To respect persons is thus to regard them as absolutely, unconditionally, and incomparably valuable, to value them in themselves and not just in comparison to others or insofar as they are valuable to someone or could be useful as a means for furthering some purpose, and to acknowledge in a practical way that their dignity imposes absolute constraints on our treatment of them.
Even after amendments were passed that gave women and racial minorities equal rights in theory, it took lawsuits and, as with the Voting Rights Act, legislation to get those rights acknowledged in a practical sense.
A study by Haveri [ 11] found that even though the need for cooperation is acknowledged in most surveys, practical steps are difficult to carry out because of complexity in inter-organizational action.
While it is not untrue, this attitude fails to acknowledge the practical impossibility of driving to a safe coastline when you live in WA.
Now they accept its existence but don't want to acknowledge its practical reality".
Mr. More acknowledged in a statement accompanying the show, "The Pine Barrens, with its rugged flora and fauna, was the perfect match for the ruggedly individualistic and practical artist -- Weidner and the Pine Barrens were one".
In several countries, patients with SMI acknowledge practical and interpersonal barriers that interfere with their access to health care.
Obama, securely in character, called on all sides to rise above petty politics, acknowledged the practical realities of divided government, and proposed a grand compromise that would lower the deficit by four trillion dollars.
All these things must be acknowledged, but practical problems exist to be worked around.
The SCP literature acknowledges the practical primacy of principles and theory.
