Not exact matches
Worse, voluntarily makes poor
choices that run counter to reason and actual goal achievement, with the ultimate
result of human annihilation, to no purpose except machine contrarianism.
But Hell is not a creation, just a
result — not a
result of creative will, but
of human choices, based on the delusion that we can do better than God.
69 The biblical interpretation
of human history rejects the pathetic (the pain caused by unthinking natural evil) and the tragic (a conscious
choice of evil for the sake
of good) for the ironic (evil
resulting from man's wrong use
of his unique capacities).
A large part
of the misunderstanding between clergy and theologians on the one hand and economists on the other is simply the
result of their different focus on
human choice.
On the one hand, I've heard that evil exists because
of human choice and that suffering is the
result of rebellion against God, but on the other, I've been told that fallen
humans have no
choice but to sin because it is inherent to their nature, and God sovereignly allows suffering to continue.
The fact is that collective
human choices have
resulted in a world
of haves and have - nots — where the impact
of natural disasters and disease will very much depend on where you are born in the world.
Mayim Bialik, best know for her roles as «Blossom» and «Amy» in the Big Bang Theory, who holds a PH.D if Neuroscience and is the recent author
of «Beyond the Sling», mentioned that while in graduate school studying the hormones
of human attachment as part
of her thesis, she started seeing the
results of these kinds
of parenting
choices.
When relating the
results of animal studies to
human infants, important factors to consider include the
choice of animal species for study, the stage
of development (eg, prenatal or postnatal), and the duration and severity
of deficiency or excessive intake.
These
results indicate that selection
of the correct
choice was by chance alone and are consistent with the conclusion that, under these experimental conditions,
humans are unable to discriminate acetophenone from perdeuterated acetophenone.
Given the mixed
results and the high cost
of subcutaneous injection
of human recombinant GH therapy, a more natural approach to maintaining youthful health and vigor is to employ lifestyle
choices that optimize the endogenous production
of GH.
As a
result, she was held out
of our Adoption Program for one week in order to build her confidence through a lot
of praise and rewards whenever she made «brave
choices» such as soliciting affection from
humans, walking through doorways, etc..
I won't try for a complete definition
of this world view (read Ayn Rand for that), but in this context it
results in desperate objections to the concept
of an environment that might bite back when over-stressed by the net effects
of human personal
choices (or at least the current ones being made by these folks).
Among those who care about cutting the chances that
humans will propel sustained and disruptive changes in the climate and oceans, this reality still tends to
result in two mindsets: Raise public will to accelerate deployment
of today's relatively costly non-polluting energy
choices (both renewable and nuclear) or press for intensified and sustained investments and policies that can spur energy innovation.
A certain amount
of continued warming
of the planet is projected to occur as a
result of human - induced emissions to date; another 0.5 °F increase would be expected over the next few decades even if all emissions from
human activities suddenly stopped, 11 although natural variability could still play an important role over this time period.12 However,
choices made now and in the next few decades will determine the amount
of additional future warming.
Langdon & Emison represented the plaintiff in Baker v. General Motors, a landmark lawsuit
resulting in a unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, where for the first time evidence was admitted into court proving an automaker's deliberate
choice of profits over
human safety.
Faced with two alternative constructions
of native title, one
resulting in the inevitable extinguishment
of native title in a piecemeal fashion, the other
resulting in the suspension
of native title rights for the duration
of the conflicting interest in land, the court should be guided in its
choice by contemporary international
human rights principles
of equality and non-discrimination.
By definition the right to self - determination is «an ongoing process
of choice for the achievement
of human security and fulfilment
of human needs» [3] and realising the right to self - determination
results in «the freedom
of indigenous peoples to live well, and to live according to our values and beliefs».