Sentence examples for passive obligation from inspiring English sources
The passive obligation of obedience is certainly not all we owe the law (Parekh 1993, 243; Green 2003, 543 47) but many have taken it to be law's minimum demand.
Passive aggression or passiveness.
What we call "citizenship" today an essentially passive legal status involving only minimal civic obligations and relying on a distant and entrenched governing elite is but a shadow of the Athenian politeia.
The idea of solidarity might well entail a thicker sense of mutual obligation than membership, which could be passive or more instrumental.
In these cases of passive termination, the customer does not actively cancel the contract; however, the behavior of not fulfilling the financial obligations ultimately results in a termination of the contract by the mobile phone company.3.3
If foundations serve merely as passive conduits for giving, then they not only fall far short of their potential but also fail to meet an important societal obligation.
"I was passive super passive".
FIRST passive smoking, now passive smelling.
"We have that obligation.
