Although this pernicious form can be of significant instrumental value in mobilizing oppressed people and restoring their sense of dignity, its moral costs are usually taken by philosophers to outweigh its benefits.
Before the discovery of treatment in the 1920s, the modifier pernicious, although something of a misnomer today, was appropriate, since the disease was usually fatal.
Mr. DeCinces (and the accused tippees) and Mr. Marovitz, on the other hand, are not involved in the securities industry, so their trading can be viewed as less pernicious, although it certainly violated the securities laws.
Even Greenspan has admitted that the housing bubble had incredibly pernicious affects, although, unsurprisingly, he still absolves himself of much of the blame for failing to prevent its emergence.
Insolubles were regarded as resting on a straightforward but pernicious fallacy, although authors disagreed over just what the fallacy is.
Trapped in a competitive environment that in many ways resembles the "prisoner's dilemma" beloved of game theorists, investment bankers will inevitably be driven to cut corners, take outlandish risks, and generally engage in behavior that, although privately rational, is socially pernicious.
In the posttest, this pernicious misconception was still present, although at a lower frequency, and students still unclear on the concept of ploidy were directed to additional remedial resources.
Although an elevated risk of stomach cancer among pernicious anaemia patients is consistent with most previous surveys, the low absolute risk suggests that the cost-effectiveness of intensive screening should be reassessed.
Although such a design causes problems in practice most notably, pernicious gaming behavior that seriously harms public interests the cost of implementation does not invalidate its benefits in governing China's vast localities.
Although chattel slavery is long gone, many of the pernicious ideas that underpinned it remain and manifest themselves in everything from our legal system to the way we communicate with each other.
