Compassionate in principle, chilly in practice, her character could support an allegorical proposition: people often fail to behave as they know they should.
It is a testament to Coetzee's ability to animate characters by economical means that within the narrow fictional frames that encase Costello's lectures he has created such a seductively contrary prophetess -- a person profoundly compassionate in principle and chilly in practice, particularly with members of her own family.
While compassionate in principle, marginal increases in high income tax rates and increases in capital gains taxes have historically been detrimental to overall economic growth and have not encouraged bull markets.
A vision guided by mainstream principles and compassionate instincts.... I've got a record of delivering; you can look it up.
There are many valuable lessons to be learned from the guiding principles of compassionate conservation by the dentist who ruthlessly murdered Cecil, by others who choose to kill animals "in the name of conservation," and by the park authorities who thought it was perfectly okay to kill Blaze and put her cubs on exhibit in a zoo.
We need to start somewhere, and the guiding principle of compassionate conservation, "First do no harm," is a good place to begin.
Sotomayor's opinion united two sometimes conflicting strands of her jurisprudence — an aversion to going beyond the issues at hand and a concern about the effects of laws on people — citing dry procedural principles to reach a compassionate conclusion.
Morelli is a contributor to the Democratic Party and notes in the suit that Fox and O'Reilly 'preach the principles of so-called compassionate conservatism' espoused by George Bush and the Republican Party.
This type of support is not won through coercion, but sincere, dedicated and compassionate education that is based in principles of justice that seeks an end to state repression everywhere.
