She subscribes, in her words, to a doctrine of "sensible internationalism, pragmatic internationalism" — a philosophy that essentially calls for military intervention when it has broad global support and is all but certain to succeed.
That said, Mr. Sanders's philosophy seems sensible.
If you hate him or distrust him, you should consider giving him another try: officers assigned to monitor the wiretaps on his phones sometimes ended up being flipped, because close listening led them to believe that his programs and philosophies were sensible and righteous and that law enforcement agencies should not have been working against him at all.
I believe Ms. Zighelboim and the other fairies would approve of a design philosophy supporting the sensible concept of dancing around in your underpants every day.
Such problems pose far less threat to more moderate forms of naturalism, based on a broader conception of science that includes mathematics, history, much of philosophy, and the sensible parts of literary criticism, as well as the natural and social sciences.
One reason for thinking so is that comparative philosophy is an instance of a sound and sensible strategy for doing philosophy.
Confucius still stands as the paragon of Chinese philosophy because he is seen as advocating a practical, sensible and often successful way of living.
How such essentially subjective application of categories to sensible phenomena in fact happens is a problem of psychology, not philosophy, to investigate.
Contrary to "Dieting: a pot-bellied history" (Observer Magazine), the Greek word "diaita" does not simply mean "a sensible way of life", nor is it the basis of a specific philosophy.
That might be the most sensible course of action but it would be counter to Woods' career philosophy.
