Sentences with phrase «only human judgment»

Thus, although nominally, stones and drones might act «in accordance with the law» (e.g. not killing etc.); only human judgment confers it with any legal, or ethical significance.

Not exact matches

That is defensible only if one is certain that the baseline level of possible robotic error in civilian protection exceeds that baseline level of human error... I, for one, would not bet against the possibility that for some military applications, we will some day come to see mere human judgment as guaranteeing an unacceptable level of indiscriminate and disproportionate violence.

That biblical vision helped form the bedrock convictions of the American idea: that government stood under the judgment of divine and natural law; that government was limited in its reach into human affairs, especially the realm of conscience; that national greatness was measured by fidelity to the moral truths taught by revelation and inscribed in the world by a demanding yet merciful God; that only a virtuous people could be truly free.

Thus in either case the judgment is pronounced upon man not from the human standpoint, as if man» s value were somehow immanent and securely possessed by him, but from without — according to Jesus, of course, God is the only Judge.

The most crucial learning to be sought in such a situation is the recognition of the fundamental difference between human judgments and divine judgment: that human achievements pass quickly while only the divine judgment is eternal and penetrates everything hidden.

All the acts which I have done expressly to serve thee, and also all the acts which I believe to be neutral and purely human, and also all the acts which I know to be disobedience and sin, I put in thy hands, 0 God, my Lord and Savior; take them now that they are finished; prove them thyself to see which enter into thy work and which deserve only judgment and death; use, cut, trim, reset, readjust, now that it is no longer I who can decide or know, now that what is done is done, what I have written I have written.

«Mr. Graham's calling is not to pass judgment, but to proclaim the biblical truth that Jesus is the only way to heaven» ------ I'd like to know what Mr. Graham's response is to the fact that not all humans in this world know who Jesus is.

«Mr. Graham's calling is not to pass judgment, but to proclaim the biblical truth that Jesus is the only way to heaven (Jn 14:6), allowing every individual and group to fall along that plumb line...» «He further stressed that salvation is the work of Almighty God, and that only He knows what is in each human heart,» the statement said.

And, oh, when the hour - glass has run out, the hourglass of time, when the noise of worldliness is silenced, and the restless or the ineffectual busyness comes to an end, when everything is still about thee as it is in eternity — whether thou wast man or woman, rich or poor, dependent or independent, fortunate or unfortunate, whether thou didst bear the splendor of the crown in a lofty station, or didst bear only the labor and heat of the day in an inconspicuous lot; whether thy name shall be remembered as long as the world stands (and so was remembered as long as the world stood), or without a name thou didst cohere as nameless with the countless multitude; whether the glory which surrounded thee surpassed all human description, or the judgment passed upon thee was the most severe and dishonoring human judgement can pass — eternity asks of thee and of every individual among these million millions only one question, whether thou hast lived in despair or not, whether thou wast in despair in such a way that thou didst not know thou wast in despair, or in such a way that thou didst hiddenly carry this sickness in thine inward parts as thy gnawing secret, carry it under thy heart as the fruit of a sinful love, or in such a way that thou, a horror to others, didst rave in despair.

But that social life can become a life beyond the ways of (human) judgment only by virtue of a greater rule and nourishment:

Facts, or evidence, seem incontrovertible only in the light, or dark as the case may be, of human judgment, which is the only source of error on this planet.

Only the maturest of human souls, however, are prepared to continue to long for the judgment under these conditions.

It is after doing what is commanded, when everything has been done in the sphere of human decisions and means, when in terms of the relation to God every effort has been made to know the will of God and to obey it, when in the arena of life there has been full acceptance of all responsibilities and interpretations and commitments and conflicts, it is then and only then that the judgment takes on meaning: all this (that we had to do) is useless; all this we cast from us to put it in thy hands, O Lord; all this belongs no more to the human order but to the order of thy kingdom.

He has strong individual motivations; human qualities such as creative imagination and personal judgment are essential, as Polanyi has pointed out.8 But only limited aspects of the scientist's personality are directly related to the work itself.

Accordingly, human choice must decide not only «what is true but what criteria shall be used to determine the truth, and what standards shall be used in choosing between competing criteria, and what judgments shall be employed in deciding on the standards ad infinitum» (Van Cleve Morris, Philosophy and the American School).

Only, because it is always a joy to me to thank him to whom I am indebted, I would thank Lessing for the one solitary hint of a Christian drama which is found in his Hamturg ~ Drama ~ urgieA» He, however, fixed his glance upon the purely divine side of the Christian life (the consummated victory) and hence he had misgivings; perhaps he would have expressed a different judgment if he had paid more attention to the purely human side (theologia viatorum).

So in case what has been expounded here is correct, in case there is no incommensurability in a human life, and what there is of the incommensurable is only such by an accident from which no consequences can be drawn, in so far as existence is regarded in terms of the idea, Hegel is right; but he is not right in talking about faith or in allowing Abraham to be regarded as the father of it; for by the latter he has pronounced judgment both upon Abraham and upon faith.

If we accept the account of human nature given by the Western theological and philosophical traditions — that we are free, rational beings, limited and imperfect, prone to diversity of opinion and errors in judgment — we may be more inclined to be not only tolerant but gracious and loving toward those with whom we disagree.

He acts in violence against his brother and in judgment suffers alienation not only from his lost brother and from the human community, but from Yahweh as well (4:14).

Third, Jesus» example reminds us also that the search for human oneness - in - diversity in interreligious dialogue is not only a matter of making judgments; it sometimes requires refraining from judgment.

It appears we have reached the point in our existence as humans where we must silently and quietly go to the sanctuary of our own homes and utter our «judgments» and opinions only to ourselves while making sure our windows are closed and our blinds are pulled.

We are only human, and we get tired, we have bad days, we make bad judgment calls, and that in turn can affect our children.

Faith and the embryo Biochemist Paul Berg suggests in April's Discover Dialogue [«Bio Brain Backs Stem Cells»] that only religious faith makes the judgment that the destruction of a human embryo destroys a human individual.

This can only be done when human judgment required for the interpretation of images is eliminated or reduced to the bare minimum.

But only so that humans can focus on the interesting, judgment - based element of the work, which machines are unlikely to learn.

Human judgment also may reduce teachers» concerns about being assessed only by test scores or being subjected to statistical procedures they don't trust or understand.

The material in these two lessons reminds students of the importance of living in a democracy whose institutions safeguard civil and human rights and whose citizens are capable of making informed judgments, not only on behalf of themselves but on behalf of a larger community.

According to the Council Directive (2000 / 78 / EC) cited in the Court's judgment, as well as the applicable international and European human rights law, indirect discrimination can be justified, but only on the condition of a «legitimate aim».

Delivering the main judgment in Commrs Metropolitan Police v DSD & Anor [2018] UKSC 11 this week Lord Kerr said: «There was disagreement between us as to whether liability under the Human Rights Act arose only where there had been systematic failures or whether deficiencies in the actual investigation would be enough to make the police liable.

It is of a piece with the other aspect of the Kennedy judgment to which attention is drawn in the first part of this post, according to which the common law itself is increasingly regarded as a repository of fundamental constitutional values (including, but not only, human rights).

To some extent as well, the law relies on human judgment, not only among judges, but among juries — counting on them to be humane not just rational.