Sentences with phrase «on human fallibility»

A strong case has been made by F. J. E. Woodbridge that Plato not only does not seriously regard his «perfect state» as realizable, but that he means to make us see the error of imposing perfection too rigorously on human fallibility.3 Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward illustrates the utopia which becomes a persuasive call to radical social reforms.4 It also illustrates one of the functions of utopian thought as a medium of realistic criticism of the present.

As Don Browning, director of the Religion, Culture and Family Project at the University of Chicago Divinity School, has argued, churches that have articulated a normative theology of the family, tempered by a strong emphasis on human fallibility, are often better equipped to speak frankly about departures from their ideals and to offer services to members who have fallen short of those ideals.

Not exact matches

When all allowance has been made for these limiting factors — the chances of oral transmission, the effect of translation, the interest of teachers in making the sayings «contemporary,» and simple human fallibility — it remains that the first three gospels offer a body of sayings on the whole so consistent, so coherent, and withal so distinctive in manner, style content, that no reasonable critic should doubt, whatever reservations he may have about individual sayings, that we find reflected here the thought of a single, unique teacher.

I mean, communicated from a divine source by Jesus Christ as God, through inspired prophets and wise men, apostles, teachers, the writers of the books of the Bible, councils of church leaders, popes, and so on, in such a way that the message has been transmitted in human language, clothed in the external forms of human thought, given, indeed, in the characteristic language and thought - forms of particular nations and cultures, but at the same time in such a way that its essential content has been unaffected by the human mind's fallibility, ignorance and feebleness of apprehension.

This feeling of confidence is central to decision making, and, despite ample evidence of human fallibility, the subjective feeling relies on objective calculations.

While legal publishers use their best efforts to deliver current content, economic reality and human fallibility impose practical constraints on what is delivered.

We do need some humility and to acknowledge that on becoming a lawyer, we do not transcend human fallibility and foibles, and that we do not always deserve the deference and respect we sometimes receive for our station.

Another area of criticism focuses on the fallibility of human memory.

After struggling with the issue, the Court erred on the side of protecting the almost sacrosanct attorney - client privilege, holding that, «[o] n balance, and perhaps with some indulgence for human fallibility,» defendant satisfied his burden of showing that he took reasonable steps to preserve the confidentiality of the communication.