Sentences with phrase «of political pragmatism»

The case of BAE Systems provides a further example of political pragmatism overriding a serious breach of the criminal law.

It is time we said to our leaders that while we don't expect to elect any saints to public office, we have had more than enough of political pragmatism rooted in nothing but the desire to win the next election.

Not exact matches

«Liberalism, socialism, and pragmatism may all be termed optimistic in the sense that they are all premised on the idea that the application of reason to human social and political conditions will ultimately result in the melioration of these conditions.

I wrote a book called Republocrat, for pity's sake, calling for a healthy degree of non-partisan pragmatism in our political thinking.

It is also used to justify Christian political activism, including the pragmatism of voting for an imperfect candidate like Trump.

The political order becomes that to which all meaningful (i.e. public) arguments are referred, while religion becomes a domesticated amalgam of congregationalism, pietism, moralism, and pragmatism.

He began rather conventionally, writing a dissertation on pragmatism at the University of Virginia and writing about American political thought (an early article was on the theme of demagogy in the Federalist Papers).

But what you call a lack of concern for political philosophy, I (and perhaps the OBers), call pragmatism.

In Power and Pragmatism The Memoirs of Malcolm Rifkind (Biteback # 25) he recounts his political life but is, perhaps, a little too discreet.

Real political decisions always involve an uncomfortable mix of both principle and pragmatism.

In a statement released by Murphy's campaign, Koch said he has gotten to know the candidate in recent years and has been impressed by his «commitment to Democratic values, his political pragmatism, and his understanding of the issues affecting middle class families today.»

Political pragmatism placed Governor Cuomo in the role of enabler - in - chief.

Andrew Cuomo's biological father may be Mario Cuomo, but it has long seemed like his political father is Bill Clinton — something that's evident in Andrew's embrace of Bill's pragmatism over Mario's martyrdom.

«In an era of partisan gridlock and political gamesmanship plaguing Congress, Rep. Grimm stands out among the rest as someone who has worked across party lines to get things done, and his conscientious voting record demonstrates this much - needed pragmatism.»

In Williams, the school choice movement discovered an unexpected ally, motivated by a combination of personal biography, pragmatism, and political survival.

Hiwa K approaches his subjects with curiosity, pragmatism, and spontaneity, and his videos, performances, and objects speak to themes of political memory and belonging — as well as what the artist refers to as «placelessness» and «zones of possibility.»

As outlined over the past decade in articles at Science and Nature, and in reports such as the Hartwell paper and Climate Pragmatism, various experts have argued that political success will only come by pursuing a diverse portfolio of policy solutions and technologies, implemented across levels of government and through the private and nonprofit sectors.

What is presented here as «climate pragmatism» should be applauded for the political correctness and economic expedience of the perspective.

But at the same time a portion of us have to constantly be pushing for radical change pointing out where we need to be headed, political practicality and pragmatism be damned.