foundational principle

collocation in English

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foundational
adjective
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/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃən.əl/us
/faʊnˈdeɪ.ʃən.əl/
forming the base from which everything ...
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principle
noun
uk
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens ...
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(Definition offoundationalandprinciplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I think the most plausible form of consequentialism has afoundationalprinciplethat is impartial, maximizing and focused on the consequences of rules.
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We think the anomalies he catalogues can be accounted for without abandoning thisfoundationalprincipleof deterministic behavioral science.
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Hence, the secondfoundationalprinciplemust be that physicians and the institutions and profession of medicine must seek trust and make themselves deserving of that trust.
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Inner wealth in the form of character strengths and virtues is developed with thisfoundationalprincipleand is the pinnacle to application and success.
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Chaplaincy supports thefoundationalprincipleof free exercise of religion and helps to enrich the spiritual, moral and ethical fabric of the military.
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Thefoundationalprincipleis that benevolence, as well as malevolence, is requited, and that one will be treated by others as one treats others.
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The concept of self-awareness is considered to be thefoundationalprinciplefor both functions of the self.
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Through social practices, citizens or social agents adhere to these foundational principles for the sake of social recognition and reward, thereby ensuring their reproduction.
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Anyone who can meet these criteria is able to participate in the hypothetical procedure to construct foundational principles and then endorse them.
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What do foundational principles in cross-cultural work imply for bioethicists?
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Leviathan's rights-based theory of sovereignty and interest-based theory of political obligation had similar foundational principles.
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Symbolic violence characterises the general organisation of a society along foundational principles that once upon a time were arbitrarily selected and used to protect specific interests such as class interests.
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Several corollaries follow from these foundational principles.
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What matters are the objectives to be safeguarded, our democratic foundational principles, pluralism and free access to culture and to technological progress.
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Nonetheless, there has been considerable cross-fertilization of ideas, while the two traditions and sets of foundational principles remain distinct.
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It then presented 15 theses of humanism as foundational principles for this new religion.
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Without foundational principles, managers and accounting professionals have no consistent footing on which to challenge or evaluate new theories of methods for managerial costing.
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And finally, the lack of a conceptual framework and foundational principles that previously did not exist in order to do costing for internal decision support.
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