Purpose
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The large number of EU countries in the G-20 serves little
purpose
in the absence of systematic coordination of member states and Commission positions.
Such diversity may include varying degrees of social justice, if people choose to pay more or less for that
purpose.
Ahmedinejad’s
purpose
is simple: find the weak spots in the chain that links Europe to its past and, through this past, to Israel and the US.
In its 14 years in power, the People’s Democratic Party has failed to articulate programs and policies that offer Nigerians a new sense of
purpose.
The SCO’s original
purpose
was to mitigate tensions on the borders of China and the Central Asian countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the arrival of the United States military with the war in Afghanistan.
A successful partnership within Europe, as well as between Europe and the US, to overcome extremism and terrorism in North and North Central Africa could provide allies with a sense of common
purpose
and a model of unified effort.
And if the aestheticexploration of the word was no longer the goal, it could not be abandoned entirelyand with disdain; whatever we wrote and now write, with whatever purpose,whether to express the struggle for freedom or the passion of a love affair,can approach the power of truth only to the extent that we are capable ofexploring the splendor of language brought into its service.
Unless we can recover a world in which business profits actually serve a purpose, the likelihood of more economic, political, and social shocks will remain intolerably high.
The idea that human embryos could be created with the express
purpose
of “harvesting” them for medical purposes incites fear of a “brave new world” revisited.
Those who oppose abortion irrespective of its
purpose
argue that sacrificing a human embryo to obtain stem cells is akin to abortion and therefore immoral.
Even putting aside moral and legal questions – which one should never do – it is doubtful whether the strategy of torture and assassination can achieve its pacifying
purpose.
Indeed, one likely explanation of the observed gap in social values is that education is being deliberately used as a tool of indoctrination, with the
purpose
of consolidating autocratic governments.
The term political science first became popular in the late eighteenth century to distinguish it from all the partisan tracts whose
purpose
was to gain votes and influence rather than pursue the truth.
Members of NATO share much more than an alliance; we are united by ties of blood and purpose, a heritage of liberty, and a calling to confront extremists’ violence – and defeat it.
That unity need not mean a uniformity of tactics or views, but rather a union of
purpose.
The
purpose
of the amicus curiae is to improve the quality and legitimacy of the judicial process.
Europe’s problem is not only a lack of military spending, but also poor effectiveness when it comes to the
purpose
of that spending: the use of force when and where necessary.
The EU is adrift and desperately in need of a catalyst to renew its sense of
purpose
and dynamism.
The global strategy could serve that purpose, but not if it is issued at a time when attention is squarely focused on another challenge, especially one that could bring about fundamental change for the EU.
If the strategy had been ready for release at that time, it might have served as a pole around which a discussion on Europe’s
purpose
in the world could have coalesced.
More accurately, tax cuts were what Wall Street wanted, and financial professionals were willing to accept any argument that served that
purpose.
Vickers is no more enamored of so-called “limited
purpose
banking,” in which all debt is effectively securitized.
When access to private communications is possible, anyone can use it for any
purpose.
Moreover, because the elected deputies from Unity joined the party for no other
purpose
but election, their discipline is likely to be scant.
This absence of animating purpose, of faith in the future, has made us hungry for our past.
Safety is democracy’s primary purpose: the safety of each citizen to lead their lives in ways they choose.
The gap between the super-rich and the rest of society seemed less colossal – not just in terms of income and wealth, but also in terms of attachments and social
purpose.
As a card-carrying member of the economics profession, I have been trained to view the world from the perspective of the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham, according to whom the
purpose
of public policy is to create the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.
It is this created self that perceives, remembers, and aspires, that has telos (or purpose), and on behalf of which decisions are made.
Adam Smith wrote that “consumption is the sole end and
purpose
of production.”
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