In December of 2014 during his so-called lame-duck period before vacating office to join a "big-four" accounting firm, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Camp introduced the Tax Reform Act of 2014 Discussion Draft as a bill (H.R. 1).
Such a view might be buttressed with the idea that the attribution of autonomous agency, and the respect that purportedly goes with it, is itself a normative stance, not a mere observation of how a person actually thinks and acts (for discussion of this position see Christman 2005 and Korsgaard 2014) Autonomy is the aspect of persons that undue paternalism offends against.
Glasman directs the faith and citizenship programme at London Metropolitan University and his shelves are stacked with analyses of the Enclosure Acts to discussions of the Torah.
Just this weekend, two GOP congressmen from relatively conservative districts confronted loud protesters at town hall meetings in which the Affordable Care Act was a major topic of discussion.
Nor am I suggesting that faith schools need to challenge their students every time there is an act of collective worship or discussion on religious doctrine.
-- Is it possible that Christie's #2 official, Bridget Anne Kelly, working for such a tight-fisted, control-freak of a boss, would venture on her own to execute such a bone-headed, Tony Sopract-like act of retribution without any discussion with him, or at least without the belief that she had his tacit approval?
The current "Free Flow of Information Act" under discussion does nothing to support the free flow of information.
By Richard Socarides March 28 , 2013Following Wednesday's Supreme Court arguments on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, there has been a lot of discussion of whether gays and lesbians individually, and the gay-rights movement in general, have become so politically powerful as to hardly warrant the safeguards of the equal-protection clause of the Constitution.
Although the community response to the materials was favourable, some of the graphics related to prevention of sexual transmission and different sexual acts were, not unexpectedly, a topic of discussion, and evoked varied responses ranging from disbelief to further interest.
