Sentences with phrase «principle of any free society»

Nat Hentoff's lived a full life writing not only about jazz, but about the principles of a free society.
Richard John Neuhaus reports that, according to the translators of a new book by Rocco Buttiglione, Williams» book contains the suggestion that «because Wojtyla was a Pole writing under a totalitarian regime, he did not understand the American mind and the principles of the free society
I disagree with the analysis that came out of it, which assumes an inherent conflict between Islam and the principles of a free society.
It is a basic principle of any free society that everything is permitted except that which is proscribed by law.
Romney: Respect for private property, clear laws, fair enforcement, and the right to be heard before being deprived of money or property are bedrock principles of our free society.

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In any event, the point isn't whether the requirement to complete the long - form census form violates the charter, I don't think it does because it's probably either a violation «in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice» (under section 7) or a violation which is «reasonable and demonstrably justifiable in a free and democratic society» (the test under section 1), but that it does nevertheless violate the right to privacy which is one of our fundamental rights.
the negation of ideology, the political secularization of the doctrine of original sin, the cautious sentiment tempered by prudence, the product of organic, local human organization observing and reforming its customs, the distaste for a priori principle disassociated from historical experience, the partaking of the mysteries of free will, divine guidance, and human agency by existing in but not of the confusions of modern society, no framework of action, no tenet, no theory, and no article of faith, a distrust of the systems and processes of the idol of self and of the lust for power and status, scorn to all approaches of ideology and meta - narrative.
What James Madison described as «that diabolical, hell - conceived principle of persecution» remains a primary obstacle to realizing this vision of the free society.
Clearly, they did not envision a society dedicated to the principle of pagan free speech.
But even before they had freed themselves from the bonds of English society they had undertaken an «Agreement» in Cambridge, England, the year before and bound themselves to a new covenant with obligations both to God and one another.16 The «Agreement» of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was a beginning that contained its own principle, just as, as we have seen, the acts establishing the new republic did.
I long for a society in which modernity would have its full place but without implying the denial of elementary principles of human and familial ecology; for a society in which the diversity of ways of being, of living, and of desiring is accepted as fortunate, without allowing this diversity to be diluted in the reduction to the lowest common denominator, which effaces all differentiation; for a society in which, despite the technological deployment of virtual realities and the free play of critical intelligence, the simplest words — father, mother, spouse, parents — retain their meaning, at once symbolic and embodied; for a society in which children are welcomed and find their place, their whole place, without becoming objects that must be possessed at all costs, or pawns in a power struggle.
In What's Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West (HarperCollins), he argues that the Qur» an and Islamic principles support the values of pluralism and free society.
It is necessary to lead an aggressive and solid attack on the terrain of values by bringing out the principle of equality as a central criterion for every society truly free.
Founded in 1992 and run since 2000 by the Ethics and Public Policy Center, the Tertio Millennio Seminar on the Free Society brings two dozen young people from central and eastern Europe together with twelve or so of their American counterparts to explore the principles and prospects of building free and virtuous societFree Society brings two dozen young people from central and eastern Europe together with twelve or so of their American counterparts to explore the principles and prospects of building free and virtuous societfree and virtuous societies.
In line with previous publications (e.g., Society and Spirit 127 - 29 and The Divine Matrix 57), I also argue that God is the source of the creativity at work in the self - constitution of the concrescing actual occasion since creativity is in the first place the principle of activity for the divine being and only by God's gracious free choice likewise the principle of activity for finite actual occasions.
I long for a society in which modernity would have its full place, without implying the denial of elementary principles of human and familial ecology; for a society in which the diversity of ways of being, of living and of desiring is accepted as fortunate, without allowing this diversity to be diluted in the reduction to the lowest common denominator, which effaces all differentiation; for a society in which, despite the technological deployment of virtual realities and the free play of critical intelligence, the simplest words» father, mother, spouse, parents» retain their meaning, at once symbolic and embodied; for a society in which children are welcomed and find their place, their whole place, without becoming objects that must be possessed at all costs or a pawns in a power struggle.
On the far side of the older argument over the compatibility of Catholicism and democracy, this book seeks to convince us that the principles and practices of the free society are made necessary by Catholic teaching.
Jesus had a social program which «sought to rebuild a society upwards from its grass roots, but on principles of religious and economic egalitarianism» made concrete in «the combination of free healing and common eating» which «negated alike and at once the hierarchial and patronal normalcies of Jewish religion and Roman power.»
To my way of thinking, the Whig tradition — and particularly the Catholic Whig tradition — offers the world's best statement of philosophical principles and practical guidelines concerning how and why free citizens should shape new societies worthy of their human rights and ordered liberties.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana believes in the principles that democratic societies provide individuals with the best conditions for political liberty, personal freedom, equality of opportunity and economic development under the rule of law; and therefore being committed to advancing the social and political values on which democratic societies are founded, including the basic personal freedoms and human rights, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; in particular, the right of free speech, organization, assembly and non-violent dissent; the right to free elections and the freedom to organize effective parliamentary opposition to government; the right to a free and independent media; the right to religious belief; equality before the law; and individual opportunity and prosperity.
Right leaning Libertarians may argue that nationalism has no place in a free society as all have the right of movement, but would ignore it should it arise as again Nonaggression principle
He said Buhari acknowledged that as a key component of democratic principles, people in democratic societies «are so emotionally attached to free speech that they would defend it with all their might».
In a joint statement to the OSTP, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the Washington D.C. Principles Coalition for Free Access to Science — which represents society publishers — slammed NIH - style mandates as «a means for facilitating international piracy,» saying that they would «damage the very institutions that researchers, the public and government itself rely on to peer review, publish, disseminate and preserve scientific information.»
Despite society and the world as we know it having collapsed, a massive, automatic product - manufacturing factory continues to operate according to the principles of consumerism — humans consume products to be happy, and in order to consume continuously, they must be denied freedom of choice and free will.
(10) The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (hereinafter ICESCR) has stayed in principle with the same definition with some additional key - points such as «sense of one's dignity» and «enabling effective participation in a free society».
All efforts of Free Cooper Union work to establish the foundation of a new chapter at our college and in society at large - one that will uphold the principles that allow education to be «as free as air and water», in a long term sustainable, and socially conscious manFree Cooper Union work to establish the foundation of a new chapter at our college and in society at large - one that will uphold the principles that allow education to be «as free as air and water», in a long term sustainable, and socially conscious manfree as air and water», in a long term sustainable, and socially conscious manner.
Our great learned societies realised just how little there was to the evidence, that it was manipulated along with the peer review process, as was the IPCC AR4 assessment, that there was even evidence of inventing data and further evidence of attempts at thwarting the free dissemination of data and codes in direct contravention of one of the first principles of the scientific method, that of reproducibility and / or falsification.
The free market that liberaltarians love (which is the product of conservative principles and practice) has never existed, and will never exist, in an immoral society for any length of time.
The Statement, that promotes the principles of open access in legal scholarly publishing in Canada and free access to legal information in society, follows the Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship adopted by the law libraries of major American universities in late 2008.
In one instance, on October 3, 2017, the National Post published Pardy's opposition to the Law Society's new Statement of Principles requirement, citing selected Charter free speech jurisprudence as his underlying support.
Indeed, the entire system of stare decisis would be undermined if courts, and in particular trial courts, were free to deviate from established precedent because, in their interpretation, its underlying principles no longer accorded with society's basic, and ipso facto, shifting values.
These rights represent basic principles of fairness in our society and protect us as individuals to live our lives free from oppression.
«We have already discussed the nature of the principles and values underlying the vigilant protection of free expression in a society such as ours.
These are not simply principles of proper statutory interpretation; they are principles that govern a free and democratic society.
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It's hard to argue with them: access to justice is a fundamental principle of a free and democratic society.
David stood as a candidate for the Internet Party at the last general election in his home of New Zealand for the principles on which the internet was founded, principles of freedom, fairness, openness for all - advocating transparent governance, data - driven policy, a surveillance - free society and much WOW which decentralised tech will enable.
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