Sentences with phrase «principled pragmatism»

on Interesting Things Happening in a Small Country — Self - Regulation and Principled Pragmatism

The Spectator's political editor, James Forsyth, tells Asthana that Cameron is driven not by a desire for ideological purity but instead «principled pragmatism».

Not exact matches

He calls it the principle of pragmatism, and he defends it somewhat as follows (In an article, How to make our Ideas Clear, in the Popular Science Monthly for January, 1878, vol.

This is the principle of Peirce, the principle of pragmatism.

We need a return to the realistic and yet principled conservative pragmatism of Reagan who actually wanted to help people more than dogmatically stick to every single position and who was even willing to compromise with liberals like Tip O'neal at times in order to get something done that would actually solve problems and help the greatest number of people.

is it principles or pragmatism?

pragmatism is the afterthought that justifies privileging one set of principles over another.

Russ: «a) in my ongoing conversation w / GOP (which you jumped into), the debate was over whether that was based on pragmatism or an underlying principle.

Personal principles on matters of life and death prevent any movement towards pragmatism.

Frayn's achievement is in addressing the universal theme of politics: an unpleasant mixture of principles and pragmatism, with the emphasis uncomfortably weighted towards the latter.

This leadership election is, again, a battle between idealism and pragmatism, principle and power.

Real political decisions always involve an uncomfortable mix of both principle and pragmatism.

«As a general principle I'm a little disturbed with any political philosophy which puts ideology before pragmatism,» Rifkind says.

Like other communities across upstate New York, my city is doing everything it can to weather the ongoing recession, and we are basing this work on both pragmatism and principle.

Compelled to confront legislation that pitted principle against pragmatism, the rookie Republican lawmaker endorsed a doomed, combustible measure — the first gay rights bill to reach the floor of either the House or Senate.

The partnership brought together two parties with distinct constitutional philosophies, and entailed a trade - off between principle and pragmatism which saw the latter's electoral evisceration.

The formation of the Coalition brought together two parties with distinct constitutional philosophies, and entailed a trade - off between principle and pragmatism.

For the Tories though it wasn't just about principle it was also a matter of pragmatism.

The council speaker has had trouble selling her pragmatism as principled.

«The debate in biodiversity conservation between economics and ethics, or between pragmatism and principle, is in many ways a misguided contest, one that assumes that there exists a deep philosophical division between environmental ethics and societal action,» she wrote with her ASU colleague Ben Minteer, an environmental ethicist.

These recommendations, along with the NIH's regulatory revision, demonstrate that ethical policymaking in this arena is an ongoing process that preserves core bioethical principles such as personal autonomy, human dignity, free scientific inquiry, and administrative pragmatism through open dialogue and transparency.

The film thus operates on two registers simultaneously, one of principled ideas and one of clear - eyed pragmatism, both of which the president appears to espouse.

When it comes to fighting attempts at video game legislation, the ESA has traditionally chosen pragmatism over principles.

«Drawing upon the Cubo - futurist, Constructivist and Suprematist design principles of his native Russia as well as the utilitarian pragmatism of the German Bauhaus, Kozyrev juxtaposes these modernist tropes with a Vermeer - like Dutch interior or the depiction of a ruined bunker in Finland, exploding the images» contextual logic into a postmodern pastiche of historical culture.

In Issues, two environmental scientists from Arizona State University have proposed a new approach to managing whaling that combines economic pragmatism and ethical principles to allow for a limited harvest while better protecting whales.

The debate in biodiversity conservation between economics and ethics, or between pragmatism and principle, is in many ways a misguided contest, one that assumes that there exists a deep philosophical division between environmental ethics and societal action.

In the following post, I briefly develop both aspects of this equation — pragmatism with regard to the scope of the CFSP versus principle with regard to the reach of EU constitutional principles into the CFSP — and I conclude with a brief reflection on the normative issue of whether the Court stays within its role as a judicial body, where I suggest the CJEU's approach fits squarely within its duty to say what the law is.

Pragmatism over Principles: The International Criminal Court and a Human Rights - Based Approach to Judicial Interpretation

Download Full Article Full Article Available in: Fordham International Law Journal Volume 41, Number 3 Suggested Citation: Dr. Brianne McGonigle Leyh, Pragmatism over Principles: The International Criminal Court and a Human Rights - Based Approach to Judicial Interpretation, 41 Fordham Int» l L.J. 697 (2018).