Sentences with phrase «of the human condition possible»

The saying is true: a radical doctrine of sin is the most optimistic appraisal of the human condition possible — consistent with realism.

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Thus, for instance, the self - conscious freedom of human activity is made possible by the extremely complex order that it is privileged to appropriate, including the conditions which support life on this earth and the complexity of the human body.

If one considers, however briefly, what conditions will make possible the flowering in the human heart of this new universal love, so often vainly dreamed of but now at last leaving the realm of the utopian and declaring itself as both possible and necessary, one notices this: that if men on earth, all over the earth, are ever to love one another it is not enough for them to recognize in one another the elements of a single something; they must also, by developing a «planetary» consciousness, become aware of the fact that without loss of their individual identities they are becoming a single somebody.

They are: i) revelatory experiences are common to all religions, ii) revelation is received under finite human condition, iii) the three types of criticisms, mystical, prophetic and secular help to address the distortions that crept into revealed religions, iv) History of Religions makes «a concrete theology that has universal significance» possible and v) an acknowledgement that «the sacred is the creative ground and at the same time a critical judgement of the secular».

Whatever the explanation — mere human limitation or sinful results of our freedom — the actual conditions finally determined which of all the possible outcomes of that moment would be realized.

The radio spectrum is legally the property of the human race and the regulation of its use rests on the proposition that the conditions on which individuals or groups may use it must be consistent with the interest of all other possible users in its use.

It is interesting to note in this context that family therapy broke out of purely intrapsychic relations into wider systems of relationships that characterize and condition us all; and now we see the more recent birth of «ecological» therapy, where the concern broadens to include human relationships to the fullest extent possible (see FFT 256ff.).

Fourthly, as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, through all the ironies and strange turnings of the human spirit there persists the ineradicable dialectical condition wherein every advance makes possible greater destructiveness, and every gain brings new opportunities and larger temptations.

It is possible to inquire whether what the human parents biologically contribute in the genesis of the human being could not, certain conditions being assumed, be brought about outside a human organism, in an animal one.

But «a moral discussion is inconclusive and even trivial, if it leaves out the question of its application,» as Gregory Vlastos has said.13 In order to be as specific as possible about this approach to Christian social philosophy I shall outline in arbitrary fashion five general principles which I suggest can be supported by the evidence of human experience as being necessary guides to the conditions under which the Good Society can grow.

Furthermore, we need to recognize the plain fact that a good deal of physical and, even more obviously, of psychological suffering is made possible through exactly the same human (and other) conditioning that makes it possible to enjoy the sense of well - being, even of joy.

The recognition of the centrality of an evolutionary perspective means that man needs to be viewed as a biospiritual creature who requires a delicate balance of favorable environmental conditions as the necessary prerequisite to any possible flowering of his unique human capacities.

Biopolitics seeks, minimally, to bring about those elementary conditions which must be met if life — human, animal, and plant — is to survive at all and, maximally, to make possible the optimum enjoyment of existence.

Given such a servant of God what other outcome would be possible under human conditions?»

The history of the twentieth century confirms Plato's judgment and suggests a possible source of information for making Hartshorne's philosophy more realistic about the human condition.

What motivated the Apostles and the whole history of Christian missions was knowing from divine revelation that the human race is lost, eternally lost without Christ, and even though it is possible for people to be saved, under certain very stringent conditions, without explicit faith and baptism, very often this is not actually the case.

The conditions that make human trafficking possible and profitable arise not just in the poor countries that supply slaves but wherever the demand for unprotected labor is outmatched only by the wealth and greed of those who pay for it.

No... choice is so present in the human condition that obvious failure of «good» choice will always happen — thus we a system where forgiveness is prized very highly — but the love part is possible.

The awesome freedom made possible by human self - consciousness — by our condition as homo sapiens — is indeed the source of the world's wars and insanities and perversions.

By employing movies it was possible to investigate the function of the human brain in experimental conditions that are close to natural.

Begley and Doidge wade against this current with a strong message of hope: By recognizing neuroplasticity as a real and powerful force, we can tilt our theories of mind back into a realm where choice and free will are meaningful concepts, and where radical improvement to the human condition is possible using the right, scientifically proven techniques.

By studying these conditions in rats and other animals, Roberts and his colleagues say, researchers can avoid the ethical conundrum involved in forcing active children to refrain from exercise, imposing biopsies and other tissue sampling techniques, or other parts of research that are possible in animals but not in humans.

One will represent conditions and «possible weather» in the winter 2014, and the second will represent the weather in a «world that might have been» if human behaviour had not changed the composition of the atmosphere through greenhouse gas emissions.

As of June 2015, there were 116 clinical trials evaluating the possible anti-disease effect of curcumin in humans, including studies on cancer, gastrointestinal diseases, cognitive disorders, and psychiatric conditions.

This movie, scripted by William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy and directed, with meticulous regard for the elements and action, by Iceland - born filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur, is a detailed and realistic depiction of climbers — of various experiences — facing the worst possible conditions, at heights and climates that seem designed to shut a human body down.

As an interaction designer he works collaboratively across disciplines researching the implications and possible applications of emerging technologies, developing interfaces and environments in the intersection of technology, society and human condition.

Most importantly, as long as we continue to depend on dirty fossil fuels like coal and oil to meet our energy needs, and dump 70 million tons of global warming pollution into the thin shell of atmosphere surrounding our planet, we move closer and closer to several dangerous tipping points which scientists have repeatedly warned — again just yesterday — will threaten to make it impossible for us to avoid irretrievable destruction of the conditions that make human civilization possible on this planet.

Mankind has been blessed with huge supplies of coal and oil, which made it possible to lift ourselves up from the cold, dark, 70 % child mortality rates and general squalor that typified the human condition 400 years ago.

Climate Explorer's graphs and maps show projected conditions for two possible futures: one in which humans make a moderate attempt to reduce global emissions of heat - trapping gases, and one in which we go on conducting business as usual.

We further recognize the need to reduce the global emission of greenhouse gases by 80 % by mid-century at the latest, in order to avert the worst impacts of global warming and to reestablish the more stable climatic conditions that have made human progress over the last 10,000 years possible.

But we're in danger of forgetting that it concerns a deadly serious matter: a change in the climatic conditions which have made human civilisation and the current human population possible, and, specifically, the degradation of the most wonderful and beautiful of the world's ecosystems into desert and scrubby grassland.

Major studies of the oceans around Europe have led scientists to warn of possible changes in temperatures and sea conditions which will have a major impact on human and marine life.

Health profession regulators may note that possible infringements of human rights as part of a registration process may be assessed not only by the Human Rights Tribunal, but also by the Health Professions Review Board, which has exclusive jurisdiction to determine matters of fact, law and discretion relating to registration decisions, at least where a college ultimately refuses to grant registration, or has grants registration with limits or condithuman rights as part of a registration process may be assessed not only by the Human Rights Tribunal, but also by the Health Professions Review Board, which has exclusive jurisdiction to determine matters of fact, law and discretion relating to registration decisions, at least where a college ultimately refuses to grant registration, or has grants registration with limits or conditHuman Rights Tribunal, but also by the Health Professions Review Board, which has exclusive jurisdiction to determine matters of fact, law and discretion relating to registration decisions, at least where a college ultimately refuses to grant registration, or has grants registration with limits or conditions.