Sentence examples for thin conceptions from inspiring English sources

Some analyses do this in part by providing thin conceptions of what liking amounts to.

This is a particularly thin conception of legitimate authority.

Hume might agree with this conclusion, supposing a sufficiently thin conception of 'faculty'faculty

So described, genuine theism involves what we may call a "thin" conception of God.

First, the thick conception that is, of trustworthiness as a virtue is not meant to displace the thin conception.

Their thin conception of human welfare may be one reason some Mohists saw a life of altruistic self-sacrifice as the way of the sages.

Furthermore, even those cosmopolitans who do favor a world-state tend to support something more sophisticated that cannot be dismissed out of hand, such as a thin conception of world government with layered sovereignty.

But rather than cling to a virtue theory, why not just endorse the thin conception of trustworthiness (i.e. "specific trustworthiness"), according to which X is trustworthy for me just in case I can trust X? Two things can be said.

People who subscribe to the thin conception are not apathetic towards the content of the law.

The "thin" conception rule of law advocates the view that the rule of law is fulfilled by adhering to formal procedures and requirements.

The extent to which citizens have access to justice in any given society depends on whether a thick or thin conception of rule of law is adopted.