Humanity has the ability to tackle climate change – it just lacks the inclination.
But the government lacks the ability to fulfil this pledge; it may also lack the inclination.
Speaking more generally, Berry argues that although the property giants have the capacity to build large numbers of homes at high speed, they tend to lack the inclination.
Oddly, it's rare for real writers to compose autobiographies: the novelist and the poet prefer to keep their secrets to themselves and probably lack the inclination to dissemble their true selves.
But he lacked the inclination to seek relationships.
It simply lacks the inclination to do so.
Henry maintained peace with Scotland during his reign, where he was the feudal lord of Alexander II. Henry assumed that he had the right to interfere in Scottish affairs and brought up the issue of his authority with the Scottish kings at key moments, but he lacked the inclination or the resources to do much more.
Just as theorists must take account of various nonideal factors, such as the existence of deeply entrenched social inequalities within society as we know it, so too must we take account of the fact that most people in society lack the time, inclination, and perhaps the intellectual aptitude to engage in rigorous philosophical theorizing.
Eighteenth-century inmates were poorly managed, and lacked either the inclination or skills to compete effectively with free market industries such as spinning and weaving.
But Tripoli's new rulers seem to lack the skills, or inclination, to administer their newly acquired city, with cuts to water, electricity and petrol common.
Moreover, the leadership of the Free Libyan Forces, for all the statements otherwise, appeared to lack the ability or inclination to prevent these crimes.
