The phrase 'competing position' is correct and is commonly used in written English.
You can use it when talking about two or more people or groups, which are in a direct conflict or competition with each other. For example, "The two companies were in a competing position over who would acquire the smaller firm."
Looked at in this way, "religious pluralism," however it is defined, is not a competing position.
For example, references to conjectures and refutation as the scientific method are abundant in much of the literature on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)—alongside the competing position that CAM, as an alternative to conventional biomedicine, needs to develop its own methodology different from that of science.
Even if the competing position promises a new car and multi-million dollar salary, there is no need to gloat or to be aggressive during your rejection process.
The argument among the investigators has clearly frustrated the federal prosecutors in the case, who laid out the competing positions among the experts in a sentencing memorandum made public Monday.
But, in my experience, councils do not make decisions to allocate land or to grant planning permission on greenfield sites lightly or without all the issues and competing positions being fully considered.
Since Mr. Fox's inauguration, Senator Phil Gramm, a Texas Republican who supports expanding guest worker programs, and the Democrat-dominated Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which opposes Mr. Gramm's plan, have made pilgrimages to Mexico City to win Mr. Fox's blessing for their competing positions.
Section 1 considers competing positions regarding the underlying rationale for public reason.
The bottom-line is academic freedom we want to maintain a wealth of competing positions co-existing with each other.
Following this, the historical participants in the philosophical debate are introduced, along with the basic ideas of their competing positions.
The Non-cognitivist Argument therefore provides us with a useful tool for mapping out competing positions in metaethics.
Even before the competing positions on innateness were delineated, reflective thinkers were drawn to one or the other pole of the controversy.
