The phrase "a given course of action" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific decision or plan that has been established or accepted.
Example: "In light of the recent developments, we must evaluate a given course of action to address the issue effectively."
Alternatives: "a specific course of action" or "an established course of action."
When people have no idea of the consequences of a given course of action or inaction, they don't know which way to turn — or they turn both ways.
Even the most upstanding of chief executives is sometimes tempted by policies whose legality is murky; he wants to ask advisers whether a given course of action would survive a court challenge.
For example, Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War (c. 404 bce) contains marvelous renditions of speeches in which the leaders of different states attempt to persuade their listeners to follow a given course of action.
This is the view that for one to freely choose to undertake a given course of action — say, to throw out the trash — one must have freely chosen the determinants that lead one to undertake that course of action, including one's antecedent desires and one's character (in this case, perhaps a desire for a filth-free home, among others).
If you trust your provider (a clinical, but hopefully all-encompassing word), then you can know that an emergency really is an emergency, that a treatment is the best, or at least one of the best, options, and that a given course of action was chosen with your needs in mind and not based on a fear of lawsuits, a lack of training or some other incentive.
But Chan freedom is not identified with the exercise of control or choice; neither is it rooted in rational determinations of whether a given course of action is good or will have good results.
They are following their perceived interests, weighing them against the consequences that might result from any given course of action.
Rational choice institutionalists examine how institutions shape the behaviour of rational actors by creating expectations about the likely consequences of given courses of action.
Core questions such as "will a given policy course of action produce the results that are sought, or will it produce other unintended consequences?" "what will it cost?" and "can it be funded within the parameters of necessary fiscal discipline?" must all be asked and answered.
"Apple may revise and offer up some new terms, but winning customers back will be hard given the course of action".
The nature and form of our data collection preclude giving a prescribed course of action regarding the showing or not showing images to particular patients, but we can say that an open and frank discussion of the possibility of such sharing is recommended.
