Sentences with phrase «political system he views»

Not exact matches

It's been my view since circa 2003 that «they» would hold up the system with printed money and credit creation until every last crumb of middle class wealth was swept off the table and into the pockets of those in position to do the sweeping: Corporate America, the very wealthy («wealthy» = enough disposable cash to buy a few politicians and Federal judges) and the political elite — the latter of which are compensated pawns for the first two cohorts.

For a few years, Stephen Harper viewed political strategy as something more than an elaborate system for the prosecution of grudges.

The epigraph from Whitehead suggests that our views of the divine nature are a reflection of our social and political systems.

The things I find most appalling about religion reach a new zenith in Islam --(i) a dulling down of individual thought and a dogmatic requirement to conform to the views of the masses; (ii) a stultifying ignorant education system in which anything inconsistent with the Qur» an is not just discouraged, but censored; (iii) the subjugation of women to the point of educating them to be nothing but mindless f * king, breeding machines for their insecure husbands; (iv) a political class that feeds off the religious - based ignorance it imposes on its populations; and (v) a general back - sliding against the rest of the planet because heads are buried in Dark Ages mythology.

Moreover, both sides, much like the Repubs and Demos in our political system, can not view anything passed the length of our own noses if it is in contrast to the «beliefs» we hold dear to us as humans.

Many also address problems tangential to ethics: social structures, political organization and control, economic systems, the ethos and the world view of the people, theological interpretations of moral issues and much more.

There's nationality, race, gender, ethnicity, religious affiliation, religious background, sexual orientation, physical abilities, physical traits, age, education, job, socioeconomic status, primary relationship status, parental status, taste, value systems, political views, length of time in the community and accent.

Niebuhr held that Augustine's value for the Christian political thinker lay in the interpretation of human selfhood which enabled Augustine to «view the heights of human creativity and the depths of human destructiveness, which avoids the errors of moral sentimentality and cynicism, and their alternate corruptions of political systems of both secular and Christian thinkers.

As the cycles pass, and the American political system devolves and cultural Christianity wains, it's easy to view the political process and our involvement in it with greater and greater skepticism.

This article states that there is a 92 % to 8 % ratio of pro / anti-gun sentiment... that shows their belief system is biasing their political views of a weapon that didn't exist during the time of Jesus.

However, such metaphoric language is more than ornament, affecting people's conceptual systems and thought processes, influencing how they perceive others, and determining their political views and behavior.

The basic institutional pattern of modern societies was laid down, in his view, between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries with the emergence of a relatively autonomous political system which was accompanied by increasingly autonomous systems in other realms as well, such as science, law, education, and art.

Despite calling the idea that we can know what the Founders really thought on religious issues «an illusion,» Kramnick and Moore criticize those who view the U.S. as a Christian state: «The principal framers of the American political system wanted no religious parties in national politics.

Social morality is to a large extent viewed as this personal morality writ large: there is little understanding in evangelical ethics of group morality, corporate ethics or social behavior, Christian discipleship has tended therefore to be interpreted mainly in terms of individual morality and witness rather than in action for change in other dimensions such as social structures or political systems.

In other words, people should promote their beliefs, but the political system and national laws are not the place to enforce those views.

And, it seemed as though the alternative ways the Assemblies were framed were linked to the politicians» differing views about the broader political system.

You have to view the actions within a political system by how they affect an individual or group's power.

Since the nineteenth century, the dominant view in political theory has been that political systems made up of multiple public spheres, each with different social and political identities are likely to struggle for legitimacy.

The letter read in part: «To monitor Nigerians» access to social media solely on the basis that it may be used to express views critical of the government or the political social system espoused by the government is entirely incompatible and inconsistent with constitutional guarantees and Nigeria's international human rights obligations and commitments.»

In my view, continued instability and underdevelopment in Nigeria would be addressed only by returning to a genuine federal system that allows autonomy and devolution of power to the states or regions (now called geo - political zones)

Nevertheless, being stuck out of power by an unrepresentative electoral system and an indifferent media establishment means many Lib Dem members secretly view stolen policies as satisfying evidence of political change emanating from the third party.

While all electoral systems have flaws and none can offer a «perfect» solution, having a higher number of political parties allows for wider representation of the community's views and could mean more voters feel that their vote counts, which may help engage younger voters.

«New York's public schools need a leader who can reconcile opposing views among stakeholders over controversial issues, navigate the political complexities of the legislative process, and work with the Board of Regents to forge cogent policies that will make New York's education system student - focused.»

University tenure systems grew up that provided strong disincentives to public outreach, and scientists came to view civics and political involvement as a professional liability.

You have a certain belief in the political system and find that most people you have talked to and have dated haven't agreed with your views.

The female roles are (unfortunately) secondary to all other plot elements, but the film still warrants a viewing if but for the political uproar it brought about after exposing the chain gang system.

In 1993, political scientists Frank Baumgartner and Bryan Jones introduced this theory to the study of public policy, and it has since become a common lens through which to view change in social systems.

A survey of superintendents of the nation's largest school districts shows what they view as the top challenges to their leadership, including local political concerns and pressure from accountability systems.

The authors are well aware of the limitation our complex political system places on any effort at change and reform, and in view of this complexity, they do not expect much: if some policy does more good than harm, that is good enough for them.

Social Studies: Create a play, a power point presentation, or display for a State (as in Michigan,) a country, a political system (socialism, capitalism, republic, etc.) or a political point of view.

How did the political views of the signers of the Constitution impact the American political system?

But perhaps the most alarming change, according to Kelly, is the change in how educators and public school systems are viewed by some of North Carolina's most powerful political leaders.

Of course, many have political views that there should be a different benefits system, or even none at all.

The survey of works on view, created by Pellizzi from 2011 to the present, features sculptures, installations, and paintings that engage audiences critically with political, educational, and financial market systems.

This speculative institution views the present and recent past from the implied perspective of a future society in which our economic and political system is memorialized, and subjected to the museological gaze.

The fact that different perspectives leads to different types of goals is intrinsic to the nature of the climate system and to the political system that must accommodate lots of different points of view.

-- Climate impacts: global temperatures, ice cap melting, ocean currents, ENSO, volcanic impacts, tipping points, severe weather events — Environment impacts: ecosystem changes, disease vectors, coastal flooding, marine ecosystem, agricultural system — Government actions: US political views, world - wide political views, carbon tax / cap - and - trade restrictions, state and city efforts — Reducing GHGs: + electric power systems: fossil fuel use, conservation, solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear, tidal, other + transportation sector: conservation, mass transit, high speed rail, air travel, auto / truck (mileage issues, PHEVs, EVs, biofuels, hydrogen) + architectural structure design: home / office energy use, home / office conservation, passive solar, other

You can point the finger at all sorts of participants in this battle, but I believe (and we have been examining and discussing at length on this site for more than 8 years now) the principal drivers of the polarization are coming more from: (1) the corporate energy interests who are protecting their profits against regulation and other policies that would move the system away from fossil fuels, and using their clout in the political process to tie things up; (2) right - wing anti-government and anti-regulatory ideologues whose political views appear threatened by scientific conclusions that point toward a need for stronger policy action; (3) people whose religious or cultural identities appear threatened by modern science; and so forth.

Now turning to the three options and thinking from a systems view point (we are talking about interfaces between systems here) the only difference between the first and the second is that the political process has been extended into the domain of science.

If so, even though we keep building heat in the planetary system (bad news I get it) from a surface point of view, might this buy a few more decades to get emissions down (assuming actual political & business action)?

This deal to lift the export ban is a disaster for the climate and for American communities that our children will view as a cynical indictment of a corrupt political system not yet willing to confront the powerful interests behind the climate crisis.

And as Ellis makes clear, such a result is not a function of the political stripe of the current federal government, but is endemic to the system itself: 20 years earlier, Jean Chrétien's Liberal government viewed Mulroney - government appointees to the board as too obstructionist with refugee claims, and simply replaced them with its own set of patronage appointments more inclined to deliver politically simpatico approvals of refugee claims.