This historical and critical idealism, which the Posaune attributes to Hegel, was politically revolutionary: it affirmed the rights of free self-consciousness against any positive institution which could not justify its existence before rational thinking, against state, religion, and social hierarchy.
Marriage was "a very positive institution", Mr Hague said, arguing there was "sufficient protection" in the bill for religious organisations who did not want to offer it to same-sex couples.
In such places, positive institutions may provide a place where children can focus on education and their own needs rather than supporting their families.
Positive psychology, as "a science of positive subjective experience, positive individual traits, and positive institutions, promises to improve quality of life and prevent the pathologies that arise when life is barren and meaningless" (Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi, 2000).
Screening can be restricted to contacts or to patients that were previously hospitalized in CRE positive institutions.
"Counterintuitively, a decrease in the systematic importance of the banks can actually be a positive for the institution.
Mr. Dollarhide said the government's sale plans could be seen as a vote of confidence in Citigroup, and as a positive for financial institutions.
Motivated by theoretical arguments (see e.g. Romer (2010) and Mokyr (2008)) that assert a positive impact of institutions on R&D, this paper aims to provide some empirical analysis on the relationship between the two variables.
A positive accreditation raises an institution's stature and allows it to receive Medicare and Medicaid benefits without undergoing a government survey.
Allowing same-sex marriage "has at least a neutral, if not a positive, effect on the institution of marriage" and is good for any children involved.
