Sentences with phrase «public argument for»

If Wallis's opposition is truly principled (or «prophetic») then we can expect Wallis and the Sojourners crowd to offer up a reasoned and articulate public argument for the moral wrongness of including this particular «health care procedure.»

It is a tragic error that those of us who make the «self - help» argument in internal dialogue concerning alternative - development strategies for black Americans are often construed by the political right as making a public argument for a policy of «benign neglect.»

How do we make a public argument for immorality of pornography?

Not exact matches

In this age of never - ending news, Twitter arguments, and viral sound - bites, op - ed pages are among the few remaining places for serious, detailed, and articulate debates on important public issues.

Add to that the fact that proper functioning of corporate governance (and hence of capital markets) is clearly a matter of public concern, and you have at least the beginnings of a public - interest argument for interference in what would otherwise be a private matter.

The judge also rejected Ebert's restraint - of - trade argument, finding the agreements were reasonable for both the parties and public, and that Mars Canada was entitled to enforce its registered trademarks.

These figures rarely get a fact check, but they shape public opinion, drive donations and become arguments for government intervention.

The other is the argument by public safety officials who say that fingerprinting drivers is necessary for safety.

Fifth, while the case for expanded infrastructure investment does not depend on Keynesian stimulus or aggregate demand considerations, secular stagnation risks reinforce the argument for increased public investment.

I highlight this part of your article because countering this argument is so critical for changing the minds of both policymakers and the American public.

If you restate his argument in an uncharitable way, he is saying that the solution for the problem of excluding non-accredited investors in value appreciation is not to let them participate in private markets, but instead to suffer them to populate an earlier public market for private investors seeking liquidity.

The public debate is dynamic, with new arguments continually being advanced and new endorsements being announced both for and against the TPP.

I also want to address a core argument made by proponents of the Trans Mountain pipeline, namely, that Alberta and Canada need more access to «tidewater» in order to capture a higher international price for oil, and thus increase public returns.

We know Sullivan does not really believe this, because his entire argument in favor of legalized homosexual marriage hinges on the recognition that public law is the most powerful tool for shaping individual attitudes.

He deepens this insistency in the Ethics and ties his argument explicitly to the sin of political or public overcoming that requires a norm of shamelessness in order for it to do its dirty work, dirty no more, or so is the claim, because the ruthless deed - doers know no evil.

The question of Catholic institutions like Notre Dame — their odd relation to the Church and their peculiar relation to the nation — is already pressing on us, and it requires no great leap to predict that, over the next decade, this question will dominate the public stage as the central Catholic problem of our time: the locus of media attention and the flashpoint for the arguments of Catholics with one another.

The argument for no standards is an argument against the very idea of public decency.

When speaking to Premier during our News Hour programme, the head of public policy for campaign group Christian Concern, Tim Dieppe encouraged people to have healthy arguments:

Gallagher, the President of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, is quite simply the most effective spokesperson making public arguments in defense of marriage Public Policy, is quite simply the most effective spokesperson making public arguments in defense of marriage public arguments in defense of marriage today.

By my reading of both the human condition and our current culture, a project like Hart's is more important to the status of religion in public life than, say, arguments for a natural law.

But the argument over the motive for Cochran's firing and its effect on civil and religious liberties obscures a deeper disagreement over Christian conceptions of sin and the consequences of those ideas in a public work environment.

For either of them to engage in a public argument about who would win a in a violent fight is reckless and irresponsible.

Most significantly, Duddington argues against the charge that permitting an increasing role for religion in the legal and political (i.e., public) spheres would necessitate the imposition of one system of belief upon another, by re-emphasising the argument that Christianity does not serve to generate a moral code, but rather provides a vehicle through which it may be discovered.

The same argument applies to the life and medical insurance premiums people pay because there is no cheaper, more efficient public program for dealing with the costs of medical care and old - age security.

«Lewis wrote in a time when, among the educated British public if not among their professional philosophers, there was considerably more agreement than there is now about what constitutes a valid and rational argument for a given case.»

Faith in Public Life's Shannon Sullivan said such arguments calling for greater border security before enacting reform often represent...

Stout, however, looks at American politics and sees only conservatives and fundamentalists making religious arguments for public policy.

When I wrote Blessed Rage for Order, I did state that even if the arguments for the public character of fundamental theology in that book were sound, those arguments could not determine the distinctive form of publicness proper to systematic theology or that proper to practical theology.

So also, the argument goes, must the public see to it that the creation of new forms of life is carefully regulated so as to limit the chances for biodisaster.

Third, there are liberal constitutional arguments for requiring, not just permitting, the study of religion in public schools.

This theory provides an argument for how the experience of a public disclosure of truth actually happens in the classic works of art.

Current enthusiasm for civil society is usually traced to the arguments of Vaclav Havel, the Czech president, and others who posited the claims of civil society against the totalitarian claims of communism, and, earlier than that, to the To Empower People manifesto authored by Peter Berger and myself in order to lift up the crucial role of non-governmental «mediating institutions» in public policy.

It also won't do to enter the public arena ready to slash the perceived enemy with arguments that offer superior support for the sole correct worldview, namely Christianity.

James A. Nash of the Churches» Center for Theology and Public Policy vigorously attacks Derr's alleged indifference to the inherent integrity of nature, and Richard John Neuhaus, agreeing with the gist of Derr's argument, calls for a more thoroughly Christocentric understanding of the creation.

We concluded that there are several reasons that could be used to support an argument for choosing Jesus as our compass, for granting him a sacred role as meaning - giver: first, we are not aware of any especially good alternatives; second, his ability to serve in this role has been confirmed in many faithful lives; and third, in choosing him we align ourselves with a compass which is in the public domain, and as such our interpretation is subject to the correction of tradition and public debate.

Fortunately, these philosophical arguments play out in a pretty solid cop drama, executing well on the high octane car chases, shootouts and action sequences that keep the public coming back to cop movies for decades.

In any case, the argument against Christian majoritarianism influencing public policy rests more on respect for minority feelings than on the alleged disintegration of the majority.

One of the strongest arguments in recent years for abolishing the death penalty has arisen, not from the moral prohibition against the taking of life, but from the fact that with rare exceptions those who are executed are people who lack the means to secure good legal assistance, or lack the educational background to make full use of such assistance, or lack the social status which brings the case to public attention.11

His argument falls short, however, when it comes to discussing the proper social or institutional role for religion in the public square, about which he seems to harbor serious misgivings.

Christian arguments for the cross to be displayed 24/7 in a public classroom as a constant reminder every second of the day that Jesus was murdered by Jews and died for our sins won't hold up to Christian review if all other religious symbols were placed right next to it.

Stanley Hauerwas (in addition to providing a witty characterization» for those who knew him» of the late Paul Ramsey) argues that Ramsey's attempt to enter into public argument in bioethics compromised his religious convictions.

Consequently, the Church needs to make philosophical arguments in the public square, ones that show that the world is inherently intelligible (and that our minds are naturally made for objective truth).

The Saskatchewan Catholic School Boards Association states: «Their argument is that per student grants paid to a Catholic school division for non-Catholic students is discriminatory against public schools under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Jesus» exercise of his presidency through persuasion and open argument can be a plumbline for judging all presidents, and God's republic can be the ideal for our efforts at participation and public debate.

On one side of the argument we have public health associations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and consumer groups looking for effective solutions to address the growth of lifestyle diseases, including obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

The tribunal has also asked for more information from a range of government departments and milk processors to test Murray Goulburn's argument that its proposed merger with WCB would be in the public interest.

The ACCC accepts public benefit arguments, at least for the initial phase of the program.

There is hope that the ministers will acknowledge the strong public health arguments and overwhelming public support in favour of traffic light labels and see this proposal for what it is: a highly cost - effective policy that is likely to reduce the health and economic burden of non-communicable diseases.

Based on public perception, Baylor would likely be a slightly larger underdog against either Kansas or North Carolina, but for the sake of argument, we'll assume the same +180 moneyline in the national championship game.

There is an argument to be made for taking the post down now that the family has commented and made the post private, but an attack on Dr. Tuteur for using what was, at the time, public information strikes me as unwarranted and unfair.