Sentences with phrase «seek justification»

Then seek a justification for said data processing post mortem?

Since this can never be wholly justified rationally, we seek justification by identifying our way with the absolute good.

Female believers look to the churches for an affirmation of their roles and their interests, and they naturally seek justification in the scriptures, which provide a vocabulary for public debate.

Sensitive people seek justification for this destruction and robbery.

In seeking our justification for thinking the sun will rise tomorrow, Russell suggests that a reply might first be given in terms of the laws of motion of rotating bodies, such as the Earth.

If they conduct themselves in a confidence from the word they get eaten alive by gossipy nonrepentent pew warmers seeking justification and empathy for lukewarmness.

Strictly speaking, the pattern of Sam's life and his father's is only analogous to the pattern of lives seeking justification by works.

They had been kicked out of the synagogues and sought justification for the founding of a separate Church.

Insofar as it sought justification it was in the phrase - «it is better to marry than to burn» (melius est nubere quam uri)- used by St. Paul in 1 Cor 7:7 - 9.

If your spouse has started to take almost every opportunity to criticize the things that you do and say, this could be an indication that they are seeking justification for the decision they have made in their mind, to end the relationship and seek a divorce.

It has caused its supporters to go ever farther out on the limb seeking justifications for this evil, tragically harmful «idea».

The party seeking justification under s. 1 must bring it within the exceptional criteria stated in Oakes.

For now, Ripple looks to some like an asset that's seeking justification for its valuation.

Not exact matches

Northwest and Ethical Investments, a Toronto firm, may seek a proxy vote to prevent the co-CEOs from also serving as co-chairmen of the board of directors if RIM's board can't provide adequate justification for the governance structure by the end of January.

With unemployment falling steadily through the year, there has been less justification for crisis - era policy, and a sense among policymakers that they could balance the higher rates sought by «hawks» with a slow pace of subsequent increases.

The information sought in the long form census is, of course, far more intrusive and goes far more deeply into the core of the information that a right to privacy is intended to protect, so the justification would have to be greater.

Many recently announced fee - based variable annuity products have sought to lower overall fees and penalties that clients may be held responsible for, developing features that can make the product more valuable to the client (also providing justification for the reasonableness of the fee).

But to what extent are such arguments justified versus simply justification for seeking preferential access to subsidized government finance and other forms of support?

Religion and god is often used as a justification of prohibition and Silences Free Speech and stops humans to seek for real answers.

Seeking a philosophical justification of holism seems to be a much more fruitful strategy than finding incoherences in various philosophies.

Does not the constant effort to find an adequate argument indicate that those who seek it are attempting to rationalize and justify beliefs that have no rational justification?

The Jewish legal system, now left behind, had once been the means by obedience to which he had sought «justification»; now faith — the whole - hearted self - committal of a man to Jesus Christ by which the entire personality is transformed — is the sole ground of any one's acceptance with God.

Accordingly, its necessary conditions include equal freedom for all participants to advance and contest any claim and the arguments for it; the absence of internal coercion in the form of strategic activity or, stated positively, uncompromised commitment on the part of all participants to seek the truth; and the absence of external coercion that might influence the acceptance or contestation of claims (cf. Habermas, Theory 25; Habermas, Justification 31).

Many evangelicals and fundamentalists have sought uncritically to impose revealed norms of religious righteousness on the secular society with little if any justification insofar as how such policies would affect nonbelievers.

Because the individual human subject» Leff's godlet» is the modernist starting point, it seems reasonable to place a heavy burden of justification upon anyone who seeks to restrain the liberty of that subject.

All special knowledge and skill derive meaning and justification from the purposes that persons and societies should seek to promote.

When philosophers ask these questions they are usually seeking normative justifications.

The root of the doctrine of free will is to be found in the Qur» an itself and there is no justification for seeking an external source for it.

Nuclear war's total devastation could have no biblical justification consistent with the command to seek shalom.

I come from a very religious family and left it behind because upon exploring and seeking answers, nothing melded and the lack of evidence for a god piled up to the point where there was no longer justification for believing.

«Neo-orthodoxy» is a term which points to that widespread movement in contemporary Protestant theology which seeks to recover the central theme of the Reformation: justification by faith in the redemption wrought by God in Jesus Christ, as the foundation of the Christian Gospel and of the Church.

Certainly we must recognize the importance of the attempt to keep the moral sense alive even in war, but this method which seeks to distinguish always between a «right» and a «wrong» tends toward the subtle hypocrisy of self - justification.

Justification by faith in the realm of justice means that we will not regard the pressures and counterpressures, the tensions, the overt and covert conflicts by which justice is achieved and maintained as normative in the absolute sense; but neither will we ease our conscience by seeking to escape from involvement in them.

It is for this reason that unlike, say, the doctrine of justification (the subject of ECT's previous statement), the relationship between Scripture and Tradition can not command the «firm agreement» sought by ECT's participants.

Carefully distinguishing the termination of a planned pregnancy from the abortions of «other» women, Christians are seeking theological justification for their decisions to terminate disabled fetuses.

The Reformers» alternative conception of the way of love in the world begins with the insight that the tendency of man is to seek self - justification and to think of ethical perfection as an achievement of human freedom.

The word of God is authored to allow those inclined towards God to find truth and at the same time those who seek to disprove God will find all the justification they need to trash Christ and His followers.

He allows that there can be a pardoning of sexual gratification sought for its own sake within marriage if it contributes to the happiness and security of the marriage state.18 What disturbs us is that Augustine needs to hunt for this pragmatic justification of sexual fulfilment.

Biblical justification is sought: Genesis is used in the reverse.

In the end, the only justification for metaphysical thinking is that it throws light on human experience in its widest and deepest ranges.12 Proof is out of place in speech about God, but we can seek insight where the tradition has left us in confusions and obscurity.

I will waste no more words, then, in abstract justification of my method, but seek immediately to use it upon the facts.

What I * said * if you care to read it, is that, if we were to strictly follow what the bible says, we would have no justification for abolishing slavery and slaves who attempt to follow the bible would not seek their freedom.

Like the doctrine of justification it destroys every false security and every false demand for it on the part of man, whether he seeks it in his good works or in his ascertainable knowledge.

You're just seeking religious justification for your bigotry.

It wasn't followed because the widely recognized militancy of the GW Bush administration sought to re-double the US military machine, and needed justification in the absence of the cold war.

Even as I write this, I know some people will think that these are empty justifications from a fat cat seeking to keep his riches.

«The justification which honourable colleague Members of Parliament sought to provide can not be justified.

«By asserting extraterritorial jurisdiction, the Drip bill could provide unintended justification for such actions by other governments, including those that seek to limit freedom of expression and other human rights online.

Former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that Governor Willie Obiano has nothing to show as a justification to seek second term in office.

This juxtaposition feels like a very calculated move on the part of writer / director Scott Cooper, giving a justification for the past actions of the story's American soldiers and an opportunity for those soldiers to seek forgiveness for those actions.