Sentence examples for abstract considerations from inspiring English sources

Posner believes judges should ignore abstract considerations of morality & make decisions based on what is conducive to social welfare.

Li sees no point in contemplating such abstract considerations: "I never think about marriage and children," she said.

These abstract considerations were received to a certain extent in the fundamental rules of positive legal systems.

The greatness of the Four Quartets lies partly in their abstract considerations, but also in the way that they are so particular in their imagery.

The corollary of the almost exclusive attention now accorded to abstract considerations is that the most beautiful pictures often fetch comparatively modest prices.

Abstract considerations such as the artist's name or the previous owners' celebrity are now the prevalent criteria, while visual achievement becomes almost irrelevant.

Responding to that question, Google of course claims its own economic interest does not come into play when making these rtbf judgements — beyond an "abstract consideration" of a search engine needing to help people find the most relevant information for their query.

For Alder, this process lends itself more easily to a cost-benefit analysis, rather than a more abstract consideration of the intrinsic value attached to an individual's rights.

Mr. Adès's melodies are built of a sheer expressiveness devoid of abstract tonal considerations and often (again, especially in that first act) lacking in points of repose.

Empirical discoveries about brain structure and function suggest ways that "naturalistic" programs might develop in detail, beyond the abstract philosophical considerations in their favor.

It is sometimes implied that moral philosophers go awry in proposing that human beings have a species of free will that is incompatible with a scientific perspective on human action and that they maintain, contrary to all that is known about human populations and their intellectual propensities, that we are basically all alike and basically all respectful of abstract, rational considerations.