There is difficulty judging the success of this objective merely by counting numbers of clinical outcomes.
In the context of public policy, the efficient allocation of resources consists not merely of distributing funds in the pursuit of given objectives but also involves determining the objectives themselves.
I have blogged before about the sheer power of his 1961 "man on the moon" speech (quite possibly the best ever example of a well-deployed smart objective) but that is merely one part of a vast anthology of epochal speeches which includes such gems as "Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You", as well as the iconic "Ich Bin Ein Berliner".
However, I have advocated achieving that objective, not merely talking about it.
Fears that Netanyahu could drag out any negotiations were fuelled by an unidentified Israeli government minister saying the prime minister's primary objective was merely to show willingness to negotiate, and that he did not intend to engage in a far-reaching peace process.
At this early stage of the exploratory cycle, the main objective is merely to obtain an indication of the existence or absence of possible prospective areas, not a full delineation of the regional or local geology, or of the prospects themselves.
Unfortunately, too many interpretations of this type deploy the terms "reality," "phenomena," and "appearance" so ambiguously that it can be difficult to tell whether they intend to attribute an objective or merely some subjective existence to the inhabitants of the "phenomenal" world.
As Yorck puts it, "the transcendental method" merely suspends or sublates "the realm of the objective," but it fails to "extend the region of Geist" (CR, p. 194).
In the classroom, one of the objectives has been merely to get electricity in every school.
Teaching ethics is an ambitious objective, and the programme?s aim is merely to present the dilemmas originating from new biotechnologies as food for thought.
