Sentences with phrase «with liberal values»

But the problem is more acute for Goldsmith because politically, London is a left - leaning city, with liberal values and a large ethnic minority population.

Not exact matches

The Liberal leader will contrast his «feminism» and the CCB with the retro family values approach of the Conservatives.

While the 20th century will be remembered as the era of failed social humanism, with the fall of communism and a move away from socialistic values, liberal humanism seems to be taking hold in our society.

«The kind on thinking I saw in Saudi Arabia and among the Brotherhood of Kenya and Somalia, is incompatible with human rights and liberal values.

His predominant theme is the rise of a liberal model of civilisation which he traces from Protestantism, with its «rejection of the normative significance of tradition in the field of Christian dogma» (p. 6), followed by the Enlightenment, which placed an absolute value on the individual.

It appears to be on a collision course with the best of our liberal values.

«The kind on thinking I saw in Saudi Arabia and among the Brotherhood of Kenya and Som - alia, is incompatible with human rights and liberal values.

We who are middle - aged may have jogged along, content with those liberal humanist values left to us by preceding ages of faith.

> Actually, it is the liberal Western society which has no qualms about invading, bombing, and destroying > societies that do not comfort with so - called Western «values.»

The usual assertions are (1) that this kind of religion is today on the defensive; (2) that the defensive posture is occasioned by the flourishing of «conservative churches» (although the alleged liberal enervation is also seen in more autonomous terms); (3) that the growth in religious conservatism and conservative churches is itself the result of widespread reaction against «secular humanist» values and against those who hold such values; (4) that our society as a whole has been experiencing a breakdown in moral consensus, a loss of moral coherence somehow connected with a decline in oldline Protestant dominance; and (5) that some or all of these happenings have been quite sudden, so that the early 1960s can be taken as a kind of benchmark — as a time before the fall.

Along with Anthony Appiah and other current writers about the university, she acknowledges the intrinsic value of study (her most recent book on the topic is titled Not for Profit), while ultimately defending the value of liberal arts as essential for social and political progress.

In his more recent writings, he even attempts to combine an ironic sense of the radical contingency of our language, desires, and beliefs, with a strong commitment to liberal political values, such as the need to fight against pain and suffering and the importance of achieving solidarity as members of a community.

The overriding aim of the new black conservatives is to undermine the position of black liberals and replace them with black Republicans, who downplay governmental regulation and stress market mechanisms and success - oriented values in black communities.

While Ogden argues to the existence of an ontic whole as the condition of the possibility of our valuing, it not only can be, but also has been argued with similar care that such a reality, understood as the supreme instance» of that «comprehensive moral principle» required to account fully for human evaluation is thereby likewise necessarily presupposed by such evaluation (Franklin I. Gamwell, Beyond Preference: Liberal Theories of Independent Associations [Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984], chap.

«Instead of attracting a younger, more open - minded demographic with these changes,» Douthat wrote, «the Episcopal Church's dying has proceeded apace... Practically every denomination — Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian — that has tried to adapt itself to contemporary liberal values has seen an Episcopal - style plunge in church attendance.

Demopolis is a stimulating and even provocative thought experiment that successfully highlights the value of democracy, whether or not rule by the people is fused with a liberal order.

Liberal Protestants and secularists furthermore agreed that the scientific age bad brought with it higher - level moral principles that could form the basis for a consensus of values that would benefit all humanity.

Humane liberal arts and practical approaches might be in competition, with the pragmatic gaining ground, yet most American educators agreed that there ought to be an integrative consensus of democratic values.

In contrast, sectors of the population linked to international trade, occupying a dominant position in world markets, and depending on open diplomatic channels might well find themselves more in sympathy with lower defense budgets, higher education outlays, cosmopolitan values, and liberal religious institutions whose theologies favor universalism and whose moral teachings favor relativism and discretion.

Election returns and public - opinion studies indicate discontent with some serious imperfections in recent liberal political policies and programs; studies also show that the general population does not want to give up the values of such programs and still wants additional selected government services.

Instead of merely reporting the facts, they want their liberal followers to demonize anyone with conservative values and beliefs.

This diversity is in keeping with the liberal doctrine that all values are created equal.

With the removal of socialism as an alternative, the whole world is thrown open to the claim of market economy, liberal democracy and the powerful march of Western cultural values all over the globe.

And if the Indian Constitution begins with affirming the humanist principles of liberty, equality, fraternity and justice it has behind it the impact of liberal and socialist secular ideologies as well as Renascent Hinduism from Raja Rammohan Roy to Gandhi who absorbed these values and made them part of the Renascent Hinduism itself.

Rebecca Dresser, a self - described «liberal Democrat,» provides a necessary corrective to the standard liberal bashing of Kass's chairmanship of the Bioethics Council with her moving testament to his wisdom in creating a seminar of humanists to clarify the values at stake, rather than a board of bioethicist technocrats to provide pat answers.

I believe liberal constitutionalism with substantial fundamental commitments to democracy, human rights, and the rule of law and sufficient attention to local indigenous concerns - what I call indigenization - can be appropriately responsive to local concerns with the development and maintenance of fundamental political values.

Western communitarians have ultimately had to commit to some liberal values to preserve their discourse, while the Asian neo-conservative variety has also had to deal with increased demands for liberalization.

Best Commentary: James Garland at The Chronicle with «The Value of Humility in Academe (No Kidding)» «Humility is an important educational goal because it is the bedrock of a liberal education.

Whatever is distinctive about Judaism has been left out of account either because it does not accord with the liberal consensus or because Jews lack a public philosophy of adequate complexity to mediate the values of their tradition to the culture at large.

The McCain campaign is going to paint Senator Obama as too liberal, as out of touch with middle - America and as someone who doesn't represent mainstream values.

Statists includes both nationalists, who see intrinsic value in the nation - state as a protector of cultural and national identities, and liberal statists, who see the state as uniquely capable of enforcing the benefits and burdens associated with justice.

A close analysis of these indicators makes clear that dignity and a dignity - based model of governance do not necessarily overlap with liberal democratic values and systems of government, where exclusion and injustice can run rampant.

Moreover, individualized notions of rights rooted «liberal» values are claimed to be incompatible with Ugandan political epistemologies and counterproductive to combatting wider social and economic inequalities.

Felder, an observant Jew whose district includes many Orthodox Jewish voters, said his constituents «don't agree» with a lot of what two of the state's top Democrats — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio — have been saying in the wake of Donald Trump's election, pledging to fight on behalf of liberal values and maintain a sort of safe haven for the left in New York.

With their opposite ordering of priorities, American conservative and liberal ideologies are constituted by «partial values.»

If activists persist in supporting policies on the basis that they are infused with social liberal values and principles, rather than their popularity with the swing voter in the centre ground, then that is oh so endearingly and impractically childlike.

Lord Oakeshott has resigned from the Liberal Democrats because he believes Nick Clegg has turned the party he loves into a party with «no roots, no principles and no values».

«We then, like most Liberal Democrats now, wanted a radical progressive party, not a «split the difference» Centre Party, with, in Shirley's memorable words, no roots, no principles and no values.

It is my hope and prayer that the following pages on the resource linked below will help you get to know the Liberal Democrats a bit better and see how the values of the Liberal Democrat Party resonate with Christianity, as well as find out about our vision and policies for the future.

They believe in the freedom of information; in the freedom of the individual; in liberal democratic values; they instinctively sympathise with the Iranian students on the streets of Tehran.

Although many in his party will never forgive the Liberal Democrats for supping with the Tory devil, Mr Miliband believes there is still a «coalition of values» between Labour and the Liberal Democrats that makes them more natural bedfellows than Nick Clegg's party and the Tories.

Inspired by the liberal philosophy of Bentham, in the 1800s Robert Owen proved that commercial success went hand in hand with valuing workers.

Ahead by single digits in Iowa a day before voters head to the caucuses, Trump continued his attacks on main rival Ted Cruz who has accused Trump of being too liberal on social issues and too cozy with Hillary Clinton because of his «New York values.»

Liberal Democrat leadership candidate Nick Clegg laid out the values informing his campaign today with an attack on the «Sat - Nav politics» of Labour and the Conservatives.

«With 20 years on the national political stage I am passionate as ever about our liberal values.

to improve the understanding of and support for Land Value Taxation amongst members of the Liberal Democrats; to encourage all Liberal Democrats to promote and campaign for this policy as part of a more sustainable and just resource based economic system in which no one is enslaved by poverty; and to cooperate with other bodies, both inside and outside the Liberal Democrat Party, who share these objectives.

At numerous hustings and meetings with members, they spoke of their liberal values, the direction they think we should go, and how to best rebuild the party over the coming months and years.

In a statement this morning Dr Cable said: «With 20 years on the national political stage I am passionate as ever about our liberal values.

This is true of all very high value rare items even in a campaign with a liberal policy of buying and selling magic items.

With just a week to go until the Assembly elections, Liberal Democrat Leader Tim Farron has said that now is the time to stand up for Liberal values of fairness.