“All affected can accept the consequences and the side effects that [the norm's] general observance can be anticipated to have for the satisfaction of everyone's interests, and the consequences are preferred to those of known alternative possibilities for regulation.” SidesInterestKnownAcceptingEffectsPossibilityConsequenceSatisfactionAlternativesAffectedRegulationNormSide EffectsObservance Author:Jurgen Habermas
“(...) contemporary art has become a kind of alternative religion for atheists. (...) For many art world insiders and art aficionados of other kinds, concept-driven art is a kind of existencial channel through which they bring meaning to their lives. It demands leaps of faith, but it rewards the believer with a sense of consequence. Moreover, just as churches and other ritualistic meeting places serve a social function, so art events generate a sense of community around shared interests” WorldKindArtSocialInterestCommunityChurchEventsDemandArt IsConceptsConsequenceFunctionMeetingsRewardsAtheistDrivenBelieverContemporaryAlternativesLeapArt WorldLeap Of FaithInsidersContemporary Art Author:Sarah Thornton
“The middle years are ones in which children increasingly face conflicts on their own,... One of the truths to be faced by parentsduring this period is that they cannot do the work of living and relating for their children. They can be sounding boards and they can probe with the children the consequences of alternative actions.” YearsChildrenActionFacesMiddlePeriodsConflictConsequenceAlternativesBoards Author:Dorothy H Cohen
“Prophetic pragmatism attempts to keep alive the sense of alternative ways of life and of struggle based on the best of the past. In this sense, the praxis of prophetic pragmatism is tragic action with revolutionary intent, usually reformist consequences and always visionary outlook.” WayActionPastStruggleAliveConsequenceAlternativesRevolutionaryTragicOutlookVisionariesPropheticPragmatismPraxis Author:Cornel West
“Obviously plastics have served very important purposes and been incredibly convenient but as we begin to witness the long-term consequences of the chemical components leaching into our water and our bodies, we're going to be forced to look for alternatives to how we package goods and food.” LooksLongImportantBodyPurposeTermWaterConsequenceWitnessAlternativesLong TermGoodsChemicalsPlasticComponentsPackagesConvenient Author:Edward Norton
“Economics is a study of cause-and-effect relationships in an economy. It's purpose is to discern the consequences of various ways of allocating resources which have alternative uses. It has nothing to say about philosophy or values, anymore than it has to say about music or literature.” WayPhilosophyUsePurposeValuesLiteratureCausesEconomyStudyEffectsConsequenceResourcesEconomicsVariousAlternativesCause And Effect Book:Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy Source: Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
“In my view, the pro-life movement at this point should focus on seeking to reduce the number of abortions. At times it will require political education and legal fights, at times it will require education and the establishment of alternatives to abortion, such as adoption centers. Unfortunately, such measures are sometimes opposed by so-called hard-liners in the pro-life movement. These hard-liners are fools. Because they want to outlaw all abortions, they refuse to settle for stopping some abortions; the consequence is that they end up preventing no abortions.” WantShouldEndsSometimesHardPoliticalFightingViewsNumbersFocusMovementFoolConsequenceSeekingRefuseLawyerAlternativesSettlingAbortionEstablishmentAdoptionStoppingPreventingPro LifeOutlawPolitical Education Author:Dinesh D'Souza
“The futility of everything that comes to us from the media is the inescapable consequence of the absolute inability of that particular stage to remain silent. Music, commercial breaks, news flashes, adverts, news broadcasts, movies, presenters—there is no alternative but to fill the screen; otherwise there would be an irremediable void.... That’s why the slightest technical hitch, the slightest slip on the part of the presenter becomes so exciting, for it reveals the depth of the emptiness squinting out at us through this little window.” LittlesWould BeBreakStageMediaParticularNewsConsequenceWindowExcitingAbsolutesSilentDepthScreensAlternativesEmptinessSlipsVoidFlashInabilityFutilityAdvertsPresenterSquinting Author:Jean Baudrillard
“There is always a choice." "You mean I could choose certain death?" "A choice nevertheless, or perhaps an alternative. You see I believe in freedom. Not many people do, although they will of course protest otherwise. And no practical definition of freedom would be complete without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all the others are based.” PeopleBelieveMeanWould BeCertainChoicesCoursesI BelieveConsequenceDefinitionsI Believe InPracticalsAlternativesProtestNeverthelessCertain Death Book:Going Postal: (Discworld Novel 33) Source: Going Postal: (Discworld Novel 33)
“There will be consequences for this, he thought. You can't alter time and not be affected. But whatever the consequences are, I will bear them, because the alternative is too terrible. -Artemis Fowl, The Lost Colony” LostBearsTerribleConsequenceAlternativesAffectedColonyArtemisFowlArtemis Fowl Author:Eoin Colfer