And it is undoubtedly true that maintaining concepts of absolute moral value,
of objective right and wrong is the only intelligible basis upon which you can protect and promote the flourishing of every member of the human community.
Assess your needs and put together a wish list of all your requirements so you're completely clear
of your objectives right from the start.
Not exact matches
As I argue in a forthcoming paper in the Georgetown Law Journal, there are cases in which we should think not in terms
of the
rights the corporation should enjoy, but in terms
of the appropriate limits to be placed on the corporation, understood as a tool for achieving human
objectives.
Choosing the
right tools means having a clear understanding
of your core
objectives, the pain points that are getting in your way, and what the future looks like for your growing business.
Every few years, some interests on the left or
right become frustrated that most Americans care deeply about the small - business community — and that concern gets in the way
of those interests» policy
objectives.
I just think it's a matter
of being in sync with one another and thinking about the end product the
right way, and the fact that we have to drive business
objectives and we can't create work just for the sake
of creating work.
But in other cases, it is more illuminating to think
of which legal protections are necessary to protect the
rights of persons who make use
of the corporation as a way to carry out their own
objectives.
«The global economic environment is very supportive towards the Chinese economy
right now and you do need a stable and improving economy in China to achieve that
objective in deleveraging,» said Andrew Swan, BlackRock's head
of Asian and global emerging markets equities.
Those include paying tens
of billions
of euros and giving residence
rights to some 3 million EU citizens in Britain, the proposed negotiating
objectives distributed by EU summit chair Donald Tusk to Britain's 27 EU partners showed.
China on Saturday urged the United States to assess the protection
of intellectual property
rights (IPRs) by foreign governments including the Chinese in an
objective, fair manner, and a spirit
of goodwill.
Top tip: Top entrepreneurs spend more time putting the
right team in place to accomplish their
objectives than they spend on any other components
of their job.
and considered a number
of other
objective and subjective factors to determine the best estimate
of the fair value
of our common stock, including; issuances
of preferred stock and the
rights, preferences and privileges
of our preferred stock relative to those
of our common stock; and the likelihood
of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or sale given prevailing market conditions.
We also know that relying solely on link building to meet client web marketing
objectives is not nearly as effective short and long term, as a holistic program
of matching the
right media assets with the appropriate promotional channels.
It centers on the idea that management's
objective is, or should be, maximizing value for shareholders, but it addresses a wide range
of topics — from performance measurement and executive compensation to shareholder
rights, the role
of directors, and corporate responsibility.
Generally, founders agree to provide angels with reporting
rights proportionate to the nature
of their investment, provided that satisfying the obligations do not materially detract from the pursuit
of the startup's
objectives.
As many as 85 %
of companies that buy CRM software to automate sales efforts don't pick the
right tools because they fail to define business
objectives or develop processes for meeting
objectives.»
Because there is no public market for our common stock, our board
of directors determined the common stock fair value at the stock option grant date by considering several
objective and subjective factors, including the price paid by investors for our preferred stock, our actual and forecasted operating and financial performance, market conditions and performance
of comparable publicly traded companies, developments and milestones in our company, the
rights and preferences
of our common and preferred stock, the likelihood
of achieving a liquidity event, and transactions involving our preferred stock.
The
objective of most investors is to pick a property in the
right location where it will appreciate in price at a higher pace than the interest rate that must be paid to acquire the property.
Having an
objective, rule - based market timing system (such as this one) is a great way to ensure you remain positioned to take advantage
of profitable opportunities when the time is
right (and on the sidelines otherwise).
«The restriction
of broadcast licenses... will distort competition and does not ensure that the public will be informed objectively
objective information to citizens,» the center -
right New Democracy party said.
For me, it was a like a real eye opener,
right from how it's very important to have a Financial Plan and have an
objective for investing, to Goals, having Patience and confidence on your stocks, when is the
right time to invest, valuations, how and why small investors should invest, how to not let your judgment be clouded by others, teaching investment as an ART to our children, and how to avoid the pitfalls
of investing.
There is no
objective standard
of right and wrong, no God, no eternal Day
of Judgement.
It teaches that... [r] evealed religion is not a truth, but a sentiment and a taste; not an
objective fact, not miraculous; and it is the
right of each individual to make it say just what strikes his fancy.
Before using margin, customers must determine whether this type
of trading strategy is
right for them given their specific investment
objectives, experience, risk tolerance, and financial situation.
If man is not created in the image
of God, and if there is no God in heaven Who will judge the living and the dead, if there are no
objective standards
of right and wrong — then life becomes cheap.
Within the classical liberal tradition, there is desire for a political system to respect the
right to live free from physical force, for a government
of limited function in the protection
of rights, and for powers to be exercised in accordance with laws
objective and universal.
The proprietor
of the shop obviously has the
right to offer this type
of discount, but it's sad that in this backwards, demon - haunted country we're still treating a work
of fiction supposedly handed down by an magical, omnipotent being as a framework for a moral life, rather than embracing an
objective, secular view
of morality.
If there is no
objective standard
of morality, then all is merely opinion, and there is no «
right» and «wrong.»
In that case, your atheistic views clearly would conflict with the
objectives of the organization and (as an atheist) I would support their
right to fire you.
But again, if there is no
objective standard
of morality, then Catholic priests who molest children are not doing anything bad, because it was
right in their own eyes.
David Thorstad, a spokesman for the h0m0s
rights movement and NAMBLA, clearly states the
objectives: «The ultimate goal
of the gay liberation movement is the achievement
of s freedom for all — not just equal
rights for «lesbians and gay men, but also freedom
of s expression for young people and children.»
The
objectives of the Charter
of Medina provide a suitable framework for national constitutions in countries with Muslim majorities, and the United Nations Charter and related documents, such as the Universal Declaration
of Human
Rights, are in harmony with the Charter
of Medina, including consideration for public order.
The confines
of individualism, the closed world
of consumption, the supremacy
of productivism - and, for many, an obsessive struggle for sheer daily survival obscure humanity's larger
objectives: the
right to live liberated from oppression and exploitation, the
right to equal opportunities, social justice, peace, spiritual fulfillment and solidarity.
The second point which I think it is important to note, is that
right now there is a convergence
of objectives among very diverse movements, and that there are impressive interactions.»
«The Greens do have such
rights,» Heaton's ruling stated, «but are unlikely to prevail as to their constitutional claims because the preventive care coverage regulations... are neutral laws
of general applicability which are rationally related to a legitimate governmental
objective.»
«The Catholic tradition maintains that the
objective norms governing
right action are accessible to reason, prescinding from the content
of revelation.
This may seem to undercut the value
of objective norms and principles for
right conduct.
Like Professor MacKinnon in his Easter meditation, I based my sermon on the assumption that there was an
objective Easter event, and that it was this event which produced the dramatic change in the outlook
of the disciples; that to speak
of «Easter» is not a way
of describing the disciples» growing conviction that Jesus had been
right after all; but that it was only because something real and
objective and totally unexpected had actually happened at Easter that the disciples became changed men.
Nowadays, morality is addressed in terms
of «empathy» or doing «what you FEEL is
right»... but morality is
OBjective, not SUBjective, and God is the One to let us know what that morality is... not what you «think»...
They then reinforce and entrench this selfishness by adopting a philosophy in which values are reduced to interests, desires, or wants, and in which all notions
of objective good and
right are rejected.
The public philosophy is the claim that the
objective law
of right, written into the nature
of things, makes on citizens, as contrasted with the claims that the citizens make on the natural and social reality on which they depend.
The appeal is to principles
of right that transcend intergroup rivalries and provide an
objective standard
of reference for the disinterested adjudication
of competing claims.
The resulting stalemate illustrated the ambivalence with which our contemporary legal culture regards the proposition that there exists some
objective standard
of right and wrong against which human legal standards can be measured.
Some challenge specific parts
of the curriculum (mandatory AIDS education, New York City's distribution
of condoms to schoolchildren without the knowledge or consent
of the parents, textbooks that propagate anti-Christian doctrines, gym - class dress requirements at odds with the modest dress required
of Hindu, Muslim, and other children, «values clarification» classes that teach that there is no
objective source
of right and wrong, and so forth).
If any human life has a universal
objective right to exist, then it only follows that a life in the earliest stages
of development does also.
Moreover, the connection between law and
objective right is critically important in the adjustment
of social conflict.
But belief in
objective truth and belief in
objective right are part
of what we mean by belief in God.
Despite the potential and actual contribution
of capitalistic globalization to improve human life, the safeguarding
of human
rights or the care
of nature are not among its specific
objectives.
The main
objectives of this Consultation were to analyze globalization and its impact on human
rights; to study ethical and theological considerations with regard to globalization; to search for alternative development paradigms; to study the policies
of developed nations on development and trade policies in the context
of globalization; to gain inputs on the experiences
of indigenous people, workers and farmers who are affected by globalization; to consider the response
of the Churches to the challenges posed by globalization and to study and identify concerns that the Asian churches can take up in order to address the adverse impact
of globalization in the Asian context.
Mike, not me has just used your abhorrence at the idea
of carrying out an act that his god specifically commands as an argument that you have instilled in you an
objective sense
of right and wrong...
of which that same god is the source.