Sentences with phrase «rather than ideology»

Clearly the important thing is to inform the wider public who may be exposed to the politically - motivated arguments of the denial lobby and misled into thinking their arguments are driven by science rather than ideology.

I believe that educators must be more directly involved in policy - with a foundation based upon pedagogy rather than ideology, as appears to be the case in the current climate.

Whatever one's position on vouchers, however, one idea ought to unify all sides — that the voucher system ought to be driven by data and sound policy principles rather than ideology and intuition.

The President is committed to restoring integrity to science policy, and making decisions on the basis of evidence, rather than ideology.

While it is probably wrong to view voting behaviour too much through an ideological prism (models of electoral behaviour these days tend to be more dominated by voters perceptions of compentence, rather than ideology), throughout the 1980s the left - of - centre vote tended to be split between two parties.

The disaster of the 2003 — 2006 occupation of Iraq lost the Republicans the presumption that they were the party of realism (meaning common sense rather than ideology) and competence in foreign affairs.

Not exact matches

Perhaps those sitting on their wallets might try to understand the dire straights that many are in and volunteer their time and energy to help rather than just denigrate those that believe in a helping hand and put their money and ideology to good use.

This activity has been spurred by the prevailing market ideology, by the concomitant deregulation of the financial markets and the growth of the financial services industry and by the combination of a, fairly sluggish economy with a hot stock market that encourages paper profiteering rather than investment in plant and product.

But these explanations focus on psychological factors rather than providing insight into the institutional contexts in which ideas are actually produced, paid for, brought into contact with an interested audience, enacted in collective rituals, used to mobilize resources against competing ideologies, and embedded in social arrangements.

Regrettably, she does little more than provide us with a reminder of a textbook example of eisegesis (reading «into» the biblical text one's own ideology) rather than exegesis (reading «out of» Scripture with attentiveness to historical and literary context, even if it conflicts with one's own personal views).

American dominance and isolation and perfect security ended with the launching of Sputnik and the rise of a third world with its commitment to neutrality rather than to either communist or capitalist ideologies, and it challenged your notion and mine of this country's manifest destiny to be the city on the hill, the new Eden, the covenanted people — as never before in U.S. history.

The fourth definition is «the doctrines, opinions, or way of thinking of an individual, class, etc.» I used the term «ideology» in its usual, dictionary sense rather than in Strauss» idiosyncratic usage.

But since the theory is presented authoritatively rather than as a tentative system of hypotheses, «theory» seems too weak, and «ideology,» better.

If I understand Wink correctly, the church (and many individual Christians) have adopted the ideologies and methods of the institutions of the world rather than Jesus» ideologies and methods.

I've experienced powerful moments of true community within the church only to have them eventually wrecked and ruined by well - intentioned people trying to turn it into something greater, or packaging it and marketing it for church growth purposes, or inflicting it with pressure to subscribe to a homogenous ideology and lifestyle, or imposing a vision upon it that turns it into an end rather than a thing of beauty in and of itself.

I'm not angry, though I am displeased when people discuss the Bible in a public forum (like the internet) and promote conclusions based on opinion, speculation, and secular ideology, rather than clear reasoning from the Scriptures.

Ideology has replaced vision in the church turning many Chrisitans into «avenging angels» rather than «ministers of reconciliation.»

Rather than the domination of absolute, unchanging truths and ideologies, an appreciation for change and diversity can create an openness toward different perspectives.

What is most unlikely to change is the underlying structure of these cultural interactions: the ideologies and agendas of the churches all originate outside them; the churches play a basically passive role in the cultural drama, as receptors and disseminators rather than as initiators; they «read the signs of the times.»

Scientists oriented toward socialism or Marxism (e.g., Bernal, Needham, Haldane) have complained that within capitalism the direction of science has been determined by corporation profits rather than the public welfare.5 The solutions they offer stress political controls, which run the risk of imposing particular ideologies on the structure of science.

In many instances reconciliation with parents has been facilitated by the more stable life - style and the religious ideology of acceptance rather than confrontation.

I noted that part of the problem is that we have grown so accustomed to using the word «biblical» prescriptively (to mean, «what God wants») rather than descriptively (to mean, «that which is found in the Bible»), we have forgotten that behind every claim to a biblical lifestyle or ideology lies a complex set of assumptions regarding interpretation and application.

Many men in power fail to discern that their privilege is the result of a male - dominated ideology rather than by equal opportunity and fairness.

Their advisers have once again allowed themselves to be influenced by a current «consensus» based on secular - liberal ideology rather than evidence and experience.

If such a solution to the civil religion problem does eventually emerge, a solution based on the common acceptance of certain political values rather than a struggle to the death between different religiopolitical ideologies, it will depend on changes in both the church and the socialist left.

While he admits that Solzhenitsyn has a romantic «conservative view of nations, holding that their allure lies in their «mystical nature,» Mahoney cites considerable evidence indicating that Solzhenitsyn views nations as spiritual and cultural entities rather than racial organisms, as Fascist ideology does.

The implication is that Solzhenitsyn uses prudence rather than abstract ideology to choose the best regime for the circumstances, with the main requirements of good government being constitutional limits on power to prevent crushing tyranny and the promotion of a cultural climate that encourages citizens to develop their souls.

Rather than with «the poor,» these alliances should link us to those groups that are actively opposing the dominant society and its ideology.

But Underwood found his spiritual authority more in the academic ideology of rationalism than in the dark mystery of a crucified Messiah; his final vision is a rather flat social idealism in which the academic world is adulated.

They think rather than dream and dare speak over rather than with another's perceived ideologies.

I love the ideology though, why not concentrate your picks on potential starters rather than practice squad players.

The choice of words may seem odd, but in Communist China at that time people were assumed to have ideologies rather than personalities.

If the general public gets behind an idea based on their own ideology rather than proven data, we can see line movement based on speculation rather than sharp money.

Would you as parents assume that you must have overlaid their baby, as that will be what coroners and medical officials are likely to suggest and at very least, rather than the infant being said to have died from SIDS, the ideology against any and all forms of bedsharing is so popular now that the local coroner will likely call the death a SUID... sudden unexpected infant death suggesting that suffocation can not be ruled out.

It seems that hospital Labor / Maternity wards have come under the influence of ideology rather than evidence.

It's far more associated with economy rather than government, while many of the other words listed above are very much associated with government ideology.

Bringing in ideology usually screws things up because people are pragmatic - they want the government to do its job properly rather than impose its ideas on them.

Ideology leads people to fit problems into pre-existing solutions rather than taking an evidence based approach or learning from past mistakes.

By defining ourselves as a brand around specific policies, rather than on an overarching model of core values and ideology, we ultimately (and some would say inevitably) suffered near fatal electoral wounds after entering the Government.

The pitch sold an idea of the party as a credible and reliable force, stressing competence, common - sense values and a willingness to defend the national interest rather than extreme partisan ideologies.

Today, domination often works through the reproduction of ideologies which shape our identities, our sense of who we are, in order to extract our commitment and discretionary effort rather than to satisfy our interests in experiencing work which is autonomous, free and dignified.

For the Tories, the problem with the scheme they inherited was its emphasis on the integration of Muslims into British society rather than delegitimising the toxic ideologies behind terrorist acts.

Rather than silly Punch and Judy rhetoric about Tories it might be instructive to consider just how far and how destructively New Labour has combined a market ideology (inherited from Thatcherism, although frequently misunderstood) with a preference for social engineering once favoured by what had been the more Statist elements of the Left to create social bullying through rationing, which is what this is all about.

They also say that Corbyn should pledge to be much more rigorous in banning language usage widely seen as anti-Semitic, such as the appropriation by some anti-semites on the left of Zionist as a term of abuse, rather than simply the description of an ideology about the importance of a Jewish homeland.

Also, the biggest liberal concerns about Islamist practices and abuses involve matters that can only be implemented with majority control of the government (e.g. excessive use of corporal punishment in the criminal justice system), but which are much less harmful to non-Muslims, at least, when Muslims can only enforce their ideologies on co-religionists and can only do so via institutions of civil society rather than institutions of coercive government control.

He said he was «sceptical of those who claim to draw the answer to every problem from a loud ideology» and suggested that the government's popularity was about «focus, delivery and hard work» rather than «tacking right or moving left».

So we make the words match the actual ideologies as practiced rather than intellectual definitions.

So what the Republican candidate here needs, as Santorum and Gingrich have demonstrated, are big donors willing to make investments based on ideology rather than actual probability of winning.

«In our country, it's not right when men and women work hard at a full - time job and can't earn enough to make ends meet or support their families, but Congressman Shithead would rather chose Tea Party ideology than help hardworking families,» said Emily Bittner of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

The Big Switch explains how corporate contributions flow to candidates who are in power, rather than candidates of a particular political party or ideology.