Sentence examples for governing action from inspiring English sources

McDowell appears to be guided by some of Davidson's broader formulations and discussions of the principle of charity (4.2), which extend to more general principles governing action and belief formation, highlighted in Davidson's discussions of irrationality (see Davidson 1982).

The values and ethical imperatives governing action and interactions were also made explicit; for example, arrangements around confidentiality, anonymity and dissemination were addressed, including expectations relating to authorship of published outputs.

It also sets out a strategic approach governing action by the Commission and the Member States.

The International Committee of the Red Cross says they breach the Fourth Geneva Convention governing actions on occupied territory, and Mr. Obama has said they aren't legitimate.

Rule utilitarians change the context of moral evaluation from individual acts to rules governing actions.

Self-love is a principle governing actions leading to the satisfaction or avoidance of the particular passions.

He cited with approval an 1879 case for the proposition that neutral laws governing actions and practices, as opposed to religious beliefs and opinions, must trump faith or every religious objector becomes "a law unto himself".

In other words, it is stipulated that the agent's present-directed intention to be Fing should govern action A, but not by producing some other prior or concurrent action A* that causally controls A in turn.

The Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed, concluding that a date of honor rule should govern actions under § 547(b).

The officer, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also said that, globally, new regulations were needed to govern actions by the world community in cyberspace.

We are heading into an era where systems will have to govern actions; where games will be too vast to script.