Sentences with phrase «reasoning about human nature»

Both the left and the right want to find a form of discourse free from much theoretical reasoning about human nature.

Not exact matches

But it is one thing to state that all human beings have some access to God's law within and through human nature, quite another to expect natural law theories based on reason alone to persuade others about contested moral issues in a context where such theories are stripped of their foundations in God as creator, lawgiver, and judge.

The reason for this flexibility of method is not a desire to be «liberal» either in the sense of an optimistic vision of human nature in general or in the more restrictive methodological sense of being optimistic about the power of one's critical tools.

This presumption flatters the complacency of the modern mind, and prevents us from seeing the poverty of our current assumptions about reason, nature, and human fulfillment.

But, as I say, much more needs to be included about the nature of the human body and the reasons why the marital context is the morallycorrect context within which sexual intimacy is expressed.

A moment's reflection makes clear the reason for this ubiquity of concern about human nature.

Our deep grammar of discontent: human nature saying infinite sentences about this and that: because & affect — the age of Reasons Why & why not?

Idealism recognizes the presence of evil in history, but it makes a distinction between nature and reason and attributes evil to the body.16 Idealism is complacent about the perils of the freedom of the human spirit, convinced that spirit and rationality are identical and that rationality controls freedom.

We need to make public arguments that touch directly upon the truth about human nature as available to human reason.

living a life of delusion is AWESOME until REALITY BIOTCH slaps you in the face and pops the sheltered bubble of the priveledged happy life you live and heaps misery onto you and your loved ones and all you can do / say / think is... god has a plan... yup a plan to make you suffer for a reason you can't understand... from my VAST knowledge of the world and human nature i know how to make choices that avoid MOST of the misery and suffering the rest of you shlubs endure, can't avoid everything, but instead of wasting time with religious b and s i think about avoiding misery and suffering... 35 years and so far sooooooo goooood...

much like when a country can't divulge highly classified information publicly for obvious economic and military reasons, a professional soccer organization must keep certain things in - house so they don't devalue a player, expose a weakness, provide info that could give an opposing club leverage in future negotiations and / or give them vital intel regarding a future match, but when dishonesty becomes the norm the relationship between cub and fan will surely deteriorate... in our particular case, our club has done an absolutely atrocious job when it comes to cultivating a healthy and honest relationship with the media or their fans, which has contributed greatly to our lack of success in the transfer market... along with poor decisions involving weekly wages, we can't ever seem to get true market value for most of our outgoing players and other teams seem to squeeze every last cent out of us when we are looking to buy; why wouldn't they, when you go to the table with such a openly desperate and dysfunctional team like ours, you have all the leverage; made even worse by the fact that who wouldn't want to see our incredibly arrogant and thrifty manager squirm during the process... the real issue at this club is respect, a word that appears to be entirely lost on those within our hierarchy... this is the starting point from which all great relationships between club and supporters form... this doesn't mean that a team can't make mistakes along the way, that's just human nature, it's about how they chose to deal with these situations that will determine if this relationship flourishes or devolves..

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Probably not, but think about it — these miraculous fruits given to us by nature resemble the human breast for a reason.

The researchers, who published their work online November 5 in Nature, are now investigating just how long the improvement might last and how deep sleep affects memory — for some reason, humans begin to lose the ability to sleep deeply around 40 years of age, at about the same time that memory begins to decline.

The notion of family is seminal in human genetics for many reasons: the inheritance and genetic basis of traits is discerned from family patterns; arguments about heritability and nature versus nurture are derived from studies of family relationships; population genetic structure and social diversity are determined by patterns of mate choice; genetic information is typically delivered in the context of families.

What we know about human nature and human reasoning makes such a selective identification of origin implausible, IMO.

The reason we care about that is because that's ultimately what causes some of the largest impacts on humans and nature and so it's what people care about and what people are therefore willing to spend money on to try to avoid.

Discover more about human nature, child development, and the hidden reasons behind your child's misbehaviours.

Folk psychology offered simple, direct explanations of our ability to predict other people's behavior using everyday reasoning and basic assumptions about human nature.