The argument takes the form of what in philosophy is called a sorites paradox: for every competent person, there will be one just slightly less competent, where the difference between the two hardly seems significant enough to ground the claim that one is competent whereas the other is not.
(iv) Identify competent persons required for workplace inspections of the construction activity, where required by OSHA standards.
The Militia Act authorized Lincoln "to receive into the service of the United States, for the purpose of constructing entrenchments, or performing camp service or any other labor, or any military or naval service for which they may be found competent, persons of African descent".
The basis for informed consent resides on the idea that competent persons are by nature autonomous and the best guardians of their own welfare.
The implication is organizing the educational activity that allows developing competent persons.
Microsporidia keratoconjunctivitis is generally a self-limited condition, especially in immune competent persons.
OBJECTIVES: Psychiatric advance directives allow competent persons to document advance instructions or designate a health care agent to communicate their preferences for future mental health treatment in the event of an incapacitating crisis.
And the convention speeches were full of cross-party appeals, as Senator Tim Kaine, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, offered Republicans "a home" if they felt Mr. Trump did not represent "the party of Lincoln," and former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York urged independents to vote for "a sane, competent person" — Mrs. Clinton.
Bloomberg went on to recommend voting for Hillary Clinton, "a sane, competent person".
It will require filling the vacant State Department job for public diplomacy with a competent person who actually believes in the mission.
