“Right and wrong are concepts that only have meaning in this world, so by sorting existence on those characteristics, we are defining ourselves to exist only in this world.” WorldExistenceThis WorldBuddhismBalanceConceptsCharacteristicsDefiningSortingDefining Ourselves Author:Frederick Lenz
“A great amount has been talked and written about what constitutes a sufficient balance and what really is meant by the concepts of "balance" and "deterrence".” Has BeensWrittenAmountBalanceConceptsSufficientDeterrence Author:Alva Myrdal
“Justice, though due to the accused, is due the accuser also. The concept of fairness cannot be strained till it is narrowed to a filament. We are to keep our balance true.” JusticeBalanceConceptsDuesFairnessAccusedAccusers Author:Benjamin Cardozo
“Above all, we should question the consumer ethic, which uses up non-renewable resources, creates inequality and injustice, generates pollution, destroys other species and upsets the balance of nature. The consumer ethic not only defiles the environment by creating undesirable change in the biosphere but also corrupts the mind and body by defining pleasure in terms of ownership and absorption. Waste itself is a human concept; everything in nature is eventually used. If human beings carry on in their present ways, they will one day be recycled along with the dinosaurs.” IfsWayShouldMindHumansUseBodyUsedTermHuman BeingsPleasureInspiringEnvironmentBalanceOne DayWasteCreatingEthicsConceptsResourcesSpeciesInjusticeInequalityConsumersUpsetPollutionOwnershipDefiningMind And BodyDinosaursAbsorptionUndesirableRecycledBiosphereRenewable Resources Author:Peter Marshall
“With my academic achievement in high school I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores were not comparable to that of my classmates. And that's been shown by statistics, there are reasons for that - there are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action to try to balance out those effects.” TryingReasonActionSchoolMotivationEffectsBalanceAchievementHigh SchoolConceptsBuiltTestsPrejudiceAcceptedScoreStatisticsAcademicTestingAffirmative ActionYaleAffirmativeClassmatesPrincetonTest ScoresAcademic Achievement Author:Sonia Sotomayor
“There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects.” TryingActionMotivationEffectsBalanceConceptsBuiltTestingAffirmative ActionAffirmativeClassmatesTest ScoresAcademic Achievement Author:Sonia Sotomayor