individual choice
collocation in Englishmeaningsofindividualandchoice
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individual
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/us/ˌɪn.dəˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/
existing and considered separately from the other things or people in ...
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choice
noun
uk/tʃɔɪs/us/tʃɔɪs/
an act or the possibility ...
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(Definition ofindividualandchoicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There are, of course, utilitarian arguments for the superiority of systems premised onindividualchoice.
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By the twelfth century leaders of monasticism were insisting on the monk'sindividualchoice.
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Nor are they seen as an opportunity to exercise personal values andindividualchoice.
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Here, genetic interventions are presented as a matter forindividualchoice.
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I think that's important, and it's a matter ofindividualchoice.
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It is evident that this was anindividualchoice, giving back an element of control.
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Sometimes theindividualchoiceis not entirely rational, or has perhaps not yet become so.
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Rather, the idea is inspired by a liberal attitude towardsindividualchoice.
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Individualchoicemarket mechanisms do not provide enough information to solve this problem.
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In the next section, we will discuss the impact of decision rules on theindividualchoice.
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My argument is addressed primarily to people who accept the standard theory of rationalindividualchoice.
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Since the individuals are identical, we need not use a subscript i to indicateindividualchoice.
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How is human freedom to be understood ifindividualchoiceis reduced to the response to external stimuli?
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Individualchoicedetermined the type of ring used, based upon assessment of the performance in the given heart.
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The dominant political position, certainly until the 1870s, was that education was primarily a matter forindividualchoiceand responsibility.
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Roughly speaking, this means that eachindividualchoicehas a bounded effect on the value of the function.
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However, designing policies to support greaterindividualchoicepresents government with both technical challenges and with conflicts of values.
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Respect forindividualchoicewould then call into question the legitimacy of so much of reductionist catallactics.
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I have proposed a theory of team agency which generalizes the conventional theory of rationalindividualchoice.
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However, the model of voter choice that we deployed did accurately predict approximately 50 per cent of theindividualchoice.
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Individualchoiceis critical; control of information rests with citizens, not with data aggregators or data users.
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Something similar happens in the realm of the ethics ofindividualchoiceas well; the ethical problems are obscured.
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On the other hand, a 'voluntary' scheme seemed to increase the scope of 'individualchoice' or 'freedom of choice'.
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That is anindividualchoice.
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