Sentences with phrase «purely pragmatic»

From a purely pragmatic standpoint, replacing coal plants with renewable energy is looking more and more like a no - brainer.

From a purely pragmatic perspective, one could argue that the Republicans are simply looking out for taxpayer interests until you realize that their «don't buy it if it's more expensive» directive doesn't apply to synthetic fuels derived from coal and natural gas.

Some authors are brilliant marketing strategists who know everything about publishing and make smart, purely pragmatic, decisions.

Second, there are purely pragmatic problems with this idea.

We've allowed ourselves to be defined as purely pragmatic — concerned with winning elections alone, rather than winning for a purpose — thereby ceding the mantle of principle to the far Left.

Consequently, any 24 month transitional agreement may just see a repeat of the uncertainty of today with business trying to second guess outcomes and certainty on the negotiations arriving late in the day (many businesses would like a 36 month transitional agreement at a minimum for purely pragmatic reasons).

I think this is one of the few definitions that people of different ideologies can agree on, just because it's purely pragmatic and casts no judgement on how the system looks, only how well it works.

So rather than getting into «Nanny State» debates about the proper role of government, my focus on this blog will always be purely pragmatic; if the school lunch program is here to stay, let's talk about how to make it better.

The cities of which Mayernik writes» and I have been blessed to have spent time in all five» and others like them captivate us to this day; and whatever else can be said about such places, they demonstrate, in the author's words, that «the costs of building great cities can't be justified in purely pragmatic terms.»

Against a purely pragmatic approach, he argued that anyone who tries to deny «the reality of this whole of truth» is caught in a self - contradiction.

Ironically, this is the position that Kaveny adopts — that there are vast theological differences between Evangelicals and Catholics and, therefore, any «alliance» between them must be a purely pragmatic and political one.

At first, I grappled with war from a purely pragmatic standpoint.

However, it is clear that as far as physical blemishes were concerned, «the test was purely pragmatic; thus if the cohen [priest] was so well known that his blemish raised no curiosity, «the ban was removed» (Jewish Encyclopedia).

The city at its best generates its initiatives from dreams of a great and unlimited future, not from short - term or purely pragmatic ideals.

It may, unlike God, be indispensable, but this indispensability is purely pragmatic and heuristic.

Celibacy does mean that a priest can be more easily moved around, and no doubt it does cost the Church a lot less money, but it is not entered into for these purely pragmatic reasons.

Purely pragmatic.

This is why, in a purely pragmatic sense, email is by far the best answer to this question to how to market on a budget.

That was purely the pragmatics of the transition to new refrigerant, like a business plan.

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In any case, where purely rational criteria can not guide us in judging among claimants to ultimate truth, pragmatic considerations loom large as providing criteria.

Being on such a tight budget, I have had to make my choices purely for economic rather than pragmatic reasons.

Whether PR is achievable is purely hypothetical, which will surely detract the more pragmatic members.

From a purely scientific, not to mention pragmatic, point of view, the main question is more straightforward: Why do so many embryos fail to grasp the womb?

There's a long list of options for Ford's 2016 Edge SUV, running the gamut from pragmatic to purely entertaining.

This outlook goes unchallenged because of a perception that environmentalism is a pragmatic solution to purely scientifically - defined problems, and a belief that it can be answered in purely scientific terms.

The fight for funding will not be fought on purely scientific grounds, or pragmatic grounds, or purely political grounds, or «balance the debate» grounds.

Regardless of whether you want to move purely for the job, or you've already got plans to move, the most important thing to remember is to be pragmatic, but sincere in your explanation.