I encourage any reader who believes our nation has a moral responsibility to undertake a commitment of that magnitude to explain their reasoning in a comment.
5)—according to which (à la Brandom 1983), in asserting p one undertakes a commitment to either defending p or giving up p if the challenge cannot be met satisfactorily (see Kölbel (2004: 308) for some other discussions of this objection).
As we undertake a commitment to evaluation, it is possible that we will create a renewed passion for our vision and the energy to expand the way we are thinking about the work we do every day.
The international community, including virtually all the Governments of the world, have undertaken a commitment at the World Conference on Education for All at Jomtien, Thailand, to increase significantly educational opportunity for over 100 million children and nearly 1 billion adults, two thirds of them girls and women, who at present have no access to basic education and literacy.
He also admits that Johnson and he misused the resolution to undertake a military commitment far beyond what Congress intended, and argues that a U.S. president should always obtain the assent of Congress before sending troops into action.
In that case, the world's climate problem would remain unsolved.And moreover, if the EU can be persuaded to undertake a second commitment under Kyoto, it is likely to accept a more modest target than it has already offered.
What is missing from Searle's characterization is the notion of overtness: The agent in question must not only make her intention to undertake a certain commitment manifest; she must also intend that that very intention be manifest.
Part of changing the mindset that leads to war is accepting that starting a war means undertaking a lifetime commitment to the people who serve in it.
Even new-starter specialty trainees do not undertake a service commitment until they have completed their initial assessment of competency (normally performed after three months) allowing them to work under indirect supervision and take part in on-call commitments [ 2].
To mark his commitment, Pai undertook a multi-day tour of the Midwest, where he touted the need for more broadband investment.
