Sentence examples for aim of action from inspiring English sources

For that would amount to a viciously circular and vacuous specification of the constitutive aim of action.

An action is what is produced by the operation of this desire, and so this desire amounts to the constitutive aim of action (in something like the way, Velleman thinks, that truth is the constitutive aim of belief).

We will argue that in the case of severe weather, in addition to mitigation measures and the removal of damages (for example, broken trees, water damage), the main aim of actions taken by civil protection and emergency services is to maintain their ability to respond.

The primary aim of ACTION-J is to examine the effectiveness of an extensive intervention for suicide attempters in prevention of recurrent suicidal behavior, as compared with standard intervention.

A different strategy might focus on differences in the nature or aims of action and belief.

Selena Bajraktarević, manager of the health and early child development projects in UNICEF, said that the aim of this action as well other similar actions, is to raise the rate of exclusive breastfeeding closer to a European standard of between 30 - 40%. - We opened this year's World Breastfeeding Week with this stand and will continue to focus on the media advocacy in the short-term.

Welfare results from my action, but cannot be the only aim of my action.

"Technology justice" is the aim of Practical Action.

It will backfire severely against the very aim of this action".

But the aim of taking action to remove the chemical-warfare threat would be neither to tilt the balance in the civil war nor to aid one rebel faction over another.

The National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts will now build a broad coalition of activist groups, trade unions and social movements to mobilise students, workers and graduates against the sale of the student loan book, with the aim of building action nationally in early 2014.