However if an enhanced degree of political responsibility is internalized this can shape both political practice and over time lead to increased commitment to the norm and thus in the long-term shape the approach to the obligation, i.e. as legal not simply moral, and lead to its legal internalization.
It would not only signal commitment to the underlying norms of the right to health to the international community, but also lay the groundwork for subsequent legislative efforts that would reflect those same norms throughout domestic health policymaking.
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).
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".
It will require healing the disease — fixing the reasons for Americans' growing disenchantment with democratic institutions and reestablishing their commitment to the country's most fundamental norms — not merely managing the symptoms.
He may waver on matters of ideology, but his commitment to the family firm is unshakable and resists ethical norms.
His flaws, though, fall within the norms of constitutional values and an unquestioned commitment to the proposition that no person is above the law.
The values statement is intended to present organizational norms and expectations and to augment the HMS mission statement by defining our shared commitment to the HMS community.
