Sentence examples for defending autonomy from inspiring English sources

But here's the thing: Those who call me names, many nasty and some profane, for suggesting that we at times need public health policies to protect us -- that, at times, the best defense of the human body resides with the body politic -- do so on the grounds of defending autonomy.

From this viewpoint, the transnational activities of subnational actors are strategies to either defend autonomy and competences or to compensate for the loss of regulatory leeway using nonregulatory means of governance.

While occasionally, the need for autonomous authorization of medical intervention is considered "axiomatic" (Beauchamp 2010, 58), it is commonplace to defend autonomy on independent grounds.

While steadily defending Polish autonomy, Lubecki, a conservative, tried to keep the Polish revolutionary movement of 1830 within legal limits.

Democracy has been seen as crucial to defending the autonomy and rule of law so instrumental to the integrity of the Hong Kong system.

Taught by Jefferson to claim an inalienable right to liberty in all religious matters, it seems that American Anglicans on both sides find defending their autonomy more urgent than defending the 'communities of discernment' and 'global interdependence' that are characteristic of Anglicanism.

As his ex-wife coldly outlines, Joss Whedon has a long history of publicly defending the autonomy of women white and conventionally attractive women, at least.

She has carefully calibrated her comments on Taiwan's political status throughout the campaign, saying she is committed to a "consistent, predictable, and sustainable relationship with China" while robustly defending Taiwanese autonomy and democracy.

The controversy arose after Erika Christakis sent an email defending students' autonomy and questioning if it is the proper role of colleges to tell students what Halloween costumes they should wear.

"We have to defend our autonomy and our human rights".

University staff defend their autonomy and so overt displays of power are often seen as inappropriate.