In her view representative opinions could arise only when citizens actually confronted one another in a public space, so that they could examine an issue from a number of different perspectives, modify their views, and enlarge their standpoint to incorporate that of others.
The new work and pensions secretary is a parliamentary veteran on the moderate centrist wing of the party, with pro-European views and a fairly liberal standpoint.
The issue of assisted dying will affect all of us and we all need to be clear of our own views and within our own ethical standpoints.
These findings cannot provide any estimate of the prevalence of this view and, regardless, ethical standpoints are not a simple matter of democratic decision making.
Truth can be viewed from many standpoints, and references to any controversy may produce problems demanding all the skill and tact of the editors to resolve, particularly when the reputation of the writer is at stake in a signed article.
We can see that he is doing his best to ring the changes on his chosen theme, that he is seeking out less familiar views, less obvious standpoints, less well-known nooks and crannies of the city, but it is still, when all's said and done, the same fantastic pantomime dame that he is rouging up for another night on the boards.
Recently, the control system community started to study security of cyber-physical systems both under the methodological point of view and from a more technological standpoint by looking at particular problems arising in, e.g., smart grids, power grids, and water distribution systems.
But this evaluation does not mean that it is rational from the health point of view and, even less, from the standpoint of assignment of public resources.
That sense of privilege turning people solipsistic is what makes him uneasy about his home town, where people get so consumed about issues they view as moral standpoints that they forget only the wealthy can afford to take those positions.
Thus, a scientific account cast in the language of the absolute conception may not only be able to explain why a tree is as tall as it is but also why we see it in one way when viewed from one standpoint and in a different way when viewed from another.
It could indeed be argued that the two go closely together to constitute what may be called a metaphysical point of view, a standpoint whose primary purpose is to provide understanding.
