Rawls was no Marxist: this "difference principle" acknowledges that a productive, free society will be home to at least some degree of inequality.
These are concepts that are not a part of what Williams calls the "absolute conception of the world" and do not express truths that any rational creature, regardless of her culture, would in principle acknowledge.
He steadfastly declared in the face of great public outcry that the firm's mistakes were "errors of judgment not errors of principle," acknowledging mistakes made that led to the 1929 stock market crash and ushered in the Great Depression.
This principle acknowledges that responsibility is shared for solving the climate change challenge, but suggests that historical differences in contribution to the problem and economic and technical disparities be reflected in varying national commitments.
Participants in the Nairobi conference, organized by the World Conference on Religion and Peace, circulated a draft declaration of principles acknowledging shortcomings.
Similarly, the principles acknowledge that the use of poison pills and other anti-takeover measures can diminish board and management accountability to shareholders.
There are two common independent leadership structures at U.S. companies an independent chairperson and an independent lead director (where the role of Chairman and CEO are combined)—and the principles acknowledge that signatory investors have differing opinions on whether they provide adequate independent oversight.
These principles acknowledge that, from a consumer perspective, the point at which access to internet content is blocked and the identity of the entity who's doing the blocking are largely irrelevant.
The principle is acknowledged in the Van Rompuy report, which is vague about timing but proposes progress toward euro bonds and a European Union treasury after "a robust framework for budgetary discipline and competitiveness is in place".
But in its simplest essentials, the principle is acknowledged by everyone: the person who places all the furniture on one half of the living room while leaving the other half empty finds the arrangement aesthetically displeasing because the room lacks balance.
