Was Devi's career a pose, an act, a put-on?
The sorts of difficulties that promises pose for act utilitarian theories discussed above are at least in part the motivation for rule utilitarianism (cf. Rawls 1955 and Brandt 1979: 286 305).
Don't force a pet to pose or act in a certain way if they do not wish to do so.
Walk tall, stand in a power pose and act like you take up space and that you matter (because you do matter).
"These acts pose a serious risk to the life of the immigrants because the pilots leave them several feet away from the coast and they often don't know how to swim".
Today, President Obama said North Korea's acts "pose a grave threat to the peace and stability of the world".
To the Editor: Your April 17 editorial effectively demonstrated the threat that the SAVE Act and the New Employment Verification Act pose to American workers.
That's the question posed in Act I of David Hare's 1998 play, "The Judas Kiss," which comes to BAM's Harvey Theatre May 11 June 12, starring Rupert Everett.
This is relevant for the wider field of emotion research, in which, for ethical and practical reasons (consider emotions such as fear, disgust, anger), the expressions used as stimuli are typically posed or acted.
"Interrogators may not force a detainee to be naked, perform sexual acts, or pose in a sexual manner," General Kimmons said, in exactly the specific language that the President refuses to use.
