Thus, if conformity with system-sanctioned recipes for care will be key to the success of the new health-care order, employed physicians should not be held personally liable for poor outcomes.
An absolute deontological requirement demands to be obeyed come what may, a less than absolute requirement may be overridden if conformity to it produces an excessively bad outcome or conflicts with other deontological requirements that taken together have greater moral weight.
Conformist biases are known sometimes to lead to maladaptive outcomes, where environmental change renders a once adaptive solution no longer adaptive, or if conformity favours group-beneficial traits [16], [38].
As if in conformity with the law of averages, some of these advances made sense (the Truman Doctrine, the creation of NATO, the Korean intervention), and others were foolish (Vietnam, Iran, Central America).
Under Hadrian a reaction made sculpture less markedly Italian, as if to be in conformity with the slow decline of Italy toward quasi-provincial status.
The deputy for Arghyrocastro, asked the Government if it was in conformity with the spirit of the Constitution that a Senator should at the same time be a Governor-General.
Even well-documented evidence-based data cannot influence the decisions of an individual if the decision in conformity with the evidence represents a threat to his/her own interests and survival (e.g., professional career, family situation, or life threatening situation) [ 66].
This states that 'when in the course of an intervention any part of a human body is removed, it may be stored and used for a purpose other than that for which it was removed, only if this is done in conformity with appropriate information and consent procedures', and in accordance with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights which protects the right to respect for private life.
If one leads a life in conformity with a belief in God, this guarantees inestimable benefits if it is revealed, after death, that God exists -- and costs nothing if he does not exist.
Yet, compared to some free university projects, what is striking about IF is its conformity.
For if their successful efforts to end terror failed to elicit a good-faith response from the Israelis, and if their conformity to international expectations and their co-operation in the US war on terror failed to convince the US to advocate effectively on their behalf, they could easily be branded as quislings, as trustees of the Israeli prison being inexorably constructed for their people.
