Sentence examples for global objections from inspiring English sources
Four years after C.M.E.C. struck its deal, the bargain appears to be unwinding over hints of corruption and global objections to a dam that would destroy Kongou Falls, one of central Africa's most treasured waterfalls.
In setting a template for the policy engagements to follow, this archetype of adventurism ushered in an era in which exceptionalism has become the norm, where the cavalier disregard of domestic and/or global objections is considered politically acceptable, and where powerful nations can exercise a free hand in determining the future of less powerful ones when strategic interests are involved.
The global objection rests on very strong claims.
In addition, they can argue that the global objection threatens more than perfectionist politics.
The global objection generalizes from either or both of these worries.
It will be helpful to distinguish local from global versions of this objection.
One devastating objection to global consequentialism is that simultaneously applying a consequentialist criterion to acts, decision procedures, and the imposition of sanctions leads to apparent paradoxes (Crisp 1992; Streumer 2003; Lang 2004).
Specifically, for any attributes P and Q, and for any finite set of objects a1, …, an having the attribute P, the prior probability of finding a proportion of these objects with attribute Q is skewed in favour of the proportions 1 and 0. The objections to such global postulates of uniformity are well-known (see Salmon 1967), but even if we waive them, her argument fails.
Small wonder that Mr Assad, after presenting Mr Ryabkov with purported new evidence implicating rebels in chemical attacks, thanked Russia for "creating hope of a new global balance".Russia's sudden objection jarred oddly, considering its strenuous insistence on UN sanction under international law when Barack Obama threatened punitive strikes against Syria.
After several days of wrangling among Republicans, the Senate on Thursday night voted 89-1 in favor of adding $289 million to President Bush's global AIDS initiative -- over the objections of the White House, which did not ask for the money.
