In opposition to views like that of Cavell, a number of philosophers have argued that films can have at most a heuristic or pedagogic function in relation to philosophy.
If a small group that has lot of passion and means to make their views heard has one point of view, and the general public interest is in opposition of their view, but most of the public is not aware of it, then the small group, which is often a special interest group, dominates.
You don't have a lot of civil liberties or democratic rights in Saudi Arabia, you don't have a lot of respect there for divergent, opposition points of view, for gay rights, for women's rights.
Michael Teo is being disingenuous when he writes of "opposition parties" and "diversity of views", as genuine opposition figures such as Chee Soon Juan, no stranger to the courts or the prisons due to his political activities, could testify.
Opposition to this view of Christ was expressed, which led Pope Adrian I to intervene and condemn the teaching.
With the Americans insisting on an early deadline, Tony Blair faces the prospect of going to war not only without the legal cover of explicit UN authorisation, but also in opposition to the views of a majority of his own MPs.
On a visit to Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh, during a seven-country tour through Asia that has already taken her to Vietnam and China, Mrs. Clinton called for the strengthening of democratic institutions and for greater tolerance of opposition views.
Rousseau's emphasis on the importance of melody and the communication of emotion as central to the function of music was in opposition to the views of Rameau, who stressed harmony and the relationship between music, mathematics, and physics.
He will be preceded by an Italian politician and member of the pontifical academy named Rocco Buttiglione, who served as a minister in the government of conservative prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and whose nomination as a European commissioner was withdrawn in 2004 because of opposition to his views against homosexuality.
Since this position was in opposition to the views of the orthodox Neo-Confucians, and since it represented a new, predominantly materialistic opposition to the Neo-Confucian tradition, it set the stage for the ideological struggles which took place during the last Chinese dynasty.
He contends that "the media image" of Mr. Powell "battling the forces of unilateralism and conservatism may have been beneficial to Powell in some circles, but it did not jibe with reality," that as secretary of state, in fact, Mr. Powell "tended not to speak out" at meetings "in strong opposition to the views of the president or of his colleagues".
