"But civil partnerships are not marriages, which express a particular and universally understood commitment".
They convey almost the same legal rights, but they do not express the same universally understood commitment".
Neo-republican theorist Philip Pettit understands commitment to this ideal to entail reducing people's vulnerability to alien control or the arbitrary power of others to interfere with their choices and their lives.
We understand our commitment to that dào as a commitment to practice and transmit it correctly where the standard of 'correct' is itself either enshrined in a past practice or in natural utility.
Trust and commitment When entering into a joint agreement, it's essential that all parties understand their commitment.
Does she understand the commitment that some community residents make to serve their community as board members?
Before his last run for office, he told the Anchorage newspaperman Michael Carey, "I just want people to understand the commitment I'm making if I stay on.
Even those who were considered difficult on the previous teams, namely Paul Pierce, Baron Davis and Carmelo Anthony, are being considered by Colangelo as long as they understand the commitment.
In the foreword, he wrote: "No one who has not experienced life on the wrong side of prison walls can understand this commitment, indeed a yearning, for a better, more liberal, more tolerant society in Pakistan.
State adoption of these initiatives will ensure that seniors better understand the commitment they make when buying an annuity, giving them security in knowing that their decisions are informed and wise.
Because I understand the commitment to which we'll be bound, but I will work with our allies to lay the groundwork to begin to take up more of the peacekeeping role in Bosnia and Kosovo.
