criticised as too rigid to accommodate the
quirks of human choices [27], [28], it is clear that individuals can assess (or, in any case, attempt to assess), whether a variant is valuable or not.
Climate sensitivity is a natural property of the climate system, but fossil fuel use is a
matter of human choice.
When stripped down to its core, the story is about people, their flaws, their strength, the
power of human choice, and the fortitude of human resiliency.
Horticulturists call this «differential reproduction,» and this term simply means that some parents will have more offspring than others
because of human choice.