Sentences with phrase «political argument from»

If there is to be a renewal of serious political argument from the government, it must come from elsewhere in the cabinet.
The claim that science has shown that «climate change is real and is happening» leads to an array of political arguments from environmentalists, as though all that need be shown to legitimise drastic action (the more drastic the better) is that mankind has influenced the climate.

Not exact matches

Trump ran largely on the argument that his business background made him an outsider from an entrenched political class and would lead to him negotiate good deals for the American people.
I think the main political argument for Pawlenty is that he will dutifully and enthusiastically read from whatever script the Romney campaign gives him and won't come across too mean when he does it.
Tenderness separated from the source of tenderness thus supports a «popular piety» that goes unexamined, a piety in which liberalism in its decline establishes dogmatic rights, rights that in an extreme» as presently in the arguments for abortion in the political sphere and for «popular culture» in the academic» become absolute dogma to be accepted and not examined.
The Founders» Constitution is, in the editors» words, «an anthology of reasons and of the political arguments that thoughtful men and women drew from, and used to support those reasons» (I: xi) The «reasons» and «arguments» are those of the founding generation and of the works that the» founders read.
It is frustrating to see William Chip's well - documented argument of the economic and political evils of illegal immigration rebutted from Scaperlanda's supposedly moral standpoint, when in fact the victims in this scenario are the laborers working without regulations for workplace safety, without employment benefits, and even without police protection (since contact with law enforcement is associated with deportation).
Absent from either argument is any question about whether the bishops ought to have an explicit political agenda at all.
Far from dismissing as politically irresponsible John Howard Yoder's argument that the first task of the church is to be itself, I see that statement as a call to redefine the political from the perspective of Christ's kingdom.
The argument of Political Liberalism also imports an understanding of justice derived from comprehensive liberalism.
Nevertheless, the argument can not be understood apart from some clarification of how I perceive political theology and its challenge to process theology.
But at the end of the day, after we've filtered through the political arguments, let's remember why we have rights and where they came from in the first place.
Second, because an election can not frustrate God's plan, there is nothing to gain from hostile argument and broken relationships over differences in political opinion.
The motivation behind not participating comes from Tomlin's desire for the team not to get into a political argument.
Brexiteers continue to stoke up aggressive nationalism (asserting the inherent superiority of British national identity) because they wish to displace arguments grounded in fairness and the equitable redistribution of wealth from common political discourse.
Apart from the political argument, I can't remember any poetry on this blog before this.
While I agree with your overall point that there is a value of differentiating arguments of principle and ultimate values from political strategy and tactics about how to make change happen, I am somewhat sceptical of the implication that a significant problem has been that modern political philosophy has been too pragmatic or applied.
There is also a strong economic and political argument for parallel negotiations — it opens the way for a smooth transition between UK withdrawal from the EU, and the onset of a new trading relationship between the UK and the EU.
His argument is that left - leaning Scottish voters who moved away from the slums of Glasgow to the new towns of Scotland dropped their political allegiance in the process.
«It's disappointing to me that, despite many years of talk from people on both the left and the right of politics we are still stuck with this system which is antiquated and undemocratic... We need to try to get beyond the more tabloid version of this argument and really understand what it says about our democracy — you've got people appointed to the legislature without going through the proper processes of democratic accountability that are taken for granted in most countries in the world and you have people being influenced by making political donations.
The second observation is to recall how the advocacy of an overt smaller state argument by many in the Coalition would, quite apart from polarising British politics like nothing since» 83, risk seeing the Left falling once again into a framing trap that pushes the centre of gravity in political discourse even further to the right.
Despite the opprobrium that Mr Blair's interventions draw from Labour's new model army, his analysis and political approach remains the only coherent argument coming from the left of centre and Labour's leadership appears to be out of step with the Party.
From their perspective, then, the claim that political contestation is unending seems to be quite pessimistic because, if your goal is withdrawal to a private life untouched by political engagement, the argument that engagement is inescapable seems pessimistic.
Yet there is a strong and deep academic literature, that draws on extensive interdisciplinary evidence from economics, political science, anthropology and history, which shows how simplistic and misguided such arguments about «resource wars» are, both when approached theoretically and through Asian or African case studies.
But even apart from the ethics of the Millbank violence - and it was simply a matter of luck that nobody, a policeman or student, was killed by the fire extinguisher being chucked - I am not convinced by the argument that violence has achieved positive outcomes in Britain and that other forms of political activity have not.
I found the argument made by Charter 88 persuasive that the Monarchy helped to legitimise the broader constitutional arrangements, and remove them from public and political scrutiny, with something of a taboo against debating either the Monarchy or the constitution.
There is certainly a plausible argument that Ed Miliband has been one of the most effective leaders of the opposition in modern British history, demonstrating an ability to set the political agenda that exceeds what either Margaret Thatcher or Tony Blair achieved from the opposition benches.
Moderated by Grant Reeher, political science professor at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, the debate began with relatively toned - down statements from the individuals in both camps to advance their argument.
In relation to this book, however, the most important impetus for argument about the concept of cosmopolitan citizenship stems from normative ethical and political concerns about the possible costs and benefits to political order, community, rights and participation of opting either for a cosmopolitan or a bounded citizenship ideal.
The Tories» domination of the economic argument has been a political triumph (helped by the lack of scrutiny from the mainstream media).
ITV will also host a two - hour referendum debate on June 9th, airing at 8 pm, though political figures from both sides of the Brexit argument have yet to be announced.
«That political argument has gridlocked us from moving forward for too long.»
Argument goes: jettison the beard and sandals brigade from Cleggs left flank and the emblazered loons from Camerons right; kick political football into permanent majority in HoC open goal.
As a committed Labour supporter who has been immersed in the political and economic arguments over Britain's place in the European integration project for some forty years — from my role in overseeing JML expand its business beyond Britain to acting as Secretary of Labour Euro - Safeguards Campaign since 1975 — my views have evolved as the European Union has radically changed form.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman used a similar argument in denying a request from Crain's for e-mails he traded with Jennifer Cunningham, a top political consultant at SKDKnickerbocker and his former wife.
People who are presented with political statements contradictory to their own beliefs tend to think harder and produce better arguments, according to research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.
Values of Western culture have, throughout history, been derived from political thought, widespread employment of rational argument favouring freethought, assimilation of human rights, the need for equality, and democracy.
Lincoln manages to encompass many aspects of the president's last three months: his arguments with his unstable wife, Mary Todd (Sally Field); his determination to keep their eldest son, Robert (Joseph Gordon - Levitt), out of uniform; his grief over the recent death of their 11 - year - old son, Willie, and the thousands of other sons taken by the war; his magnanimous friendships with the former political enemies who joined his cabinet; and of course his assassination (which Spielberg ingeniously represents with a scene from a children's play).
That's not a life - or - death choice — paying for his pregnant wife to cross over from Mexico might be — but that's part of McKay's point: it's taken for granted that Jose has the right to fun and rest, flying in the face of the blame - the - worker «self - reliance» arguments of political debates.
Put simply, contrary to the arguments of many White Democrats (as well as pundits such as Jonathan Chait of New York, Frank Bruni of the New York Times and academic Mark Lilla), focusing on the efforts of Black, Latino, immigrant, and low - income communities for economic, social and political equality (which has often been derisively called «identity politics»), is critical to Democrat success in winning elections as well as in winning support from younger voters who are also concerned about these matters.
Apart from not wanting such arguments in their own political backyard, head teachers are people with a lot of public credibility.
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In his work, he critically explores various forms of social transgression and arguments for political subversion and appropriates and recontextualizes imagery from subcultures.
In that very short time frame the global political argument has changed from «what problem?»
I noted that overarching arguments about national or state energy and regulatory policy can't compete against the political intensity that comes from those resisting an industrial - style activity in a populous region with a bucolic setting:
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I made it clear, by including the phrase «note carefully, that I do not so argue» that I disassociated myself from the sort of political arguments which could still «win».
My first degree in is Physics, and I do from time to time comment directly on scientific issues, but nevertheless I think it is fair to say that the main thrust of my posted arguments against people like yourself and, indeed Nic Lewis, is more political than scientific.
Which is to say that most arguments for political action to mitigate climate don't actually proceed from the science at all, and in many cases make up the content — i.e. «object» — of the consensus to suit the argument.
In doing so, the best he can offer from moral philosophy is a reduction of complicated scientific, political, and economic arguments to facile comparisons of «business as usual» to «standing around, watching a child drown».
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