Sentences with phrase «public spirited»

I know that most businesses and the people who run them are hardworking, entrepreneurial and public spirited at heart.

Second, are they turning out for reasons that are essentially public spirited, or are they turning out to promote their own occupational self - interest?

«Consciousness is a sort of public spirit among the nerve cells.»

He noted that on his assumption of office as the C.P Akwa Ibom State he initiated «Operation Impact» which recorded instant success largely due to information gotten from public spirited individuals of the state.

To this end, the photographs of these wanted suspects are now being released to the public for assistance from public spirited individuals and general public for information to arrest them.

Bellah and his colleagues contend that the Lockean ideal of the autonomous individual was originally embedded in a complex moral ecology that included the family and the church on the one hand, and on the other a vigorous public sphere in which economic initiative was expected to engender public spirit.

It would also help rebuild social cohesion and increase public spirit by helping the working poor to feel more a part of society and less the scapegoat for our country's problems.

Consciousness, he wrote, is a sort of public spirit in the brain cells.

But this claim needs to be tested, for there is clearly a plausible alternative: that teachers are not only better educated and more middle class than the average citizen, but also more public spirited, more committed to public education, and thus more likely to vote in school - board elections regardless of their personal stakes.

LA should encourage public spirited locovores to reduce the reservoir pressure by firing up as many ox and pig roasts as practical.

And indeed, public spirited as he is, Mashey should have asked Esper etal, Moberg, von Storch, Cubasch and above all Mike Mann to join in a general complaint to GMU, as all these and others as well McI and McK are summarised at various points in the Wegman report.

«I think he was a great influence, because he was a very public spirited and very good citizen, and I think you're bound to be influenced by the people that you work with.

But in this case, I am sure that upon reflection you will agree that volunteer Firefighters who are known to be Realtors likely bring a well - deserved aura of respect to their full - time vocation because of their inherent public spirited, unselfish personalities.

Indeed, the presence of public spirit and concern for the common good in Japan rivals the public consciousness of the great republics.

Yet Thiel maintains that his motivation for going after Gawker in court was not personal pique but public spirit, calling the campaign «one of my greater philanthropic things that I've done.

Strauss wrote of this public spirited Machiavellianism:

I think that a spatial model should reflect these facts — the superject of an experience should permeate the body like a «public spirit» that fills the spaces among the cells.

If we just open our minds to the fact that British American Tobacco and others are saying, we can see how amazing they are public spirited.

Clegg says the Lords should be a place for people who are public spirited, who are political, who want to serve the public - but who do not want to be involved in politics full time.

Skelos» counterpart in the Assembly echoed that view: «While it is true, as in any profession, that some legislators and lobbyists have taken advantage of the system, the vast majority of my colleagues are hard - working, caring and public spirited,» said Sheldon Silver, who was Assembly speaker at the time.

«I would like to assure all public spirited Ghanaians that should I be given the opportunity to examine the Judgment Debtor, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, in Court the good people of Ghana will hear and see the beneficiaries of the unconstitutional judgment debt in the NDC and this Government,» Mr Amidu stated in his application which he filed on November 10.

«A state that crushes the will to donate with high taxes shouldn't be surprised about a lack of public spirit,» Erhardt opines.

These teachers are presumably just as middle class, public spirited, and committed to education as other teachers are; but because they don't work in the district where they live, they do not have an occupational stake in their local school - board elections.

Taken together, these findings contradict the idea that the teachers who live and work in a district turn out at high rates because they are public spirited, committed to education, or socially advantaged; they bolster the notion that self - interest is in fact mainly responsible.

The «back to basics» movement and declining interest in «public spirited» activities throughout society have helped push citizenship education out of the school curriculum, a new report asserts.

However, in a great show of public spirit (sarcasm intended!)

Perhaps some public spirited NSC type will incorporate that excellent book into some morning's PDB.

Additionally, 4,000 households participated in the FY2014 demonstration project, showing high level of public spirit and making YSCP one of Japan's largest energy saving projects to date.

guide and also a public spirited solicitor «when I got into horrendous problems».

They are subject to the broad sweep of local government law and procedure, with adaptations appropriate to their nature, but many local councillors, while well - meaning and public spirited will often be fairly hazy about important legal and procedural matters.

For example, maybe you play an instrument to a high level of proficiency and participate in local public performances (this helps to build confidence and character), or you have raised money for charity through regular participation in sporting events (determination, physical wellbeing and public spirit).