philosophical conviction

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philosophical
adjective
uk
/ˌfɪl.əˈsɒf.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌfɪl.əˈsɑː.fɪ.kəl/
relating to the study or writing ...
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conviction
noun
uk
/kənˈvɪk.ʃən/us
/kənˈvɪk.ʃən/
the fact of officially being found to be guilty of a particular crime, or the act of officially finding ...
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(Definition ofphilosophicalandconvictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The court decided that parents who hold aphilosophicalconvictionagainst the use of corporal punishment in schools were entitled to have that conviction respected.
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Will he accept that as aphilosophicalconviction?
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Since no parent must be penalised for seeking respect for his or herphilosophicalconviction, the existing provision of schools would virtually have to be doubled.
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Perhaps a parent who has aphilosophicalconvictionthat teachers ought to be able to use corporal punishment might care to take a case to the court one day.
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Bernard's independence of mind stems more from his inferiority-complex and depressive nature than any depth ofphilosophicalconviction.
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What of that, when we see what has happened in this case about corporal punishment and philosophical convictions?
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We could have secured compliance through legislation confined to respect for philosophical convictions.
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They are philosophical convictions about the freedom of local government and of each local authority to take decisions for itself.
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Many of them now feel that they must go against what have been their own deeply held philosophical convictions.
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The judgment concerned philosophical convictions which are at the least very positive beliefs.
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Who could safely determine which parents truly held philosophical convictions and which did not?
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Then, in 1978, they said that a parent could object to corporal punishment on the ground of his philosophical convictions.
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I moved that new clause not because of ideology or any particular philosophical convictions but because of representations from constituents.
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It is concerned with respect for philosophical convictions.
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He did not agree with that interpretation, that there were philosophical convictions.
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If a parent wishes to exempt a child from corporal punishment at school then that wish is to be respected and questions about philosophical convictions do not arise.
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Without children moving from one school, normally the one the parent has chosen, to another, parents are able to secure respect for their philosophical convictions against corporal punishment.
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But philosophical convictions are difficult to handle.
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Article 2 of the protocol guarantees the right of parents to choose education in conformity with their own religious and philosophical convictions.
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Fair enough, but clearly there are many parents with precisely the opposite philosophical convictions.
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