principled objection
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principled
adjective
uk/ˈprɪn.sə.pəld/us/ˈprɪn.sə.pəld/
always behaving in an honest and ...
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objection
noun[C]
uk/əbˈdʒek.ʃən/us/əbˈdʒek.ʃən/
the act of expressing or feeling opposition to or dislike of something ...
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(Definition ofprincipledandobjectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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From the prioritarian point of view, then, there is noprincipledobjectionagainst attending to the interests of more productive individuals.
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Can there be anyprincipledobjectionto using legal rewards, rather than sanctions, to encourage supererogation?
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I do not have a religious or philosophical or otherprincipledobjectionto incorporation of the convention.
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It cannot be right to say that the only people with aprincipledobjectionare those who base their objection upon religion.
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I have a longstanding andprincipledobjectionto referendums.
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I have a fundamentalprincipledobjectionto the sale of the register—full-stop.
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At the outset, he said that his party had aprincipledobjectionto privatised prisons.
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There is noprincipledobjectionto the change.
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We therefore do not have aprincipledobjectionto all-postal voting everywhere.
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That briefly restates my party'sprincipledobjectionto the concept of foundation schools.
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That is hardly aprincipledobjectionto anti-strike legislation, and it is also palpably not true.
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I have aprincipledobjectionto clause 3.
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I have always had aprincipledobjectionto referendums.
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In that case, he will know that oneprincipledobjectionis to the removal of a whole tier of appeal rights.
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I see noprincipledobjectionto that, but what is the logic for it when more efficient communications are vital to a modern and efficient country and its technology-based economy?
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I have a moreprincipledobjectionat this stage, however; the proposed charter of human rights should not be justiciable in the absence of a proper constitution.
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I do not have any huge or principled objections to new clause 13.
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There have been some genuine, principled objections to our proposals and some objections of a more practical nature.
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He does not apply a closed shop to people who have principled objections to the trade union movement.
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We have serious principled objections to the amendments.
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