doctrine
教义,理论,教条,理论上
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- : a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government: Catholic doctrines; the Monroe Doctrine.
- : something that is taught; teachings collectively: religious doctrine.
- : a body or system of teachings relating to a particular subject: the doctrine of the Catholic Church.
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For example, as David Rotman writes, the economic doctrine of high GDP growth, once challenged only by people on the radical fringe, is now being questioned by Nobel-winning economists.
Because it discourages consideration of the secondary impacts of a corporation’s actions, the doctrine is arguably at the root of phenomena, such as offshoring and contingent labor, which have frayed the social fabric of America and the world.
Under Kentucky’s version of the castle doctrine — a home-defense provision common in many states — residents are allowed to use defensive force against someone “forcibly entering” a dwelling.
I am very much an instrumentalist, and am comfortable with the “shut up and calculate” doctrine.
The doctrine of evolutionary ethics is now blessedly in decline, mostly because of a widespread feeling that science and morality represent, as Stephen Jay Gould argued, different and non-overlapping magisteria.
Most often, the doctrine is invoked by minors seeking an abortion without parental consent.
If it leads to real change, not just in tone, but also in doctrine and policy, it would indeed be an earthquake.
But Francis has also implied that his hands are tied when it comes to changing doctrine or altering church teachings.
Affleck, as if on cue, challenged Harris: “Are you the person who understands the officially codified doctrine of Islam?”
And he went on to give as much of a Rand Paul Middle East as a place where is the problem can take.