The " material wealth " of Mohist consequentialism refers to basic needs like shelter and clothing, and the " order " of Mohist consequentialism refers to Mozi's stance against warfare and violence, which he viewed as pointless and a threat to social stability.

The " material wealth " of Mohist consequentialism refers to basic needs like shelter and clothing, and the " order " of Mohist consequentialism refers to Mozi's stance against warfare and violence, which he viewed as pointless and a threat to social stability.

In addition, Schröder distinguished himself from his opponent by taking an active stance against the upcoming United States-led Iraq War.

The bread and " fruit of the vine " indicated in Matthew, Mark and Luke as the elements of the Lord's Supper are interpreted by many Baptists as unleavened bread ( although leavened bread is often used ) and, in line with the historical stance of some Baptist groups ( since the mid-19th century ) against partaking of alcoholic beverages, grape juice, which they commonly refer to simply as " the Cup ".

Centre Party is generally considered to have the hardes stance against EU membership.

The then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said that he would maintain his tough stance against Fiji in order to prevent a " coup culture " spreading around the Pacific.

Protestant missionaries campaigning against it tried to gain support from humanitarian and women's rights groups in London, where the issue was raised in the House of Commons, and in Kenya itself a person's stance toward FGM became a test of loyalty, either to the Christian churches or to the Kikuyu Central Association.

" Author Mark Lynas said " The only reason why this became an issue is that there is a small but vociferous group of climate ' sceptics ' lobbying against taking action, so the BBC is behaving like a coward and refusing to take a more consistent stance.

His materialism led him to a general stance against superstition or the idea of divine intervention.

Nonetheless, some argue against this stance because straighter hair ends tend to point downward while fiber optics requires that light be transmitted at a high angle to the normal of the inner reflective surface.

After supporting Richard Nixon in his 1960 presidential race against John F. Kennedy, Robinson later praised Kennedy effusively for his stance on civil rights.

Yet he was not able to win Navy backing against the adamant Army stance.

However, he backed down with his stance against the unions following a backlash by the militant miners ' union, which saw many of his own MPs turn against him.

The Methodist stance against drinking was strongly stated in the Book of Discipline.

The " material wealth " of Mohist consequentialism refers to basic needs like shelter and clothing, and the " order " of Mohist consequentialism refers to Mozi's stance against warfare and violence, which he viewed as pointless and a threat to social stability.

Next, he attempted to turn the Lombard king and dukes against the pope, but they retained their ambivalent stance, not committing one way or the other.

It is a stance in which the athlete is ready at the same time to give a kick with the front leg as well as defend against the opponent's low level kicks by lifting the front knee and blocking.

O ' Leary later regretted her stance against the drag queens attending in 1973: " Looking back, I find this so embarrassing because my views have changed so much since then.

India's stance that China withdraw from Aksai Chin caused continual deterioration of the diplomatic situation to the point that internal forces were pressuring Nehru to take a military stance against China.

Whereas some venerated him for his aggressive stance against Israel, including firing missiles at Israeli targets, he was widely condemned for the brutality of his dictatorship.

Walter places the rules of bowling second in reverence only to the rules of his religion, Judaism, as evidenced by his strict stance against " rolling " on Shabbos.

In the 1960s, she left the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, to which the majority of Finns belong, to protest against its policy of taxing church members and its stance against female priests.

Some people, Nicholas Ridley, among them, argued that Whitelaw's retirement marked the beginning of the end of the Thatcher premiership, as he was no longer around as often to give sensible advice and to moderate her stance on issues, or to maintain a consensus of support in her own Cabinet and Parliamentary Party.

This is the stance taken by the Shulchan Aruch, who, although acknowledging some authorities do permit the inclusion of an astute six year old, writes that consensus rejects this view and only males over the age of thirteen may constitute a minyan.

Lang's most controversial political stance was as an AIDS denialist ; he maintained that the prevailing scientific consensus that HIV causes AIDS has not been backed up by reliable scientific research, yet for political / commercial reasons further research questioning the current point of view is suppressed.

The Bush Administration's stance on global warming, and in particular its questioning the consensus of scientists, would remain controversial in the scientific and environmental communities during his presidency.

He has taken a stance which runs counter to the scientific consensus on a number of issues, including global warming, the link between passive smoking and cancer ,, and the dangers posed by asbestos.

While already the Latin version of the title of this work is given in two versions ( De re publica and De Republica ), depending on source, the translation of the title of this work knows even more variants, often indicating the stance of the translator: since the expression " res publica " ( appearing in a deflection in the title of this work ) later evolved, with some shifts of meaning, to republic, or a similar term in many languages, there is no general consensus over the interpretation of the connotations implied by these expressions.

By this time, he had established a reputation as a resolute reformer and firm leader, winning praise for his non-confrontational stance on contentious domestic and international issues, while building consensus at the same time.

When American-led NATO bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade in 1999, Jiang seemed to have put up a harsh stance for show at home, but in reality only performed symbolic gestures of protest, and no solid action.

The change to the next phase of his work was, according to him, a shift from " anti-art " to " anti-anti-art ", which accepted the result of the first phase: " that reality can not be described ", but that one may attempt to build a meaningful literature from a relativistic stance.

Some have argued that this is also one of the reasons why it is hard for the historians to agree on Kita ’ s political stance, though Nik Howard takes the view that Kita's ideas are actually highly consistent ideologically throughout his career, with relatively small shifts in response to the changing reality he faced at any given time.

" Everyone else has their own reality, and take the stance that " if you have to ask, you would not understand.

While these two schools may seem quite opposed to each other in some regards, they both share a view of nature as a fundamentally amoral force, and by extension, reality as an arena without set moral imperative – a stance that differentiates both schools from Confucianism.

Russo is often opinionated about his stance that the story, reality, and characters of the show are what draws the viewers.

This viewpoint should not be confused with the stance that " all is illusion " or that " there is no such thing as reality.

Readers should understand that this book is Russell Means ' version of reality, and it does not necessarily bear any relationship to the truth ... Ultimately, this book is a chronicle of Means ' bottomless rage ..." which Brenner notes may have been justified by " the circumstances of his life in particular or American Indian lives in general ," but he thought Means ' stance was overdone.

" Humanism is a democratic, non-theistic and ethical life stance which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their lives and therefore reject supernatural views of reality.

Thus for example John Searle has offered an account of the construction of social reality fully compatible with the acceptance stance of “ the man who is at home in his society, the man who is chez lui in the social institutions of the society ... as comfortable as the fish in the sea ”.

Dennett argues that it is best to understand human behavior at the level of the intentional stance, without making any specific commitments to any deeper reality to the artifacts of folk psychology.

Since Dolly the sheep was successfully cloned in 1997, and the possibility of cloning humans became a reality, Christian leaders have been pressed to take an ethical stance on its morality.

In reality he made an anti-Nazi stance by donating money to resistance groups, hiding vulnerable people in his apartment and writing anti-Hitler slogans on walls.