Political philosophy focuses on arguments and basic principles, whereas normative economics is more concerned with the effective ranking of social states than the arguments underlying a given ranking.
Instead of focusing on physical phenomena and ratios within them, Carnap focuses on arguments and takes as his point of departure the widespread conviction that some arguments are stronger, in varying degrees, than others, even for the same conclusion.
The most recent battles have wrongly focused on arguments about the "supremacy" of the House of Commons over the Lords.
So the Czech case is likely to focus on arguments about how the local service was configured, and whether arrangements could be more transparent.
Rarely has so much in-the-moment attention been focused on arguments before the Supreme Court, which stubbornly sticks to traditions that predate the communications revolution.
It is now focusing on arguments it hopes will persuade them of the risks and effects on their everyday lives of voting to leave.
Group members can choose to all work together to create these lists, or, if they prefer, they can divide the work up among themselves, with some students focusing on arguments for keeping this type of information private and the others focusing on reasons why it should be made public.
NEW HAVEN — Jurors considering the fate of the convicted killer in the Cheshire, Conn., home invasion case deliberated for a second day without reaching a verdict Saturday on whether to impose a death sentence, but sent a note indicating that they remained focused on arguments that could spare the life of the defendant, Steven J. Hayes.
This approach - as well as a widely criticized ad suggesting Christians "know that there's something wrong" when gays openly serve in the military while there is no organized prayer in public schools - has supplanted his early campaign trail fodder, where he was overwhelmingly focused on arguments about how he would create jobs while undoing "ObamaCare".
In focusing on arguments about teaching evolution in our classrooms, we are unfortunately ignoring a far more pressing set of issues that need discussion by people of integrity: Now that our technology has given us "God-like" power over our environment and our genes, how will we exercise our responsibility?
