Sentences with phrase «on ethical concerns»

The Good Play Project partnered with Common Sense Media's education arm in 2011 to create a curriculum about online behavior and activities, focusing on ethical concerns.

The American Anthropological Association in Arlington, Virginia, has a rapid response network of individuals dedicated to advising the organization on the ethical concerns of anthropologists working with the military.

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Icahn's efforts last year to overhaul the biofuels program - while acting as an adviser to Trump on regulatory issues - drew scrutiny from federal investigators after lawmakers said it raised ethical concerns.

While Burnett said he believes the release of the passwords is ethical, he said he has concerns the release might make him the target of an FBI raid, citing the case of a former Anonymous activist who was sentenced to five years in prison for posting hacked data on the Internet.

On Wednesday, Westin Lohne, a product designer at Facebook, said on Twitter that he had left his job at the company, citing his ethical concerns with its directioOn Wednesday, Westin Lohne, a product designer at Facebook, said on Twitter that he had left his job at the company, citing his ethical concerns with its directioon Twitter that he had left his job at the company, citing his ethical concerns with its direction.

The document criticizes «doctrinal or disciplinary security,» «an obsession with the law,» «punctilious concern for... doctrine,» «dogmatism,» «hiding behind rules and regulations,» and «a rigid resistance to change,» while reprimanding those who «give excessive importance to certain rules,» overemphasize «ecclesial rules,» believe that «doctrine... is a closed system,» «feel superior to others because they observe certain rules,» have «an answer for every question,» wish to «exercise a strict supervision over others» lives,» «long for a monolithic body of doctrine guarded by all and leaving no room for nuance,» believe that «we give glory to God... simply by following certain ethical norms,» and «look down on others like heartless judges, lording it over them and always trying to teach them lessons.»

-LCB- alert: Smith would probably not have done well in the Twitter world -RCB- One can surmise that the form of capitalism that Americans subscribed to in Adam Smith capitalism was based on an ethical system influenced by Christianity.My very, very rudimentary understanding of Sharia laws concerning finance suggest to me that it is more closely related to Adam Smith capitalism than to predatory capitalism.What do you think?

The chairman of the committee, Lord Bew, has raised concerns about the small numbers of MPs going to induction courses which are offered on ethical standards.

He also maintains that on ethical issues Christians have too often made the nation, rather than the church, their chief focus of concern.

What is remarkable is how quickly the need of the church to make ethical judgments on many problems entered into the shaping of the tradition, as appears to have happened with the modification of Jesus» word about marriage and the injunctions concerning the handling of disputes (Matthew 19: 7ff.

Capitalistic globalization, not being motivated by ethical norms and concerns, does not pay adequate attention to the care of nature and the preservation of the natural environment for the good of all life on earth.

When biblical scholars have interested themselves in ethical studies, they have tended to focus on rather specific, narrow topics: social justice, the status of women, war, vengeance, property rights, ecological concern for nature and the like.

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.

But on the whole, in Pali Buddhism, philosophical and metaphysical concerns are subordinated to ethical and psychological interests.

On the other hand, he was concerned that hard research should be subjected to rigorous theological and ethical reflection.

My concern here is to develop a religio - ethical perspective centered on life and the quest for enjoyment in a science - based technological age.

Thus on both the social and the individual levels the proposal of a simple transfer of the ethical attitudes of science appears to underestimate the complexity of ethical issues, to idealize the purity of the scientist's motives, and to provide no adequate dynamic for concern about the welfare of others.

(ENTIRE BOOK) A highlighting of globalization's impact on human rights, assessing it in the light of ethical theological considerations and helping the churches to identify concerns that address the adverse impact of globalization and the search for alternatives.

His book is an extended moral reflection on the subject, and it directly counters Rapp's argument that the overriding ethical concern attending prenatal testing is that of distributive justice.

More significantly, these studies tended to focus on «how - to» concerns, or the application of what was taught in the «theoretical» fields of biblical, historical and theological - ethical studies (each also separate from the others and supported by its own professional associations, journals, degree programs and faculties).

In chapters 9 to 16 our attention will be focused on problems of ethical responsibility — that is, on decisions concerning human relationships to the nonhuman world, to self, and to other persons.

What you do as a citizen is no concern of mine as long as it is legal, ethical, and doesn't infringe on my rights.

But his deep concern for retaining ethical coherence in a postmodern world was also evident, as was his traditional allegiance to Jesus: «In his baptism, his teaching, his healings, his passion, death and resurrection — in all of it, there is a demand laid on us, or an offer tendered, and it is the task of the Christian to embody that offer in his world, being as candid as he can about the difference between Jesus» beliefs and his.»

The policy statement's case does not rest on socioeconomic grounds alone, insisting that energy issues involve ethical choices and therefore concern us not only as citizens but also as Christians.

Granted, ethical discernment requires a sane arrangement of priorities — a baby makes moral demands on us that a budgerigar can not — but it definitely does not require the suppression of any natural impulse of pity, mercy, concern, or fellow feeling.

At a 1981 Concern for Dying conference, Margaret Battin, who has written texts on ethical issues in suicide, envisioned a time in the distant future when Christians would come to treat suicide as a kind of sacrament involving a serious grappling with ultimate questions.

There the emphasis is on concern for others as an ethical ideal that is fulfilling for the individual.

However, working and researching on egg and sperm, as they aren't individual human lives, we have very little ethical concerns about that.»

Insightful cultural concern, on the other hand, will reflect the New Testament's strong indictment of sexual infidelity and will offer a spiritual alternative to ethical emptiness.

This, however, concentrates exclusively on concerns of the religion, and has therefore come to be known as the «Ritual Decalogue» (as over against what is often called the «Ethical Decalogue» of Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5):

Such a view of law would permit for - profit corporations to have the moral culpability of criminal convictions, take moral views on a slew of ethical concerns, and let corporations exercise other constitutional guarantees as persons while inexplicably siphoning off only for - profit corporations from religious protection.

10 - 13), a decalogue is given which, however, concentrates exclusively on concerns of the cultus, and has therefore come to be known as the Ritual Decalogue, as against what is often called the Ethical Decalogue of Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5:

Why will you not admit the ethical concerns on the other side?

Thus the decision on whether to perform an elective cesarean delivery (also known as «patient choice cesarean» or «cesarean on demand») will come down to a number of ethical factors including the patient's concerns and the physician's understanding of the procedure's risks and benefits.

Aside from the concerns over L'Oreal's record on animal testing and other ethical issues, the cosmetic giant is part - owned by Nestlé, the target of a boycott over its aggressive marketing of baby milks.

Aside from the concerns over L'Oreal's record on animal testing and other ethical issues, the cosmetic...

Most research concerned with the psychosocial effects of breastfeeding is based on observational studies due to the ethical challenges of randomly assigning mothers to either breastfeeding or formula feeding groups.

NY1 was among those who reported on the ethical questions concerning the group which has been allowed to raise unlimited funds from donors, some of whom have business in the city.

However, the BBC claims that the government's own drugs information panel has expressed concern about the use of drug testing in schools, citing Vivienne Edwards from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs as warning that such tests can undermine pupil - teacher relationships and should not be used a result of «complex» technical and ethical issues surrounding the issue.

Under the new plan, the government will have the power to veto investment decisions made locally on ethical grounds concerning human rights, arms trade, fossil fuels and much else.

Britain on Monday granted its first licence for the genetic modification of human embryos as part of research into infertility and why miscarriages happen, in a move likely to raise ethical concerns.

The Bronx Democrat on the verge of becoming the next Assembly speaker paid his baby mama $ 2,500 from his campaign treasury — raising ethical concerns following disgraced Sheldon Silver's corruption...

But while the governor has some real problems — like the decrepit subways and ethical concerns — in many ways he is also the most experienced politician in New York State, and he has a solid record to run on.

It remains to be seen if the speed of the chamber's response in Wozniak's case was a result of rather straightforward charges against her or a sign the Assembly has turned a corner on the way it handles ethical allegations, especially when they concern sexual harassment.

A day after a critical patent ruling on the gene - editing technology called CRISPR, researchers gathered at the 2017 AAAS Annual Meeting to discuss the technology's future ethical and regulatory concerns surrounding its broader use.

«If we think there are ethical dilemmas surrounding GM crops,» Dale muses, «imagine the discussions concerning GM animals and, later, the impact of genetic knowledge on humans, where we all carry chips containing our genetic makeup that are available to employers, insurers, and future partners.»

Ethical concerns After two infected Americans were treated with a cocktail of antibodies made by Mapp Biopharmaceutical of San Diego, California, three UK - based international health experts called on 5 August for such drugs to be made available to Africans.

In particular, he will focus on advancing precision medicine; delivering data products that integrate and usefully present information from multiple sources; and, ensuring that privacy and ethical concerns are taken into account in data science policy.

The latter part of Physics for the Rest of Us concentrates rather less on physics and more on ethical, aesthetic and political concerns.

Jo Marchant writes about the ethical issues concerning research on ancient corpses, mentioning that philosopher Søren Holm wants people involved...