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For Mackenzie, being self-governing is to have "normative authority" over one's decisions, which means that an agent must "regard herself as the legitimate source of the authority , as able, and authorized , to speak for herself…[S]uch attitudes towards oneself can only be sustained in relations of intersubjective recognition" (Mackenzie 2008, 4).
In this case, (10) is really true in so far as it is fictionally true relative to a game authorized by the work Six Characters in Search of an Author.
So the question about authorization must focus on whether "we" can plausibly be said to have authorized violations of deep moral principle in supreme emergency situations.
That was the law which George Bush, in late 2001, violated, when he secretly authorized eavesdropping on the international calls of Americans without any warrants from that court.
Among the most startling admissions was the fact the drone strike was authorized by a senior counter-terrorism official without any specific information about who was in the immediate area, which had merely been identified as a compound frequented by al-Qaida leaders.
Likely Rubio presidential opponent Jeb Bush had told a questioner days earlier that "knowing what we know now", he still "would have" authorized the 2003 invasion of Iraq had he been president.
"Then we can say, 'You know what, federal government, here's what's doable, now pass a law to fund this.'" The Montgomery County police department is authorized to employ 1,265 sworn officers and as one of the biggest departments in the country, it serves a suburban Washington DC community of more than a million people with a large nonwhite population.
In light of Rusbridger's disclosures, it's even clearer that the detention of Miranda is part of an attack on American journalists authorized at the highest levels of the British government, and it's an attack that is at the very least implicitly backed by the Obama administration.
An official from Michoacán state, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press, said all the dead were men and most died from gunfire.
The agency was authorized to keep a detainee awake for up to 180 hours – about a week – but told the Justice Department it only kept three detainees awake for 96 hours maximum.
"In order to have an informed public debate on the merits of these programs, it is important for the American people to know how such programs have been authorized , their limits and their scope," Schiff said in releasing the bill.
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The word "authorized" functions primarily as a past participle or adjective , indicating that someone or something has been given permission or the legal right to perform a specific action or hold a certain position. Ludwig confirms its correct usage across numerous contexts.
Expression frequency: Very common
