Sentence examples for societal tests from inspiring English sources

That purpose – the 'why' – has to meet two societal tests: respect for human dignity and serving the common good.

In the immediate aftermath, I felt like I had failed some sort of societal test.

The convergence of "reality media," social networks and instant publication have led to the misconception that privacy is dead; rather, we remain in our own societal beta test of the global power of the social net.

Finally, many regulators continue to require so-called "societal cost-benefit tests" to justify pet conservation and renewables projects that few unregulated firms would have ever willingly made.Are utilities therefore blameless and entitled to full recovery of these "stranded" costs?

An a priori assessment and a principal components analysis (PCA) were used to group variables to test societal constructs.

In an attempt to utilize the available space in a more efficient way, we designed Dutch arable production systems with a production, an ecological and a societal function, and tested systems differing in level of biodiversity in long-term field experiments.

From the societal perspective, PCR testing and highly sensitive clinical judgment are cost-effective when influenza constitutes ≥20% of ILI cases.

The goal of the comedian who pushes the limits of what we'd normally consider appropriate is to test us, to test our societal constraints and make us question them, to smash taboos and ask us to kill our idols.

Societal costs for all tests would also be less than no screening, with GCT-cap being least expensive.

If sport is the great equaliser, it also remains a litmus test of societal views and prejudices.

If the diversity rationale falls apart in university admissions, it could start to test the societal commitment to it in other arenas, notably private hiring and promotion.