(n.) The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.
(n.) The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mike Ashley told Lee Charnley that maybe he could talk with me last week but I said: ‘Listen, we cannot say too much so I think it’s better if we wait.’ The message Mike Ashley is sending is quite positive, but it was better to talk after we play Tottenham.” Benítez will ask Ashley for written assurances over his transfer budget, control of transfers and other spheres of club autonomy, but can also reassure the owner that the prospect of managing in the second tier holds few fears for him.
(2) Psychological well-being and the level of psychological autonomy were studied in a group of 109 Jewish late adolescents in the USSR.
(3) "If you look at the price HP paid, it was an excellent deal for the Autonomy shareholders.
(4) The early absolute but transient dependence of these A-MuLV mast cell transformants on a fibroblast feeder suggests a multistep process in their evolution, in which the acquisition of autonomy from factors of mesenchymal cell origin may play an important role.
(5) Autonomy, sense of accomplishment and time spent in patient care ranked as the top three factors contributing to job satisfaction.
(6) In all iodine-deficient regions such as the GDR, a frequent occurrence of thyroid autonomy with manifestation of hyperthyroidism following iodine contamination has to be taken into account.
(7) Like the doctor who makes a decision to operate without consulting the patient, I’m diminishing your autonomy by undermining it.
(8) These results are discussed in terms of the role of contaminants in the observed synthesis, the "normalcy" of Acetabularia chloroplasts, the synthetic pathways for amino acids in plastids, and the implications of these observations for cell compartmentation and chloroplast autonomy.
(9) Sepah’s officers told him he must quit writing and cease his promotion of Kurdish autonomy or it would be years before he knew freedom again.
(10) Doctors should respect the principle of doing good and doing no harm, but they should also have respect for the patient’s views and choices about their condition and treatment, and respect their autonomy over decisions that affect them directly.
(11) The isolation and characterization of factor-independent mutants allowed the identification of genes involved in growth autonomy.
(12) The shares fell 45% on his watch, with an especially big dip coming after the Autonomy deal was announced.
(13) Prenatal informed consent for sonogram, a primarily autonomy-based indication, should be given the same weight in clinical judgment and practice as the beneficence-based indications listed by the National Institutes of Health consensus panel.
(14) The survey covered factors considered vital to resident education, including operative experience, input into preoperative and postoperative decisions, autonomy, and time demands, and an overall rating (OR) of the educational quality of the rotations.
(15) Childress defends the principle of respect for personal autonomy as one among several important moral principles in biomedical ethics.
(16) Labour has suggested giving Holyrood control of income tax; the Lib Dems support the idea of fiscal autonomy; while the Conservatives say they are committed to "a strengthening of devolution".
(17) HP called in PricewaterhouseCoopers to do a forensic review of Autonomy's historical financial results.
(18) A working seminar elucidated their fears about professional incomes and about increased patient autonomy.
(19) The treatment we propose for the post-partum psychotic crises in a day unit would ease: 1) The preservation of part of the patient's autonomy which would valorise her.
(20) A diminished public respect for physicians, a decrease in professional autonomy, and an increased regulatory presence have led to extensive changes in medical practice in the past 25 years.
Privacy
Definition:
(n.) The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion.
(n.) A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement.
(n.) Concealment of what is said or done.
(n.) A private matter; a secret.
(n.) See Privity, 2.
Example Sentences:
(1) Although it appears to come within the confines of privacy, assisted suicide constitutes a more radical change in the law than its proponents suggest.
(2) However, a new, high-profile business deal, and a public row with her family, mean the multibillionaire's days of privacy are numbered.
(3) Wright said that he was told the other two pages of documents were not provided because of freedom of information subsections concerning privacy, "sources and methods," and that can "put someone's life in danger."
(4) In addition we also suggested that he was in charge of the company's privacy policy and that he now trusts open source software where he can examine the underlying code himself.
(5) "People have really gotten comfortable not only sharing more information and different kinds, but more openly and with more people," said Zuckerberg in 2010 during an intense few months as controversy raged over the complexity of Facebook's privacy settings.
(6) "Our thoughts go out to his family and many friends, who have asked for privacy at this time."
(7) Nobody knows how often it happens but judging just from my inbox, it’s certainly not a rare occurrence and what struck me as I started to learn about the issue of health privacy is that employees are defenseless against things like this happening to them.” Fei said that she also received her fair share of emails saying: “What makes you think your baby was entitled to million dollars worth of care?
(8) This thoughtful intervention brought new hope to us and others, for the rebuilding of public trust in surveillance conducted with respect for privacy, democracy and the law.
(9) 'Snooper's charter': Theresa May faces calls to improve bill to protect privacy Read more Ken Clarke, the Conservative former home secretary, and Dominic Grieve, the Tory former attorney general, suggested there could be improvements to the new laws that overhaul the state’s surveillance powers.
(10) Japan's trade and industrial ministry warned on Wednesday that Google must follow Japan's privacy law in implementing its new approach, and that Google needed to provide explanations to address users' concerns.
(11) It frustrates customers, eats up their data allowance and can jeopardise their privacy.
(12) Privacy advocates argue this reflects an alarming ease of access, even though agencies should make every effort to ensure the invasion of privacy is justified by the importance to the public of solving a crime or recovering money.
(13) "The more I've worked on data protection over the past 20 years, the more I've realised that at the heart of this, what matters as much as the privacy aspect is the issue of human decision-making," said Mayer-Schönberger, professor of internet governance at the Oxford Internet Institute.
(14) He said Coulson quite clearly knew hacking was a breach of the Press Complaints Commission code and there might be privacy issues, but never knew it was a crime.
(15) A controversial bill aimed at tackling cybercrime has gained support this week even as critics including the Obama administration charge it threatens to overturn privacy protections.
(16) The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt , has ruled out introducing a new privacy law to deal with issues around superinjunctions and gagging orders, following a meeting with the justice secretary, Ken Clarke.
(17) Granny flats, designed as standardized units using panels, offer privacy yet proximity to family members.
(18) Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, warned Barack Obama in public remarks this month that history had shown “sacrificing our right to privacy can have dire consequences”.
(19) The company claims that its privacy policy does not break Belgian data protection laws, according to reports .
(20) And there are plenty who think that, as our libel laws are cleaned up, smart lawyers are switching horses to privacy.