Sentence examples for contention in support from inspiring English sources
A second contention in support of voluntary euthanasia was mentioned at the beginning of this article, namely the importance of promoting the well-being of persons.
One central ethical contention in support of voluntary euthanasia is that respect for persons demands respect for their autonomous choices as long as those choices do not result in harm to others.
(In support of this contention, Ramanuja quotes the Bhagavad Gita: "I am the supporter of all beings; they are of no help to me at any time". [Lott: 49]) Moreover, human bodies enjoy a certain temporary and limited independence when death separates them from their souls.
"I got a terrific face for an upset stomach," Willie tells Ben in support of his contention that he would be great in an Alka-Seltzer commercial.
In support of that contention, a state police chemist testified on Tuesday about detecting alcohol in Mr. Williams's blood in late February 2002.
Our reviewer Jon Westaway, whom Burkeman quotes anonymously and selectively in support of his contention, is not a professional or "hardcore" climber.
Immunising the Mind – his report – gathers a wide spectrum of opinion in support of the contention that science education fails to inculcate critical thinking in the way that the debates within arts teaching do.
In support of their contention that plants are conscious of their environment, Mancuso and Baluška point out that plants can be rendered unconscious by the same anesthetics that put animals out: drugs can induce in plants an unresponsive state resembling sleep.
In support of this contention, pretreatment with the MEK inhibitor, PD98059 significantly attenuated preconditioning-induced ERK1/2 phosphorylation, and strongly reversed preconditioning down-regulation of JNK3 phosphorylation.
In support of this contention, Socrates distinguishes three different kinds of mental states or capacities and three generic 'objects' for these capacities.
