Sentence examples for should be permitted to decide from inspiring English sources

The overriding question of principle, however, is whether machines should be permitted to decide whether human beings live or die.

Mr. Swiger said fracking could be done safely and cleanly, and he said local regulators should be permitted to decide whether to permit the technique in their communities.

President Bush has said that he should be permitted to decide on the proper mix of federal employees and private contractors at airport screening checkpoints.

Harvey Kurzweil, a lawyer for Travelers, said, "This vindicates Travelers' position that a jury should be permitted to decide whether this was a single coordinated terrorist attack constituting one occurrence under the Travelers policy".

But critics say that countries should be permitted to decide if they will accept a risk, however small, noting, for example, that unpasteurized milk is legal in France but not in Britain.

Whereas in other contexts it has been argued by the press, or sections of the press, that there is a public interest in freedom of speech itself, and that an editor should be permitted to decide where the ethical balance falls, no such argument has been aired in this particular context.

The easily-duped masses should not, he said, be permitted to decide matters too complicated for them to assess.

Physicians should be permitted to exercise professional judgment in deciding whether and when to report a patient to the licensing agency for review of driving privileges.

A major issue in the case of ART is deciding how far science and technology should be permitted to intervene in the act of human reproduction.

BECOMES TEST FOR DEMOCRACY In a volatile test for Senegal's established democracy, voters decided whether the country's elderly president should be permitted to remain in power.

DAKAR, Senegal — A volatile test for this small West African nation's established democracy unfolded on Sunday as voters decided whether the country's elderly president should be permitted to stay in power.