Sentence examples for derived from duties from inspiring English sources

On May 29 Lukashenka signed the Eurasian Economic Union's founding treaty after Moscow permitted its neighbour to retain $1.5 billion of revenue derived from duties on oil products.

Income that was derived from duties on goods passing through Khazar territory, in addition to tribute paid by subordinate tribes, maintained the wealth and the strength of the empire throughout the 9th century.

Tax revenue is derived from import duties and from value added tax (VAT), and there is no personal income tax.

Whilst not being sophisticated law, the income tax laws in Thailand are quite encompassing, and prescribe that the following earnings are subject to tax in Thailand: All earnings derived from performance of duties in Thailand, including duties performed in Thailand for an employer outside Thailand and earnings for duties performed in Thailand that are paid outside Thailand.

But this duty is derived from a general duty to do what I have promised to do.

Briefly, this is the view that all the moral duties we have towards the environment are derived from our direct duties to its human inhabitants.

But this too is only a derivatively special obligation: it is derived from the fundamental duty to maximize value.

Mr. Hochman, who enjoys a comfortable six-figure income derived from corporate law duties for several manufacturers of salable "schlock" (artwork, picture frames, plastics), believes he possesses a social conscience (more housing, conservation, gun control) that belongs in Washington.

Specific negative and positive self-regarding duties are derived from the more comprehensive duty to oneself to do what one can to lead a good or excellent life.

John Rawls subsequently adopted this principle in an influential essay of his own, referring to the duty derived from the principle as the "duty of fair play" (1964).

So the duty to promote the highest good is not a particular duty at all, but the sum of all our duties derived from the moral law — it "does not increase the number of morality's duties but rather provides these with a special point of reference for the unification of all ends" (6:5).