Sentences with phrase «society you live in at»

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The study looked at living standards, environmental sustainability and protection of future generations from further indebtedness as a way to determine if the economies were including every individual equally in their society.

In fact, 40 % of retirees underestimate life expectancy of people their age by at least five years, according to a study by the Society of Actuaries.

These technologies are driving profound changes impacting industries and business models as well as life, society, and the environment,» said Tim Zanni, Global and U.S. Technology Sector Leader at KPMG in the report.

Ms. Huffington writes about her vision for a society and workplace culture where sleep is prioritized over pushing the limits and burning the candle at both ends in her new book The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time.

«As a society gets richer, its citizens» living standards should rise,» Lane Kenworthy, a sociology and political science professor at Harvard University, contends in a blog post.

Or as Paul Shapiro, vice president of policy at the Humane Society of the United States and author of the forthcoming book Clean Meat, sums up: «It's possible that folks in this field might end up doing more good for animals than what I've done with my life.»

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After all, we live in a society of spin doctors and slanted bias where a taking person at their word is not failsafe, where even longstanding institutions lose our trust as we uncover their darker activities.

In fact, the ideologies of Western society encourage people to live their lives in a way that will prevent them from suffering at alIn fact, the ideologies of Western society encourage people to live their lives in a way that will prevent them from suffering at alin a way that will prevent them from suffering at all.

I believe in government; that men can not live together without rules but that they should be kept at the bare minimum of safety; that there is no form of government ordained from God as being better than any other; that the anarchic elements in society are so strong that it is a whole - time task to keep the peace.

In todays corporate society it is all about selling you something, but we should look at it as a time to be together with friends or family and celebrate our short little lives.

In worship, art, architecture, literature, communal life, language, beliefs, moral values, models of a virtuous life, views of the past, the persistence of an aristocratic culture» in all of these aspects of life, a profound and far - reaching transformation of the society was underway, and the book would have benefited from greater attention to at least some of theIn worship, art, architecture, literature, communal life, language, beliefs, moral values, models of a virtuous life, views of the past, the persistence of an aristocratic culture» in all of these aspects of life, a profound and far - reaching transformation of the society was underway, and the book would have benefited from greater attention to at least some of thein all of these aspects of life, a profound and far - reaching transformation of the society was underway, and the book would have benefited from greater attention to at least some of them.

In fact, there seem to be only two good reasons for letting anyone live at all: one's potential usefulness to society and the capacity of one's death to make another grieve.

Hence, even in this highly complex case, it is the collective agency of the entire structured society or overall field of activity which is at work to support a «thread of personal order» among the living occasions.

Commenting on Whitehead's doctrine of structured societies at the cellular level, John Cobb remarks: «Whitehead at that point was forced to explain the order in the cell in terms of its molecular structure, to which spontaneity was denied, and to explain the life of the cell in terms of the events in its empty space, which he depicted as radically unordered.

It is unliveable at the level of society: hence, in Britain we have a government that lauds the freedom of the individual (and it should be noted in passing, but noted very well, that our present generation of politicians rarely talk of the «human person» or just of the «person», but usually of the «individual») but which has brought in some of the most draconian legislation in Europe designed to control what people say and do on certain issues so that society can proceed in its life as a unity and not just as a mere collection of individuals.

These include: the feeling of deep trust and at - homeness inside oneself, with others, and in the universe; a fundamental respect for self, others, and nature; the ability and the inclination to give and receive love; a lively awareness of the wonder of the commonplace — awe in the presence of a new baby, a sunset, a friendship; a philosophy of life that makes sense and guides decisions toward responsible behavior; a dedication with enthusiasm to the larger good of persons and society.

The Jewish scholar Joseph Klausner, for example, holds that the Pharisees and Sadducees were justified in their attacks on Jesus because he imperiled Jewish culture at its foundations, and that by ignoring everything that belongs to wholesome social life he undercut the work of centuries.2 Others within the Christian tradition have felt considerable uneasiness lest the words of Jesus about nonresistance imperil the civil power of the State, or his words about having no anxiety for food or drink or other material possessions curtail an economic motivation essential to society.

He also knew that very often they were in that situation because the good things in life were taken away from them by those who are powerful in society who amassed for themselves economic, political and cultural supremacy at the expense of others.

Aristotle envisions a common commitment to the virtuous life — or in any case a common conception of what the virtuous life is — as at the heart of political society.

If you are not experiencing opposition in this life as a Christian than you need to take another look at the truth that the Bible and Christ taught... Jesus was a revolutionary figure who opposed the society and people that he lived with... He was not a person who was sugary sweet... and He didn't tell people what they wanted to hear... as Scripture says, the path to heaven is narrow and Few choose it... the road to hell is wide and most are following that path.

christ was beaten and cruxified on a cross bc he preached of being the SON OF MAN, the only what to get to heaven but gays who are living in sin and refuse to repent are accepted at work and everywhere they go and society cheers them on when they get married or when a state recongizes them, and anytime they are killed society comes to their defense, but i say to you, is will not be man that will judge them iw till

This article is adapted from a presentation at a forum on Religion and Public Life sponsored by the American Jewish Committee, the Community Renewal Society in Chicago and DePaul University.

They are angry at the independence that women have achieved in society and blame the advancement of women for their failures in life.

«Religion is an important part of our society, its voice should be heard, but I wouldn't want to live in even a democratic theocracy,» the former prime minister said at the office of his Tony Blair Faith Foundation, which works to promote multifaith understanding.

In the same book Pope John Paul wrote that «a determination on the part of husband and wife to have as few children as possible, to make their own lives easy, is bound to inflict moral damage both on their family and on society at large.»

According to Falwell, Beck's presence at the podium will «continue Liberty's long tradition of Commencement speakers who are making a positive impact on society in all walks of life.»

We live in a society where «sex sells», where in tv, media, magazines, etc. women are seen as something men can use like a tool or plaything for their own pleasure (look at playboy!).

And second is that we live in a society just like our faith teaches us of free will where people can choose to worship or not at all.

I cherish instead the notion that if we could understand not only the sociology and psychology of religion but also the religion of religion; if we could get at the roots of conviction in the lives of profound believers in the open society; if we could combine civility with devotion — if we could do these things, religious forces might retrieve some initiative and offer examples for coexistence in the world of the nations and the military powers.

In its thematization at the 1983 Vancouver Assembly, the phrase integrity of creation was clear in general implication but lacking in exact definition.2 In meetings of the Church and Society Working Committee, the phrase has come to name the intrinsic value that each and every living being has in and for itself as a creature loved by God, and the instrumental value that living beings can have for one another and for God as instances of an evolutionary and web - like creatioIn its thematization at the 1983 Vancouver Assembly, the phrase integrity of creation was clear in general implication but lacking in exact definition.2 In meetings of the Church and Society Working Committee, the phrase has come to name the intrinsic value that each and every living being has in and for itself as a creature loved by God, and the instrumental value that living beings can have for one another and for God as instances of an evolutionary and web - like creatioin general implication but lacking in exact definition.2 In meetings of the Church and Society Working Committee, the phrase has come to name the intrinsic value that each and every living being has in and for itself as a creature loved by God, and the instrumental value that living beings can have for one another and for God as instances of an evolutionary and web - like creatioin exact definition.2 In meetings of the Church and Society Working Committee, the phrase has come to name the intrinsic value that each and every living being has in and for itself as a creature loved by God, and the instrumental value that living beings can have for one another and for God as instances of an evolutionary and web - like creatioIn meetings of the Church and Society Working Committee, the phrase has come to name the intrinsic value that each and every living being has in and for itself as a creature loved by God, and the instrumental value that living beings can have for one another and for God as instances of an evolutionary and web - like creatioin and for itself as a creature loved by God, and the instrumental value that living beings can have for one another and for God as instances of an evolutionary and web - like creation.

Our consciousness at least lives on in the memories of our friends and loved ones and in whatever impact we have made on society...

What is too often missing is the ability to see the recent church - member and dollar depression from the perspective of broader developments in the society at large and from a longer view of the life of the church in this country.

One way of viewing the religious crisis of our time is to see it not in the first instance as a challenge to the intellectual cogency of Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, or other traditions, but as the gradual erosion, in an ever more complex and technological society, of the feeling of reciprocity with nature, organic interrelatedness with the human community, and sensitive attention to the processes of lived experience where the realities designated by religious symbols and assertions are actually to be found, if they are found at all.

Despite adulation and a life in high society, however, Runciman remained personally frugal, a Calvinist rectitude balancing, at times awkwardly, the indulgence of the aesthete.

Laurence Wilkinson from ADF told Premier Christians should pay attention to the case because the right to life as well as protecting the weak and vulnerable in society is at stake.

I do understand why the sight of two homosexuals holding hands at a concert might have turned the stomach of a hardworking, dedicated churchwoman I know who has never in her life committed an act or espoused a position that her family, church, and society at large couldn't warmly approve; still, it's hard to forgive a human revulsion that won't question itself.

If we add to this the sexual activity of young men of the same age, of gay men and lesbian women at a later stage of life, and that of unmarried and divorced heterosexual couples, it becomes clear that the sexual practice of people in our society is quite different from that held to be normative by the traditional teaching of the churches.

The unity movement, a vocally accepted way of life in the 1950s, reached its high point in the early 1960s, at a time when society had a sense of working together.

Sometimes I wonder if perhaps the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous have, at some point in its 76 year history, contained individuals who possessed the ability to do great things — cure cancer, revolutionize politics, or contribute other great things to society — but whose minds became so polluted with AA propaganda that they shut off their own brilliance and chose to spend the rest of their lives «making their sobriety their number one priority» and believing humility to be more valuable than fulfilling their potential and allowing their greatness to shine.

It takes for granted the culture of celebrity and affluence and overlooks the question of whether it is morally possible to live with integrity at any level of material comfort in our industrialized society.

It seems to be clear that the Church in America in our time like Church in any place at any time is deeply influenced in its institutional forms by the political and economic society with which it lives in conjunction.

There is research to show that the rhythm of the lives of adult men and women in our society is determined largely by career patterns at work and expectations of self - fulfillment, especially sexual fulfillment, in their personal lives.

The problem with bisexuality in my life (and I can speak only for myself) is that it has been grounded too much in my utopic fantasy of the way things «ought» to be and too little in the more modest recognition of myself as a participant in this society at this time in this world, in which I have both a concrete desire for personal intimacy with someone else and a responsibility to participate in, even witness to, the destruction of unjust social structures — specifically, the heterosexual box.

There can be little doubt that in civilized societies at the present time the stress is put on living as well as one can in the present moment or for a fairly short future.

Morality is a construct by humans in order for the society in which we are living to operate in an effective and fair (as much as we can make it at the time) manner.

Within that tradition, both in its political and ecclesial expression, authority is a way of ordering power within a community in such a way that, at one and the same time, it supports and augments common beliefs and ways of life and is regularly and harmoniously conjoined with a structure of offices that gives order to the exercise of authority and power within the particular society in question.

«A developmental task is a task which arises at or about a certain period of the life of an individual, successful achievement of which leads to happiness and to success with later tasks, while failure leads to unhappiness in the individual, disapproval of society, and difficulty with later tasks» (Robert J. Havighurst, quoted by Duvall, op.

At the same time, we have witnessed the failure of most familiar forms of communality — dramatically so in Eastern Europe, but also in our own society, where a deep cynicism informs all public life and institutions.

I long for a society in which modernity would have its full place but without implying the denial of elementary principles of human and familial ecology; for a society in which the diversity of ways of being, of living, and of desiring is accepted as fortunate, without allowing this diversity to be diluted in the reduction to the lowest common denominator, which effaces all differentiation; for a society in which, despite the technological deployment of virtual realities and the free play of critical intelligence, the simplest words — father, mother, spouse, parents — retain their meaning, at once symbolic and embodied; for a society in which children are welcomed and find their place, their whole place, without becoming objects that must be possessed at all costs, or pawns in a power struggle.