On the other hand, the fact that we can
serve as means to ends can be a good thing if we do not overlook this.
While it's neat to see some of my favorite characters in recent memory come together in pretty HD - cutscenes, the story I was experiencing was paper thin, and only
served as a means to an end so these characters could come together.
Not exact matches
Art can be
as calamitous and vacant if it is just a
means to a self -
serving end.
Indeed, one could argue, following the historian Christopher Shannon, that the agenda of modern cultural criticism, relentlessly intent
as it has been upon «the destabilization of received social
meanings,» has
served only
to further the social trends it deplores, including the reduction of an ever - widening range of human activities and relations
to the status of commodities and instruments, rather than
ends in themselves.
The president of the Student Government Association
serves as «master of ceremonies,» the president of the college makes comments, and there are two faculty and two student speakers, who are
as likely
to offer reflections on the year just
ending as to address them - selves
to questions of value and
meaning.
Second, epistemologically speaking, Bergson
means by «matter» the way in which the intellect approaches all things (whether vital or inert)
as if they were simply the sums of their parts — parts that are subject
to being disassembled and re-assembled in any order whatsoever
to serve the abstract
ends of the intellect itself or the purposes of the organism that intellect
serves.
It
means penetrating them in such a way
as to be able
to instruct the world concerning its purpose of
serving human need, concerning its original foundation and the
end toward which it moves.
When we consider our wealth and economic practices — even the
means we employ
to accomplish good
ends —
as peripheral
to the kingdom, we are ignoring Jesus» warning that it is impossible
to serve God and mammon.
BioPure Bravo Probiotic, Colostrum Suppositories
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In the
end I suppose Speed Highway's setting, with Sonic running from police on roads and through buildings,
served as a better
means to demonstrate his unavoidable haste.
As for the performance tasks meant to compliment (or serve as) the student growth or VAM measure, teachers were discouraged with this being so subjective, and susceptible to distortion because teachers «score their own students» performance tasks at both the beginning and end of the yea
As for the performance tasks
meant to compliment (or
serve as) the student growth or VAM measure, teachers were discouraged with this being so subjective, and susceptible to distortion because teachers «score their own students» performance tasks at both the beginning and end of the yea
as) the student growth or VAM measure, teachers were discouraged with this being so subjective, and susceptible
to distortion because teachers «score their own students» performance tasks at both the beginning and
end of the year.
That could
mean the technology will appear on a high -
end luxury flagship, such
as the Cadillac LTS sedan featured in our Sneak Preview issue that will
serve as Cadillac's answer
to the Mercedes S - Class.
Really, a car like this is first and foremost
meant to serve as a boulevard cruiser, which brings us
to the C300 at the other
end of the spectrum.
While the
end of September
serves as a reminder
to download any of the free titles from this month which you may have forgotten about, it also
means a new selection of titles will soon be available for Xbox Live Gold members.
Instead of the abstract level design
serving solely
as the
means to an
end, Rayman 2's worlds are designed
as believable, living areas that the player must work through.
Being somewhat limited in my freedom
to be entertained
as a kid, for many years of my life, gaming
served as a diverse
means of escape for me away from the trappings of a mostly mundane, repetitive life, at the
end of the school day I would often think
to myself «alright... so what are some of the good things that I have
to look forward
to when I get home...», one of the first things that I would do
as soon
as I got home after school was play FINAL FANTASY on PlayStation, I would eagerly walk home
as quickly
as I could just so that I could continue playing from the part where I had last left off the day before,
as pathetic
as this may come across, I can confidently say that many of the happiest moments that I have had in my life have been while being utterly enthralled by the developments in the games, I think that reminiscing about aspects of a video game with great fondness is a hallmark of an impactful form of entertainment, I would often be so «in the zone» while playing that anything aside from what was taking place on the screen would become completely null and void in my mind
to the point where I forget that I was playing a video game, even though I did not live the events of the game, I can emphatise with them
as if I had, that is the sort of impact that the emotional depth of the story, the characters, the music, the design and the overall world of the series have had on me, what appeals the most
to me is that FINAL FANTASY allows us the luxury of divorcing ourselves of our current reality
to assume that of a world of fantasy for a precious moment in time, which is a sentiment that makes me wish that our world
as whole had a little more «FINAL FANTASY» within it so
as to make us all want
to wake up
as soon
as possible
to enjoy another day
Donald Moffett is a New York — based artist known for working across artistic categories and media on carefully produced, thoughtfully considered, and visually stunning works that
serve as means to often political or social
ends.
But if the goal of climate policy is
to serve as a «Trojan horse»
to get at other issues, like sprawl and gridlock (among other causes), then there is a misalignment of
ends and
means, which often leads
to ineffective or just bad policy.
Even ignoring the offensive work of the Heritage Foundation, ALEC, and other Koch front groups, the recent focus on Latino and Hispanic voter outreach is clearly a self -
serving political tactic, where broadly - defined groups of people are used
as a
means to an
end.
Term insurance is
meant to serve as a safety net if you die prematurely, and most term policies reach the
end of their «term» (rate guarantee period) before age 80.
Along with
serving as a platform for
end users
to watch shows, Watch is also
meant to help creators and publishers find an audience for their content, build a community, and earn money.The additional section would be the first standalone news product for national news in Watch.
The article describes the group formed by leading South Jersey family law attorneys, including Borger and Matez,
to assist New Jersey families with the Collaborative Divorce (CD) option —
meaning divorces that involve a team effort by specially trained lawyers, financial advisors and mental health experts
serving as divorce coaches or child experts — all designed
to end a marriage in a non-adversarial, dignified, and private way on terms that work for that particular family without going
to court for a judge publicly
to make those decisions for the people and their children.