Sentence examples for a consideration against from inspiring English sources

The moral anti-realist position will continue to be counter-intuitive, but these ongoing intuitions no longer represent a consideration against the theory.

But if the thesis of moral objectification is ex hypothesi counter-intuitive, then that counter-intuitiveness cannot be raised as a dialectic consideration against the theory.

A main consideration against private roads would be that operators would be primarily interested in maximizing profits, which – given the market power they will have – will typically not lead to welfare-maximizing tolls and capacities.

Hence the CRA's conclusion that a computer is intrinsically incapable of mental states is an important consideration against functionalism.

H. L. A. Hart and Joseph Raz, for example, argue that law is preemptive; law does not merely offer a consideration for or against a potential course of action, to be weighed against any and all other relevant considerations.

However, once the moral anti-realist has deployed, to his own satisfaction, some arguments in favor of his viewpoint, then he may consider himself to have discharged the burden, and the sociological fact that people continue to regard his view as counter-intuitive cannot be legitimately raised as an ongoing consideration against it.

They generally dismissed Senator Barack Obama's race as a consideration in his campaign against Senator John McCain, but a few said it was a factor.

"The department's recent consideration has evaluated this loss against a consideration of remaining architectural and historic interest.

One note about all these printers: they are big, typically measuring 14 to 18 inches in height, width and depth, as well as heavy -- a consideration for those weighing them against inkjet models.

On the other hand, one consideration against this view is the intuition that a belief cannot be justified if one possesses no reason for it.

Herbert D. Rosenbaum, a professor emeritus of political science at Hofstra University, said as a practical consideration, a vote against Mr. Silver would have lost far more than it would have gained.