Sentences with phrase «pragmatic argument for»

(And before you berate me for saying I'm arguing for lawlessness, because people break the law anyway, no: I'm arguing, as with arming the police, that there is a good pragmatic argument for not doing so.

But the pragmatic argument for investment in comments is powerful in its own way.

Their pragmatic arguments for the long - term value of species will be weighted against pragmatic arguments for the immediate needs of some human beings.

In my Uncertainty Monster paper, I made scientific and pragmatic arguments for understanding, assessing and reasoning about uncertainty in climate science.

Not exact matches

However, when conservationists try to oppose polluters and developers solely with pragmatic arguments about the value to human welfare of, for example, gene pools in rain forests, they have been maneuvered into fighting on the same ground as their opponents.

I would vote for most PR systems in a referendum, though (to complicate things) I think there is a good principled case for the type of compromise package I advocate, beyond the «it could happen in practice» pragmatic argument.

But perhaps looking to be pragmatic in addition to sympathetic, Ms. Mark - Viverito also made an economic argument for housing inmates closer to home.

That's what we should be looking for: Do proponents or opponents have the more compelling, more pragmatic closing argument?

At its launch a panel of expert practitioners from education and industry made compelling arguments for a pragmatic, solutions - focused call to action across government, awarding organisations, Ofqual and the broader D&T community.

There are a few good arguments for engaging in epic arguments over prices, though the most pragmatic one might be a simple case study in economics.

But, according to Nisbet, he can be faulted for offering «arguments for action on climate change that evoke a vision of the future that reflects his own values and priorities, rather than a broad, pragmatic set of choices designed to both effectively manage the problem and to align a diversity of political interests in support of policy action.»

The core of the issue that I worry most about, as do others, is that arguments for action on climate change that evoke only one particular vision of the future will reflect only the priorities and values of certain parties, rather than a broad, pragmatic set of choices designed to both effectively manage the problem of climate change and align a diversity of political interests in support of policy action.

Even if we granted that it refers to something, that AGW might lead to dire outcomes for the human race is not a premise, nor a conclusion of a scientific argument, but a pragmatic consequence of inaction.

When Charles tries to change Joshua's beliefs (for example if he wants to argue that he is right and that Joshua is wrong) then as a matter of pragmatics he should appeal to Joshua with arguments that are known to work with people like Joshua, but only if he is interested in changing Joshua's mind.These may or may not be logical arguments.