Depending on how restrictive the entry criteria for civil unions were (for example, whether more than two parties, blood relations, and those not romantically involved could enter) and how extensive the entitlements conferred by such unions were, the state would need to provide reason for this discrimination.
Schlesinger dutifully describes his rich inheritances without, alas, fully reflecting on the sense of entitlement they conferred.
The entitlement is conferred by the nature of the testimonial setting.
His sense of absolute entitlement was conferred on him not by birth but through years of adulation and "getting away" with any bad behavior.
"Bye, Bye Ingénue" described looking into a mirror and adjusting to the realization that the bloom of youth and the entitlement it confers have passed.
Even if the scope of Burge's argument goes as far as just proposed, the entitlement it confers requires "empirical supplementation" to meet counter-considerations. (Burge 1997, 23) Without empirical supplementation, normally highly implausible possibilities of error count as undermining reasons.
Prestige status contrasts with other types of status that are based on a sense of acquired or conferred entitlement.
It is possible to create an express trust without being aware that one is doing so, so long as the court can determine from the person's intention that a beneficial entitlement should be conferred which the law (or equity) will enforce.
They must understand that medical education is a privilege, not an entitlement, and it confers a real moral obligation to serve.
The ethical principles espoused by the Trump campaign include the idea that misogynistic speech can be dismissed as "entertainment," that celebrity confers entitlement ("when you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything"), and that having and sharing sexual assault fantasies is a perversion of no consequence if confined to the "locker room" or the bus.
