Ask yourself if the things you think are imperatives, mandates, rules, necessities, etc., are like that for others.
Work sits squarely at the center: the enduring economic imperative, political mandate, source of morality and social identity.
It's that political reality, not any moral imperative, that mandated the majority leader's death sentence.
But it's difficult to pick out a distinctive voice amid the loud music and equally blaring commercial imperatives that mandate that even the sharpest political jabs be delivered with smiles.
We should expect to be lectured on the need to eat "sustainably," the imperative for mandated "added sugars" food labeling, and the importance of imposing marketing restrictions on certain foods.
It is imperative that we mandate identity verification on the onset of issuing credit, and pass legislation allowing for more private right of action holding the credit industry responsible when they violate an individual's identity through negligence.
"I decided I would actually write him a letter explaining why public education isn't a monopoly but a public good, a moral imperative and a constitutional mandate in New York," she said.
In our empirical analysis of three hospital networks we observe tension in network design relating to the achievement of efficiency and legitimacy imperatives that underpin the mandate to form hospital networks.
The imperative for this new ethical mandate is clear.
And with the recent convergence of scientific discovery, policy breakthroughs and fierce advocacy pointing us toward that day like never before, this is not just our mandate but our imperative.
