Sentences with phrase «social consequences for»

Further, if a woman became pregnant through a nonconsensual encounter, she may be motivated to label it as not rape because of the social consequences for her / her child; I can not imagine how difficult it might be to tell a child that her or his father was a rapist.
The penalties imposed — arrest, imprisonment, and family separation — create negative health and social consequences for women and society.
In addition to jail time, fines, and restitution you may also suffer certain civil and social consequences for your crime.
Why is it that these clueless know - it - alls who are pushing (as in drug pushers) all digital / all the time wifi «learning» haven't the slightest concern for what may be the short - term and long - term adverse physical, emotional, and social consequences for America's children, and particularly for America's most vulnerable children — those living in extreme poverty, those with the whole panoply of neurological / cognitive / sensory disorders, and those from non-English speaking families.
The enduring and powerful sense of what it means to be Scottish may, in many respects, be a construct of sentimental depictions of the place, but — regardless of whether it is based on ancestry, a love of the real place or on Braveheart and shortbread tin imagery — the diaspora's relationship with Scotland does have real economic and social consequences for the nation.
Should the course you follow be exactly the same regardless of whether (1) you are loved in return, (2) the marriage is a good one, (3) there are children, (4) the children, if any, are small / grown up, (5) the emotional and social consequences for all concerned parties will probably be devastating, (6) you stand a good chance of losing your job if you interfere in the marriage, or (7) you / the wife accidentally becomes pregnant?

Not exact matches

Social Capital CEO Palihapitiya speaks with CNBC's Jon Fortt about the unintended consequences of technological progress and what it means for companies and societies.
The economist, who won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2001, points to income inequality as a key consequence for global social unrest.
It's a way out for them to get out of social situations they don't feel comfortable in, while allowing them to not have to suffer consequences or answer a million questions about where they were or what was going on.
For example, if Canadians considered more closely the environmental and social consequences of harvesting the oilsands, they might go about it differently than if they simply considered how much Alberta's economy will grow by exporting oil to the U.S..
«What are the social consequences if our payments system goes down for any length of time?
Governments, activists, and the media have become adept at holding companies to account for the social consequences of their actions.
«The social, economic and political consequences of this impending energy crisis should not be underestimated,» the U.N. special coördinator for the Middle East peace process, Nickolay Mladenov, warned last month, about the Gaza crisis.
All of this material provides a rich background for a treatment of the political, social, moral, and personal consequences of attitudes toward suffering in the contemporary world.
The destruction of the voting assemblies of the eastern cities, which came about as a consequence of their inclusion in the empire, effectively left competition in the practice of benefactions as the only means by which the civic elites could compete for power in their localities; and success in this was dependent upon attaining the patronage of the man who sat at the top of the social pyramid.
Medium - term changes, like the general opening of the market, be it the market for goods or services, in particular financial services etc, or even the labour market, all of these are accelerating the transformation of the system and the transformation of capitalism and they are having significant social consequences in all regions of the world.
However, drastic attempts to curb the population explosion, such as very strict forms of birth control and clinical abortion, do not offer any simple solution, for they have alarming social consequences.
... The consequences, positive or negative, of decisions of a principally cultural or political nature in relation to the family touch upon the various areas of the life of a society and a country» (Pope Francis, Message to participants in the 47th Social Week for Italian Catholics, 13 September 2013).
Still, the case against teleological ethics may here offer this response: Granting the difference between direct and indirect applications, this yields only the familiar distinction between «act - teleology» and «rule - teleology, «3 is problematic for the following reason: Social practices or patterns of social cooperation can not be validated teleologically without a comparative assessment of the good and evil consequences differing possible systems of rules or norms (for instance, differing sets of rights) are likely, if adopted, to prSocial practices or patterns of social cooperation can not be validated teleologically without a comparative assessment of the good and evil consequences differing possible systems of rules or norms (for instance, differing sets of rights) are likely, if adopted, to prsocial cooperation can not be validated teleologically without a comparative assessment of the good and evil consequences differing possible systems of rules or norms (for instance, differing sets of rights) are likely, if adopted, to produce.
In challenging process theology to state explicitly that God sides with the oppressed, and to do so in a way that does not rule out the possibility of righteous counterviolence, I understand Jones to be challenging process theology to explicate the social - ethical consequences of accepting certain metaphysical truths in order that black theology might measure its ethical content against the needs of the struggle for liberation.
But man, the moment society does something as mild as legalize something they don't like, with mild (and purely social) consequences for opposing that something... they flip out.
Injustices, the demand for privileges, arbitrariness, prejudice, exclusiveness — all of the forms of oppressive behavior in which individual freedom and worth are denied — are a consequence either of deliberate self - seeking or of absolutizing limited goods, such as membership in a particular social class, nation, or family.
Social order can descend into social chaos very quickly, with its own disastrous consequences for the future of humSocial order can descend into social chaos very quickly, with its own disastrous consequences for the future of humsocial chaos very quickly, with its own disastrous consequences for the future of humanity.
Jacques Ellul in his many writings is one theorist who takes seriously the idea that there is ideology inherent in technology with the consequence that the adoption of particular technologies has implications for social and religious meaning and expression.
These initiatives, in turn, may well represent responses to broader social conditions; and their consequences may be for the most part unforeseen and even undesired.
Some felt that social concern was the consequence of forsaking the old - fashioned gospel and that it spelled ruin for the nation.
And when such ambiguities have consequences for the distribution of social resources, acute struggles may be set in motion to determine how they are resolved.
This example suggests that Christian missions are better seen as a translation movement, with consequences for vernacular revitalization, religious change and social transformation.
Christian missions are better seen as a translation movement, with consequences for vernacular revitalization, religious change and social transformation.
Here, then, is the distinctive task of Christian social philosophy: to raise in every social order the question, «What is its consequence for the community of mutuality among men?»
It may seem that to emphasize the pervasive operation of the Holy Spirit, as well as to stress the Spirit's focal action in the life of Jesus and its consequences, will in the end reduce men and women to mere automatons used by God with no respect for their freedom, their dignity, and their own responsible decisions, without any personal or social human contribution to the process.
Neither Catholic speaker critiqued atheist philosophies and the dehumanising consequences they engender, the loss of freedom, hope and social cohesion, and the violence that often characterises not just Marxist atheism but humanist secularism, as in the French Revolution, for example.
The social consequences of these developments are even more severe for dependent countries that are directly affected by the financial crisis and are subjected to the dictates of the IMF's adjustment plans.
Discussing the language of war, Aldous Huxley focused on the word «force»: «The attempt to secure justice, peace and democracy by «force» seems reasonable enough until we realize, first, that this non-committal word stands, in the circumstances of our age, for activities which can hardly fail to result in social chaos; and second, that the consequences of social chaos are injustice, chronic warfare and tyranny» (The Olive Tree [Harper & Row, 1937]-RRB-.
They do not accept responsibility for the social consequences of what they make or how they make it».
But I believe it was hinted at in the words of a young Cambridge undergraduate who told me that what he and most of his friends aimed at in their sexual behavior were three things: permissiveness, within the range of social decency and acceptance; affection, by which he meant genuine caring and the beginning of real love; and responsibility, which he defined as readiness to stand up and take the consequences for any and every sort of human contact.
(2) The «utopia» of peace and justice (i.e., the expectation of «a new age») is not an ideal construction from which certain consequences are derived for specific situations but, on the contrary, it is the coming together in a vision of the specific struggle of the community to solve the conflicts, contradictions and difficulties that they find in everyday life — political, social, religious, economic.
«The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof (Ps 24:1); this can be carried so far even as to have practical consequences for human social organization, as in the principles underlying the law of Jubilee, that no human being can ever own land outright but must be regarded as a tenant installed by God (Lv 25:1 - 34).
Though predestination was an essential doctrine for the vast majority of Puritans and had consequences both for personal and social life, it can not in itself be counted as one of the central symbols or beliefs that marked Puritan society.
Acceptance of such a theory for existence would have enormous, and I would venture to suggest catastrophic, consequences when it comes to social morality and philosophies of government.
As for the social consequences, they fill me with dread.
It is likely that the social consequences of the drinking problem, i.e., family breakup, job dismissal, rejection by friends and associates, and general social disapproval, are greater for the woman alcoholic who is known as such.
When, therefore, we have recognized that lawlessness is a rampant peril, we must also see close alongside it the multitudes of people who are merely law - abiding, who accept the dead level of general mediocrity as standard, who are no better than the enforced average, and who in consequence are living alike for themselves and for the social welfare utterly unsatisfactory lives.
With growing concerns around the known and unknown consequences of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change on natural systems, food producers are experiencing greater consumer demand for environmental and social credentials as well as various decarbonisation initiatives from governments.
The children of young parents — who tend to be amongst the most disadvantaged — may benefit particularly from a positive relationship with their father: «When young men do not take on the responsibilities of fatherhood, it has serious consequences for the child's development, the mother's resources and consequent social costs» (ESRC 2002).
The attachment relationship acts as a prototype for all future social relationships so disrupting it can have severe consequences.
States should combine a one - year waiting period for married parents seeking a divorce with programs that educate those parents about the likely social and emotional consequences of their actions for their children.
Whether it's an inappropriate post on social media, or a risky decision that doesn't turn out well, there can be serious consequences for their choices.
Timely and appropriate maternal sensitivity to the infant's behaviour is a central component of mother - infant relationships and healthy social and emotional development.20, 21 Maternal depression may disrupt the maternal - child relationship, 22 contribute to maternal failure to respond appropriately to infant signals23 and lead to insecure attachments.24 A mother's failure to respond to the crying infant can have important immediate and lasting consequences for infant development.
Post-partum depression poses substantial adverse consequences for mothers and their infants via multiple direct biological (i.e., medication exposure, maternal genetic factors) and environmental (i.e., life with a depressed mother) mechanisms.8, 9 From the earliest newborn period, infants are very sensitive to the emotional states of their mothers and other caregivers.10, 11 Maternal mood and behaviour appear to compromise infant social, emotional and cognitive functioning.11 - 15 As children grow, the impact of maternal mental illness appears as cognitive compromise, insecure attachment and behavioural difficulties during the preschool and school periods.6,16 - 19
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