principle of charity

The Monte di pietà was developed on the principle of charity.

This is the whole principle of charity.

There is no better testament to the principle of charity embodied by the month of Ramadan.

One consequence of Rowe's philosophical friendliness is his adherence to the principle of charity.

The organisation describes itself as being dedicated to the principles of Charity, Unity and Fraternity.

Since the time of Quine et al., other philosophers have formulated at least four versions of the principle of charity.

The club was named after Celtic Football Club, and was founded on the same principle of charity.

The primary motivation for the Order was to be a mutual benefit society based on the principles of Charity, Unity and Fraternity.

If I go on a visit to the widows and fatherless, do I go purely on a principle of charity, free from any selfish views?

Willard Van Orman Quine and Donald Davidson provide other formulations of the principle of charity.

He started creating facilities in the 1940s for disadvantaged and disabled people in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, using Christian principles of charity, patience and non-judgmental tolerance.

However, exponents of this view are still further divided into those who make an Assumption of Rationality and those who adhere to the Principle of Charity.

As regards liberal ideologies, they continue to rest on that which I will call the 'principle of charity' : one relies on individual initiative to correct the inequalities of situation.

In philosophy and rhetoric, the principle of charity requires interpreting a speaker's statements to be rational and, in the case of any argument, considering its best, strongest possible interpretation.

This also permitted reasons to be edited for clarity according to the Principle of charity, whereby one reconstructs arguments so they are consistent with the best interpretation of authorial intentions.

This is Davidson's famous principle of charity and it is what enables an interpreter to be confident that the evidence he gathers will allow him to verify a theory of truth for the language.

The 64-year-old Italian Archbishop (his name is pronounced LAH-ghee) said the Vatican believed more in the "the principle of charity" and in being sensitive to the privacy of a person under investigation.

All of this is in accordance with the principle of charity, according to which we must "try for a theory that finds him consistent, a believer of truths, and a lover of the good" (Davidson 1970).

Primarily a Protestant party, the CU bases its policies on the Bible, and takes the theological principles of charity and stewardship as bases for its support for public expenditure and environmentalism.

The Children of Peace, having fled a cruel and uncaring English pharaoh, viewed themselves as the new Israelites lost in the wilderness of Upper Canada; here they would rebuild God's kingdom on the principle of charity.

Besides its general influence in stimulating the affections, it effected a complete revolution in this sphere, by representing the poor as the special representatives of the Christian founder, and thus making the love of Christ rather than the love of man the principle of charity."