Sentences with phrase «rather than justice»

It represents an injustice, rather than justice that an injured father who lost 12 months of wages because of his injury will only get 9 months wages back, or that an injured person will only get part of her medical bills paid for because she had to pay for part of her own legal bill out of her compensation.

So reform would not encourage «those looking for profit rather than justice», to borrow the words of Ken Clarke.

Almost all of them are designed after their comic book counterparts, rather than Justice League or Suicide Squad.

Your children will not only fight less, but will learn to feel compassion and to get along without winners and victims, seeking peace rather than justice.

But... the call for reparations opens itself up to a charge of willful forgetfulness so massive that resentment, anger, and bitterness, rather than justice, will (I fear) be its real legacy.

But to the extent that it ignores the finger Lincoln points at the Civil War — to the extent that it forgets the decimation of a generation of young Americans at the beginnings of manhood; to the extent that it forgets the windrows of corpses at Shiloh, the odor of death in the Wilderness, the walking skeletons of Andersonville, 623,000 dead all told, not to mention the interminable list of those crippled, orphaned, and widowed whose pensions became the single largest bill paid by the federal government for the following half - century; to the extent that it ignores how the war cost the United States $ 6.6 billion, rocketed the national debt from $ 65 million to $ 2.7 billion, retarded commodity growth for the next thirty years, and devalued its currency — then the call for reparations opens itself up to a charge of willful forgetfulness so massive that resentment, anger, and bitterness, rather than justice, will (I fear) be its real legacy.

Not exact matches

Uber's loss follows an earlier one last year where the Luxembourg - based Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) classified the company as a transport service rather than a digital one, which stripped it of protections against undue national regulation that digital services enjoy under EU law.

In a new twist, the U.S. Justice Department successfully pushed for the parent companies — rather than subsidiaries — to enter the guilty pleas.

Amending Title VII's scope, Justice argues, should be «directed to Congress rather than the courts.»

FBI agents on the case expected that Petraeus would be asked to resign immediately rather than risk the possibility that he could be blackmailed to give intelligence secrets to foreign intelligence agencies or criminals... [T] he FBI, Justice Department, and the White House held off on asking for Petraeus» resignation until after the election... FBI agents on the case were aware that such a decision had been made to hold off on forcing him out until after the election and were outraged.

While it's true the U.S. doesn't have a board of auditors structure, wouldn't it be refreshing if boards pursued justice for their stakeholders themselves rather than forcing shareholders to do so on behalf of the company?

«I would suspect the «know your customer» they're doing on their ad purchasers is probably driven more by what information they need for internal business purposes and to best sell ads rather than to satisfy information requests from any third parties, such as the Federal Election Commission, the Department of Justice, etc..»

On Nov. 16, the U.S. Justice Department's new antitrust chief, Makan Delrahim, said in a speech that he favored divestitures rather than behavioral remedies to address antitrust concerns in takeover situations.

Moreover, in Europe, Italy's new Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has taken a different tack than his French neighbors by acknowledging that sustainable growth does not come from government spending programs but rather from policies such as labor market flexibility, job training and simplification of Italy's archaic civil justice system.

In recent weeks, racial justice activists and civil rights groups have noted that gun violence in black communities, rather than inspiring reform legislation or prompting national outcry, is often framed as the result of black people being unable to control themselves.

Justice Gascon considered that the appeal should have been resolved on the basis of the doctrine of interjurisdictional immunity rather than on the basis of the pith and substance doctrine.

Rather than attacking constitutional «originalism» and its highest - profile proponent - Justice Antonin Scalia - by name, Souter aimed his jabs at what he called the «fair reading model» of constitutional jurisprudence.

We need a functional standard of orthodoxy: one supple enough to do justice to the sorts of nuances Griffiths introduces, but one real enough to help us understand when theological speculation, novelty, and critique undermine rather than enrich the faith of the Church.

Perhaps these two, rather than Mr. Bettencourt, should be put on the Justice Department's «watch list» of people to be kept out of the country.

Here you are putting the blame on al Islamic branches for one Islamic branch although the as branches contradict each other and they are always in disputes among them and that's was the reason they became branches rather than one Islam so really it is not fear to hold all at guilt for one misbehave or abuse... nor it is fair to address the whole Islam belief, Quran and Prophet of God for the fault of ones or few that are not in the right track of Islam being the religion of peace and justice to mankind..

The faith of the West too easily devolves into philosophical rationalization about divine Justice, rather than faith in the covenantal relationship with a just and loving God.

i rather struggle in equality and justice than live in power and abuse the rest... but that kind of morality seems to be misread in your book... so sad that it is preached in it, but not followed...

That cartoon may be theologically correct, but many of the fundamentalists that I have met are more interested in seeing those that they judge to be «sinners» go to hell rather than heaven to satisfy their concept of Divine justice.

Governmental indifference to contraception was soon construed to imply governmental indifference to abortion, via the misconstrual of abortion as a matter of sexual privacy rather than as a matter of public justice; and the «right to abortion» soon became a defining issue in our politics.

If just - war theory is in poor repute today it is because it has been pressed into service to justify war rather than to prevent or restrain it; rather than being used to advance the cause of peace or justice, the theory has often provided a quickly accessible patina of moral justifiability to disguise aggression and expansionist policy.

For the people to ignore justice and oppress the alien, and then to turn to the temple of Yahweh for salvation is to trust in a lie rather than in the true God of Israel (Jer.

The poor have reappeared in most countries, and governments have become instruments of the rich and powerful working to advance their interests, rather than seeking justice for the poor and weak.

How challenging it is to even want to pray for one's enemies rather than strike a win for justice in the battle of the moment.

They want some big splashy teaching, like for instance — a course in miracles, rather than putting into practice in very practical ways with the people around them what the Isaiah says God requires (i.e. — love, patience, prayer, meditation, hopefulness, justice, etc).

The particular mechanisms employed depend on circumstances of history, geography, and culture, and decisions about them can be made responsibly only by taking account of man's acquisitive propensities, his need for rational order, his longing for freedom, and his sense of justice — in short, by relying on an integral rather than a truncated conception of human nature.

It seems that, in the midst of black Christian outcry in 2013, the majority of white Christians pressed the snooze button on racial justice, sleepwalking into their churches where an individualistic gospel that doesn't call them to say or do anything about racial injustice is preached, where white culture, rather than Christ, reigns supreme, and where the problems and perspectives of black people are ignored.

The politicians rule us, rather than represent us, and the justice system has been replaced by a legal system wherein the judges and lawyers play games at the expense of the taxpayers.

This interpretation of the cross as a permanent fact rather than a mythological event does far more justice to the redemptive significance of the event of the past than any of the traditional interpretations.

The tragedy is that, even with the best of intentions, our egoistic narcissism (falling excessively in love with ourselves rather than a Divine [or even a human] Other blinds us to justice which is the minimum requirement for love.

Rather than setting us loose in a sea of uncertainty and relativism, the Bible becomes a book which spurs imagination, dialogue, critical thinking, discernment, reason, intelligence, compassion, justice, and mercy.

As far as justice for the victims, society failed them rather than a University.

On the positive side: heroes increasingly display astute minds to match their muscles — or even as substitutes for physical strength; also, fighters for justice frequently work in teams rather than as lone operatives.

He thinks he has an answer: those who would constitute that muscle are off reading Hauerwas, busy making the world the world, rather than working for justice.

If we hope for justice rather than mercy at the Last Judgment, we must have a horribly shallow view of God's holiness and of our unholiness.

The Jewish writers of the New Testament introduced the «ecclesiastical attitude» and other distortions that led to what Rauschenbusch calls «ascetic Christianity,» a religious attitude that thinks in terms of heaven, divine intervention, and personal salvation rather than social justice.

But the confluence does raise the question of why this is a Green Bible rather than, say, a Justice Bible.

Since there is no indigenous image of the ministry as reconciling, and since reconciliation suggests a process rather than a conclusion, contemporary models from group dynamics and marriage counseling are helpful in initiating and managing the process, particularly when reconciliation is not possible if both love and justice are to be served.

But equally important is the other pole, the commitment to the welfare of humanity, the commitment to justice, the commitment to peace, the commitment to an environment that promotes life rather than threaten to extinguish it, the commitment to eliminate toxic drugs and nuclear weapons» (A Source Book for the Community of Religions ed.

This may reflect the Christian emphasis on the justice of God being found in the new heavens and earth, rather than in this one.

Each chapter discusses an aspect of the one theme that the central purpose of all education — whether in homes, schools, churches, business organizations, community agencies, or the mass media, and whatever the area of learning, whether science, art, health, or international relations — should be the transformation of persons from the life of self - centered desire to that of devoted service of the excellent, and at the same time the creation of a democratic commonwealth established in justice and fraternal regard rather than in expediency.

Rather than shying away from such a hot - button issue, they found it necessary to talk about the imperative role of Christians in restorative justice and reconciliation.

Religions are as crutches (spiritual aids) the atheist whom having no time for religions (claiming not religious) be at a more advanced spiritual stage than of christians / muslims etc (such not a direspect to muslims christians) but rather bringing some clarity to situation / as justice to the atheist / whom much villified.

Although they've volunteered in order to do something for the poor, their paternalism comes apart when they meet articulate poor people who often believe in God more than they do and who want a world where North - South relations are characterized by justice rather than charity.

We think of heaven as a place where perfect love will render justice unnecessary by showing how impossible it is to achieve in human terms, rather than as the place where the power of love will make justice finally possible.

I knew also that any effort I might make on behalf of justice would be triggered by my own lack of self - esteem and by the painful inclination to identify with the underdog, rather than by the human and sexual impulse to work for justice on the basis of a strong confidence in both myself and the power of God to love.