How's this for a practical principle: don't use a sledgehammer to swat a gnat.
The agent-relative/agent-neutral distinction concerns the form of a practical principle, whereas the other distinction concerns whether a reason is a reason for an agent to do something or a reason for something to happen.
It also concerns the force, rather than the form, of a practical principle.
Anti-bribery guidelines developed by Transparency International, Bond and Mango and a working group of NGOs gives simple, clear and practical principles for putting effective anti-bribery measures in place.
The platform was conceived as establishing a middle ground, between underlying philosophical orientations, whether Christian, Buddhist, Daoist, process philosophy, or whatever, and the practical principles for action in specific situations, principles generated from the underlying philosophies.
Smith taught that Gods and men were one species; Young made this idea a practical guiding principle.
Moore sometimes adds that this principle has a practical value for members of his tribe.
The OHAT Approach provides a practical method for applying the principles of systematic review to address environmental health questions.
This quote further illustrates the shift in how he employs the Highest Good, rejecting its earlier motivational role, and repositioning it as, rather, an architectonic principle for practical reason.
In this chapter, we will describe the theoretical and practical principles of the thermostability assay for stabilizing this complex, discuss its strengths and weaknesses, and show some typical results from the thermostabilization process.
