Sentences with phrase «own liberal views»

Classic liberal view — if I can't understand it, must be the brain - washin!

A theory of constitutional law that may be out of fashion in today's legal academy, but that fits comfortably within the modern conservative and the traditional liberal views of the courts, begins with certain basic premises: the existence of law and the possibility of meaningful rules of law.

Don't let the liberal views of today blemish a government that has successfully run for 235 years on a foundation of God.

Consequently, a theory of politics requires an ordering principle of final causation, i.e., a principle of value, which alone allows one to describe the relations among choices.6 Perhaps enough has been said, then, to indicate a line of argument through which the liberal view of happiness may be challenged and attention to an alternative provoked.

Specifically, I will argue that Whitehead's perspective yields an understanding of happiness sufficiently different from the liberal view that Whitehead's thought can be the basis for a transcendence of the liberal tradition.

Thus, the liberal view of happiness is untenable unless the preferential view can be defended, and there is at least rough justice in saying that the liberal understanding of self - interest is not only private but also preferential.

In any case, I wish to make clear that both terms are used here in a broader sense, such that the liberal view of interest (or self - interest, or happiness) is simply one of the alternatives.2 In speaking of a private view of self - interest, I mean that human community is thought to be solely instrumental to, i.e., not constitutive of, happiness.

As to how such an assertion is possible (even if it is advantageous), Keen tentatively suggests that if our dominant conviction is that our bodies and feelings can be trusted, «the likelihood is that» we will adopt a liberal view of ultimate reality.38 Keen's personal history as an affluent Anglo - Saxon male seems to become crucial at this point, for it allows him an optimism that is incredible considering the tooth - and - nail progression of world history.

Here is my question, how come all the Belief Blog commentators take a decidedly liberal view of Christianity (if not actually opposed to it)... at least as far as «gay marriage» is concerned?

The liberal view of America focuses less on the nation as such, and more on humanity in general.

The familiar liberal view of a self - limited God whose ends are altogether good and whose means are orderly still seems to me the best solution, and one which not only can be but ought to be made clear to our laymen.

There is less emphasis on substitutionary atonement, with greater openness towards pluralist views of salvation and a liberal view of morality.

For Beasley, who left TEC in the early 1990s, it was liberal views on homosexuality — though he downplays that now and emphasizes issues of scripture and doctrine.

I also noticed that your moderator tend to agree more with the liberal views only... which means he accept contents that are inline with the liberal views.

Though the liberal doctrines of progress did not squarely face the fact that «nature intends to kill man,» there was an element in the liberal view of the meaning of the temporal character of life which is valid.

In the end, however, Feezell's moderate view (which leans toward the «conservative view») is not too much different in practical effect from my or Hartshorne's moderate view (which leans toward the «liberal view») in that I am only delivering a carte blanche for abortion in the early stages of pregnancy and pointing out that the fetus in the later stages of pregnancy has a moral status analogous to that of an animal, a status which I think deserves considerable attention on our part.

It seems to me that the only view we get from CNN on issues like this is the liberal view.

Balzac saw fashion as a language, but it now takes a Barthes or an Eco to decipher the intricate uniforms fashion designers have provided for the lost middle classes of the advanced nations: cowboy, tycoon, traditionalist with liberal views, teenage tough, honest laborer, jovial professor, aesthete, and on and on.

If this can be done we shall have passed beyond the crisis of liberal Christianity; for the liberal view of the relation of Christian love to moral problems is in difficulty today precisely because the philosophy of history on which it is based does not sufficiently recognize the tragic obstacles which are set in the way of the life of love.

The liberals seem to them to be subverting the gospel, while the liberals view the fundamentalists as retarding the advance of knowledge and obscuring a wealth of meaning in the Scriptures.

In contrast to the liberal view the doctrine of the universal fact of sin as the context of moral decision forms the substance of Brunner's doctrine of vocation.

The revelation in Christ, in any sense in which either our experience or really primitive Christian doctrine confirms it, is not most truly represented by the statement that Jesus Christ was God, as certain types of later Christian orthodoxy have tried to say it, nor yet by the modern liberal view that Jesus was a picture of God, showing us «what God is like.»

David L. Schindler criticizes the liberal view of the human person that he sees encoded into the American project in First Things, to which Richard John Neuhaus responded with a more positive view of our national heritage, in which religious faith and a strong tradition of civic associations moderate the excesses of liberal individualism.

And this is also the reason why they hate Christianity (for their liberal views).

She says she has never had a drink or smoked a cigarette, but she holds thoroughly modern and mostly liberal views on the issues of the day.

So, Perot voters have in common conservative views on the economy and liberal views on social issues.

This may surprise you, seeing as how I'm a blogger with an outspoken opinion on everything, but when I'm a part of a conservative Christian community, I tend to keep my more progressive views quiet, and when I'm a part of a more liberal Christian community, I tend to keep my more liberal views quiet.

The problem, I suspect, is that we have internalized the liberal view that the Church is just another institution among many, and that what she has to offer is parochial, not universal.

It was the great - grandmothers of today's teen - agers who ushered in more liberal views of sexuality.

To say that there is something central and something peripheral in the Bible is, of course, to state a liberal view of Scripture which elicits contempt from some evangelicals.

Liberal View: Moral Boundaries = Agreed Upon Discrimination Agreed Upon Discrimination = Legal System Legal System = Individual Rights Government Enforces Your Rights

Both views are embedded in our national history — the republican view more in the Declaration of Independence, where Jefferson in its opening lines refers to «the laws of nature and of nature «s God» that stand above and judge the laws of men; and the liberal view more in the Constitution, where there is no reference to God at all, and the emphasis is upon the balancing of powers.6.

If you think pot should not be illegal, is that a conservative or liberal view point.

prothero, typical liberal view — completely out of touch with reality — if the founders of this mosque had any taste they would leave this site alone, and the people murdered by their often fanatical faith to rest in peace — liberals and their complete elitist views such as prothero will bring down this country

As anyone who studies the history of Christian thought knows, what is theologically controversial and needs clear justification is the liberal view that we should adopt a religiously neutral approach to public policy, including immigration and refugee policy.

Item: Mr. Lowell believes that «while it is nice -LCB- sic] that Father John Courtney Murray holds «liberal views,» the fact is that they have never gained any official recognition at the Vatican.

we meet the famous rabbis Shammai and Hillel, the one representing a more conservative attitude, the other a more liberal view.

Julie Sahni takes a liberal view of the most basic ingredients required to make a curry: «For a spice blend to be called a curry powder, the mixture must contain three core spices: coriander, turmeric, and pepper.»

The cover was just offensive, and it has nothing to do with my liberal views.

QS: The idea that there is no problem with surveillance as long as you have nothing to hide simply points to the complacency of the liberal view of freedom by contrast with the republican one.

The number of upstaters in the majority conference has grown steadily over the years, adding to the diversity of opinions among Assembly Democrats, though they still tend to be dominated by the largely liberal views of the New York City members.

He added: «There is not an electoral mandate on this issue so all you are finding is a political elite — those who draw pay from representing us — foisting their liberal views on the people.»

She says she shares a lot of liberal views.

To take an example often cited by commentators, David Laws, regarded by many as an «economic liberal», is nevertheless an advocate of a very social - liberal view of redistribution.

Often this involves stressing what are now conservative views of free market economics and belief in individual responsibility, with social liberal views on defence of civil rights, environmentalism and support for a limited welfare state.

«I think that is a real challenge for our party as to why a lot of people who have liberal views don't see the Liberal Democrats as their natural home.»

The burqa may be perceived as promoted due to a view of women very much at odds with the liberal view my the «modern left», which could be a valid progressive argument to prohibit it.

Sweeping generalization, but liberals view the future through rose colored glasses.

Mr Johnson was keen to demonstrate his liberal views on the topic during the 2008 race after facing accusations of homophobia from some quarters.

More moderate than her father, with liberal views on issues such as gay rights, Ms Le Pen is nevertheless ferociously anti-immigration.