Sentences with phrase «voluntary choice of»

The International Court of Justice notes in its Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara, the essential requirement for self - determination is that the outcome corresponds to the free and voluntary choice of the people concerned.

Their consignment to territory beyond the Jordan and to the south of Israel is etiologically explained and justified in the story of Lot's voluntary choice of that area (13).

On the basis on her frankly Jeffersonian reading of the early church, she concludes, «Our secularized western idea of democratic society owes much to that early Christian vision of a new society — a society no longer formed by the natural bonds of family, tribe, or nation, but by the voluntary choice of its members.»

«The Wisdom of Solomon» in the Apocrypha — although Solomon did not write it — is everlastingly right when it says that the beginning of wisdom is «the desire of discipline,» the love of it, the voluntary choice of it, the discovery that self - discipline is the highway to everything that makes life worth living.

In the past, however, decisions on whether or not to undergo genetic testing have been the voluntary choices of individuals.

Not exact matches

FREE WILL: 1: voluntary choice or decision 2: freedom of humans to make choices that are not determined by prior causes or by divine intervention

But somehow the humourless church soon thought that Jesus was teaching about not getting genitals cut of but commending the voluntary choice to reject the creation commands by staying unmarried with genitals intact.

The voluntary educational programs are multi-pronged: They promote wiser relationship and marriage choices among less - educated youth, help engaged couples approach marriage realistically, assist married couples overcome the vicissitudes of life together, and work with cohabitating couples aspiring to marriage to achieve that goal.

The model we should be using is rather that of action which issues from free choice, the voluntary action of an intelligent agent.

Under the circumstances, we can only suppose that David's evacuation of the capital, Jerusalem, before Absalom's advance from Hebron in the south (a shrewd choice by Absalom: it was from Hebron that David had earlier moved the capital) must have been voluntary and, we suspect, imposed by the king arbitrarily upon a strongly disapproving Joab and army, and indeed the whole of David's staff.

If the scope of morally responsible freedom were reduced so that a free wrong choice would not be very damaging, its value as voluntary love would be correspondingly reduced.

Indeed, Dr. Gerald C. Davison, who developed and popularized the «orgasmic reorientation» technique, recently disavowed his own treatment, calling upon behavior therapists to «stop engaging in voluntary therapy programs aimed at altering the choice of adult partners.»

In a postmodern world that seems to know and acknowledge no motivations other than money, the will to power, and «choice,» perhaps among those disciplined ecclesiological and communal virtues might be voluntary poverty, obedience, and stability of life.

In the U.S., we removed full - calorie sodas during the school day and replaced them with a range of low - and no - calorie, smaller - portion choices as part of our industry's voluntary School Beverage Guidelines.

The beverage industry's voluntary commitment to make calories more visible and useful to consumers supports First Lady Michelle Obama's efforts to help families make informed choices as part of an active, healthy lifestyle.

Implementation of the Healthier Choice Logo is voluntary.

Participation in these requests is completely voluntary and with each request you will have the choice of whether or not to participate and disclose information.

In a letter to Thames Valley Police, Tory councillor Simon Dudley spoke of «aggressive begging» and claimed that some rough sleepers had rejected help from local services and were therefore making «a voluntary choice».

As for eligibility, the recommendations are that one must be over 18, and have a diagnosis of terminal illness; the choice must be entirely voluntary and not influenced by others.

«The choice comes down to a voluntary system... or a comprehensive compulsory system where we cover the cost of care.»

As an alternative, you could look for paid employment as a research assistant, or voluntary work; either of these could give you more choice to study within your preferred area of research.

The report also indicates that controlled choice — a type of voluntary desegregation that allows parents some choice about which schools their children will attend — and other desegregation efforts benefit minority students.

Attitudes: support for diversity (racial integration), a perception of inequity (that the public schools provide a lower quality education for low - income and minority kids), support for voluntary prayer in the schools, support for greater parent influence, desire for smaller schools, belief in what I call the «public school ideology» (which measures a normative attachment to public schooling and its ideals), a belief in markets (that choice and competition are likely to make schools more effective), and a concern that moral values are poorly taught in the public schools.

We need to learn from the contagious successes of outstanding public schools and choice programs like the Amistad Academy in Connecticut, the Green Dot schools in California, and the voluntary interdistrict transfer program in St. Louis.

District schools also could be chosen when families participate in open enrollment or inter-district choice programs, which allow students in one school district to attend schools in another, often as part of a voluntary desegregation strategy.

I think you suggest that you think that selection bias is a good thing because you think some sort of voluntary choice needs to be a part of the analysis.

In most of these programs, there is negligible state control; families are trusted to make choices, and participating schools are indirectly held accountable for results via the voluntary decisions of parents.

A small school of choice also engenders a voluntary community that comes together over strong ties and shared values.

Tax credit scholarship programs utilize voluntary, private contributions - encouraged through tax credits - to fund scholarships for children to attend the private school of their choice.

These programs utilize voluntary, private contributions — encouraged through tax credits — to fund scholarships for children to attend the private school of their choice.

«If the Trump Administration is seriously committed to a full range of choice, the fact is that most choice programs usually stratify students by race and that this small program to help school districts create voluntary programs to support integrated schools, which have very well documented benefits and many families desire, and should be part of true choice.»

The SIG grant was also used to provide extra tutoring for students and to develop a voluntary Saturday school, where students could pursue their topic of choice.

The resulting settlement called for expanded (voluntary) participation in the «Open Choice» system (previously known as «Project Concern») and the formation of additional, public charters and themed magnet schools within Hartford open to students from both Hartford proper and the suburbs.

User information is collected on a voluntary basis to be used by EdChoice for communicating school choice news, publications and other items of interest from time to time.

To facilitate student voluntary reading, students need access to reading materials that allow for their choice of reading materials.

This was done in hopes of developing a method for voluntary choice that would put a stop to the unfair treatment of families in the south county neighborhoods (DeBray 2007).

It's really uncool to appropriate the struggles of minorities to describe a voluntary choice to get 70 % royalties on digital books.

By adopting voluntary standards throughout the industry, we will protect the animals entrusted in our care, challenge the small minority of substandard breeding facilities to raise their standards of care, and ensure consumers have reliable choices.

Prof Severinghaus, it would be valuable to many of us if you would expand upon your thoughts and reactions at the time of 2004 - 5, not through any pressure from here, but as a voluntary act of your choice.

It is important to note that the voluntary part of voluntary simplicity is to emphasize that some of us have the luxury of choice in the practice of simplicity, as opposed to people who have no choice because they live in poverty.

Some Muslim women emphasise that it is a choice, that perhaps at a certain point in their lives they feel ready for it: they do not see it as an imposition by their religion, but a voluntary way of showing their adherence.

The reason is that the parent hasn't lost income due to a willful and voluntary choice; the loss of income was involuntary, and Nevada law only allows imputation of income in cases where a parent is willfully (meaning, by choice) underemployed or unemployed.

Individuals who are not auto - enrolled (e.g., self - employed and others), or who have opted out, may voluntary join the VRSP of their own choice.

The Court disagreed and noted that individuals often have no choice but to disclose personal details to their cellular provider: «This is not a voluntary disclosure in a typical sense; it can only be avoided at the price of not using a cellphone».

The rankings reflect policies and institutions supportive of personal choice, voluntary exchange, free competition, and security of private property.

However, the FOA's explicit invitation to single - method sites and its emphasis on FAMs seem to open the door to ideologically motivated entities, such as antiabortion counseling centers, whose approach would actively undermine the Title X tenets of ensuring women's contraceptive choices are voluntary and free from coercion.

It would offer much greater financial independence and freedom of choice for individuals between work and leisure, education and caring while recognizing the huge value of unpaid and voluntary work.

Self - determination is defined as «the act of coming to a voluntary, uncoerced decision in which each participant makes free and informed choices as to process, decisions, and outcome.»