"The risk is that the negotiations are more concerned by constraints of domestic politics than by real imperatives of national interests".
It is common knowledge that the demands of morality are often enough overridden by other persuasive demands, such as imperatives of self-interest, careerism, political advantage and friendship.
A second is partisanship; to establish a vote in Congress for Washingtonians, who are overwhelmingly Democrats, Republicans would have to place a moral imperative ahead of partisan interests.
And to obtain funding to study at a Japanese university or to visit Japan for a language course, a proven knowledge of and interest in the country is imperative, so make sure your CV shows it.
STEPHEN SERENE New York, Oct. 6, 2013 To the Editor: The issue of extending basic rights to other species is undeniably a matter of societal interest and a legal and moral imperative.
But the energy sector is a complex mosaic of competing interests and imperatives, with no quick fix.
However, many evidence-based, cost-effective interventions fail to capture the attention of decision-makers who ostensibly operate on diverging sets of cultures, interests, and imperatives [ 7].
Definitions of corruption tend to focus on the conflict of interest that arises when private imperatives intrude upon the public sphere.
In addition to negotiating the tension between these course-related goals, at any given time, respondents also weighed the costs of responding, or not, to assessment against attending to the many other imperatives and interests in their lives.
