Sentences with phrase «public conscience»

Lawand said that for the ICRC, the «ultimate» question is if the dictates of public conscience permit machines on battlefield that operate without human control.

It allows you to look closely at the overlooked by bringing a barely visible, if very famous, street protest into a museum of art where the anguished expressiveness of its appeal to public conscience turns out to be very nearly overwhelming.

Guilt must be proven, and if guilt is proven despite a robust defence as put forth by a defence lawyer, then a penalty can be assesed with a clear public conscience.

We would like the CCW process to emerge strengthened from these discussions, resulting in increased systemic controls on international armed conflicts embedded in international law in a manner that does not widen the technology gap amongst states or encourage the use of lethal force to settle international disputes just because it affords the prospects of lesser casualties to one side or that its use can be shielded from the dictates of public conscience.

We may embrace the Court's pronouncement as the articulation of public virtue and accept its declaration into our public conscience, or we may express abhorrence at the Court's edict and seek to avoid and overturn its decision as wrong and unacceptable.

Without the Spirit of the living God the public conscience is capricious and ill - informed.

There is still a public conscience of considerable strength ready to condemn greed, exploitation and cruelty.

It acknowledges that «disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts» that have outraged the public conscience.

Remarkably, Schuklenk and Smalling endorse the Hobbesian dictum that «private consciences» are dangerous because they «weaken» the state, and must be comprehensively subordinated to «the public conscience.»

«Gay marriage» cements into our public conscience the false idea that conception the old fashioned way is not an expected outcome of intercourse, since it equivocates the two.

Mark Hamill entered the public conscience as Luke Skywalker, a young padawan whose earnest delivery sometimes boarded on whining.

The matters of compassion and «justice for all» that are embedded in our public conscience have become shriveled.

Without the Spirit of the living God the public conscience is capricious and ill informed.

Indeed, at this special juncture of the world's history, few things need more to be driven home on the public conscience than this simple but ominous fact: it is a good deal easier to waste a patrimony than it is to make one.

This is rising to # 700 for a family with children, and this issue has become more prominent in the public conscience.

However the comment «The second, was Ronald Reagan, but he was not identified as such in the public conscience by the time he ran for President.

The second, was Ronald Reagan, but he was not identified as such in the public conscience by the time he ran for President.

Under that dynamics, he has grossed a two - term elected presidency, essayed a disastrous third term, and canonized himself Nigeria's No. 1 public conscience — at least, among the obtuse, the gullible and the naive.

We know voters take a dim view of petty - minded bickering between the coalition parties; it sends a negative message that slowly drip - feeds its way through headline after headline into the public conscience.

When Galton published his results, he ushered the theory of collective intelligence, or the «wisdom of crowds,» into the public conscience.

«For as long as I can remember fat has always equalled weight gain in the public conscience,» she says.

Horror can deal with things bluntly and push extreme, horrible thoughts into the public conscience.

By the time it starts production at Honda's plant in Marysville, Ohio, the resurrected NSX will have been in the public conscience for over four years.

HarperCollins is the second - largest publisher in the world and if its contract with Amazon is allowed to lapse, as some observers think it will, it could mean an explosive battle that bleeds into the public conscience, like what Amazon faced with Hachette last year.

There was a time when rhythm games dominated the public conscience.

It is the pre-eminent show in terms of the media and the public conscience, and really does drive discussion, so it feels like a very good fit.»

A commercial gallery with a public conscience.

A commercial gallery with a public conscience, focusing on cutting edge works with a sense of purpose, mission, and message.

While not minimising the seriousness of what seemed to be a deliberate attempt to defraud the Revenue, it would not be an affront to the public conscience to award damages to the purchasers.

The Court of Appeal itself in Tinsley had concluded that an entirely subjective «public conscience» test was the answer, and should apply in cases where there had been illegal conduct.

As head of the Royal Commission (1910 - 1913) charged with recommending a workers» compensation system for Ontario, Sir William Meredith aimed to ensure a fair system — one that would prevent injured workers from falling into poverty, that did not unduly burden employers, and that would not «shock the conscience» of the public

«They'd be much more in the public conscience» if they were on the stock market, he said.

They will urge nations to invoke the Martens Clause, which requires that states take evolving public perspectives into account when determining whether weapons such as killer robots can meet the «dictates of public conscience» and the «principles of humanity.»

An Article 36 review can not tell us if it is acceptable to the public conscience for a machine to kill without meaningful human control.

The ICRC encourages States to now turn their attention to fixing limits on autonomy in the critical functions of weapon systems, to ensure that they can be used in accordance with IHL and within the bounds of what is acceptable under the dictates of public conscience.

Ms. Bonnie Docherty of Human Rights Watch, a campaign co-founder, will speak on the human rights implications of autonomous weapons systems, including the basic tenants of the right to life, principle of humanity, and dictates of the public conscience or Marten's Clause.

Perhaps most importantly, this week a number of countries acknowledged the relevance of the Martens Clause and its legal requirement that the principles of humanity and the dictates of the public conscience be taken into account.

It also supports adoption of an explicit ban of weapons that violate the «principles of humanity and dictates of public conscience.»

The Martens Clause, a provision of international law, requires that states take into account the «dictates of public conscience.»

States should consider these kinds of public reactions to fully autonomous weapons when determining the public conscience.