However, in an environment as polarized as the Middle East, the agency would soon loseall credibility if it allowed its commitment to the norms of justice to be diluted by a fear of criticism, regardless of where it might come from.
It is not hard to divine why Leibniz (and Huygens) would have concluded that Newton had relinquished any commitment to the norms of the mechanical philosophy.
Once it was crossed, the government's commitment to the most fundamental international norms went into freefall – a consequence perhaps of the view expressed by Tony Blair, who warned after the 7/7 attacks that "the rules of the game are changing".
Indeed, when an agent has acquiesced in and embraced a set of oppressive norms, she will often have the self-confidence required to articulate her commitment to these norms to others.
Andrea Westlund argues that women could "freely and authentically" be committed to norms that subordinate them, as long as they are answerable to others for their commitment to these norms (e.g., Westlund 2009, 29; see §7 of the current entry).
He may waver on matters of ideology, but his commitment to the family firm is unshakable and resists ethical norms.
There was a sense of increasing purpose around the norms of Cluster operations expressed, particularly in the commitment to the primary tasks of the Cluster: Linking-2-Learn workshops and resource sharing between meetings.
If Locke is correct, then what we need to prevent confessional conflict is not compliance with a norm such as the DRR, but firm commitment to the right to religious freedom.
Since no legal obligation is assumed on becoming a member, either to conform to the movement's norms or to remain a member, commitment to the movement and its values becomes one of the most important sources of control.
It is naturalistic metaphysically, insofar as it makes no commitment to the objective existence in the world of such allegedly questionable entities as values, norms, or reasons for action.
