Permissible
adjective
Allowed by rules or laws.
Smoking is not permissible in this building.
Often appears as...
- permissible behavior
- permissible under law
adjective
Allowed by rules or laws.
Smoking is not permissible in this building.
Often appears as...
- permissible behavior
- permissible under law
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
The idea of what's permissible varies between cultures and contexts.
In some cultures, it's permissible to burp after a meal as a compliment.
Pro Tip 2/3Regulatory Context
Permissible often refers to what is allowed by specific rules, regulations, or laws.
It's permissible to turn right on red at this intersection.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjectivity
'Permissible' can be subjective and depend on individual interpretation or agreement.
Using your phone during dinner may be permissible depending on the host's rules.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
The idea of what's permissible varies between cultures and contexts.
In some cultures, it's permissible to burp after a meal as a compliment.
Pro Tip 2/3Regulatory Context
Permissible often refers to what is allowed by specific rules, regulations, or laws.
It's permissible to turn right on red at this intersection.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjectivity
'Permissible' can be subjective and depend on individual interpretation or agreement.
Using your phone during dinner may be permissible depending on the host's rules.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
The idea of what's permissible varies between cultures and contexts.
In some cultures, it's permissible to burp after a meal as a compliment.
Pro Tip 2/3Regulatory Context
Permissible often refers to what is allowed by specific rules, regulations, or laws.
It's permissible to turn right on red at this intersection.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjectivity
'Permissible' can be subjective and depend on individual interpretation or agreement.
Using your phone during dinner may be permissible depending on the host's rules.
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Keith Chen: Could your...
or future rain, "It will rain tomorrow." Notice that English requires a lot more information with respect to the timing of events. Why? Because I have to consider that and I have to modify what I'm saying to say, "It will rain," or "It's going to rain." It's simply not permissible in English to say, "It rain tomorrow."
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Could your language...
or future rain it will rain tomorrow notice that English requires a lot more information with respect to the timing of events why because I have to consider that and I have to modify what I'm saying to say it will rain it's Oram or it's going to rain it's simply not permissible in English to say it rained
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How we read each other's...
How many people think it was morally permissible for Grace to put the powder in the coffee? Okay. Good. So we ask people, how much should Grace be blamed in this case, which we call a failed attempt to harm? And we can compare that to another case, where everything in the real world is the same.
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What your designs say...
ethical is it still permissible we're asking things like is this Oxfam donation form where the regular monthly donation is the preset default and people maybe without intending it or that way kind of encouraged or not into giving a regular donation instead of a one-time donation is that still
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Do you really know why...
And here we find much more interesting verbal reports than compared to the faces. People say things like this, and I'll read it to you. So, "Large-scale governmental surveillance of email and internet traffic ought to be permissible as means to combat international crime and terrorism."
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Sebastian Deterding:...
where the regular monthly donation is the preset default, and people, maybe without intending it, are encouraged or nudged into giving a regular donation instead of a one-time donation, is that "still' permissible? Is it "still" ethical? We're fishing at the low end.
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Sacred Cows Rescued From...
not something that was legally permissible let alone religiously in India it's not it's not there's a up to a seven year imprisonment fine if you get caught slaughtering cows but it happens nonetheless and so when the police get a tip-off that from a caring
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Political common ground...
and put thought police upon you. And so there has been a genuine narrowing of what is permissible to say. And some of it is legitimate. There are certain words that there should be some social sanction against,
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Toxic Waste in the...
times permissible levels for bathing the Ganges and other Indian rivers are horrific ly polluted and successive Indian governments have failed to clean them up
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Inside the mind of a...
benevolence or patience. But now I believe that there are no circumstances on earth where violent jihad is permissible, because it will lead to greater harm.
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Keith Chen: Could your...
or future rain, "It will rain tomorrow." Notice that English requires a lot more information with respect to the timing of events. Why? Because I have to consider that and I have to modify what I'm saying to say, "It will rain," or "It's going to rain." It's simply not permissible in English to say, "It rain tomorrow."
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Could your language...
or future rain it will rain tomorrow notice that English requires a lot more information with respect to the timing of events why because I have to consider that and I have to modify what I'm saying to say it will rain it's Oram or it's going to rain it's simply not permissible in English to say it rained
Video examples
How we read each other's...
How many people think it was morally permissible for Grace to put the powder in the coffee? Okay. Good. So we ask people, how much should Grace be blamed in this case, which we call a failed attempt to harm? And we can compare that to another case, where everything in the real world is the same.
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What your designs say...
ethical is it still permissible we're asking things like is this Oxfam donation form where the regular monthly donation is the preset default and people maybe without intending it or that way kind of encouraged or not into giving a regular donation instead of a one-time donation is that still
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Do you really know why...
And here we find much more interesting verbal reports than compared to the faces. People say things like this, and I'll read it to you. So, "Large-scale governmental surveillance of email and internet traffic ought to be permissible as means to combat international crime and terrorism."
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Sebastian Deterding:...
where the regular monthly donation is the preset default, and people, maybe without intending it, are encouraged or nudged into giving a regular donation instead of a one-time donation, is that "still' permissible? Is it "still" ethical? We're fishing at the low end.
Video examples
Sacred Cows Rescued From...
not something that was legally permissible let alone religiously in India it's not it's not there's a up to a seven year imprisonment fine if you get caught slaughtering cows but it happens nonetheless and so when the police get a tip-off that from a caring
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Political common ground...
and put thought police upon you. And so there has been a genuine narrowing of what is permissible to say. And some of it is legitimate. There are certain words that there should be some social sanction against,
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Toxic Waste in the...
times permissible levels for bathing the Ganges and other Indian rivers are horrific ly polluted and successive Indian governments have failed to clean them up
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Inside the mind of a...
benevolence or patience. But now I believe that there are no circumstances on earth where violent jihad is permissible, because it will lead to greater harm.
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William T. Vollmann
American Novelist
There have been times when I'm writing about things that are personally embarrassing. Like any human being, sometimes I can't help but wonder - 'What are the people I know going to think about this?' So I have to remind myself that all is permissible. Art has to be a free space. Language has to be a free space.
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Peter Singer
Australian Philosopher
All I say about severely disabled babies is that when a life is so miserable it is not worth living, then it is permissible to give it a lethal injection. These are decisions that should be taken by parents - never the state - in consultation with their doctors.
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Pramila Jayapal
American Politician
When women are told that sexual harassment is 'part of the job' or when assistants of both sexes enable harassing behavior, they have bought into the culture that says such behavior is not just permissible, it is a desirable expression of power.
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Spiro T. Agnew
American Politician
All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.
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Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
Food production is just one part of the repeated emphasis that you store a provision of food which will last for at least a year wherever it is legally permissible to do so.
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Eric Liu
American Writer
It turns out umpires and judges are not robots or traffic cameras, inertly monitoring deviations from a fixed zone of the permissible. They are humans.
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Pawan Kalyan
Indian Actor
If I do not respond to some situation, my conscience kills me. I believe in permissible violence, not necessarily non-violence.
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Sol LeWitt
American Artist
When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.
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Niccolo Machiavelli
Italian Writer
War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
What is permissible is not always honorable.
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William T. Vollmann
American Novelist
There have been times when I'm writing about things that are personally embarrassing. Like any human being, sometimes I can't help but wonder - 'What are the people I know going to think about this?' So I have to remind myself that all is permissible. Art has to be a free space. Language has to be a free space.
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Peter Singer
Australian Philosopher
All I say about severely disabled babies is that when a life is so miserable it is not worth living, then it is permissible to give it a lethal injection. These are decisions that should be taken by parents - never the state - in consultation with their doctors.
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Pramila Jayapal
American Politician
When women are told that sexual harassment is 'part of the job' or when assistants of both sexes enable harassing behavior, they have bought into the culture that says such behavior is not just permissible, it is a desirable expression of power.
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Spiro T. Agnew
American Politician
All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.
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Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
Food production is just one part of the repeated emphasis that you store a provision of food which will last for at least a year wherever it is legally permissible to do so.
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Eric Liu
American Writer
It turns out umpires and judges are not robots or traffic cameras, inertly monitoring deviations from a fixed zone of the permissible. They are humans.
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Pawan Kalyan
Indian Actor
If I do not respond to some situation, my conscience kills me. I believe in permissible violence, not necessarily non-violence.
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Sol LeWitt
American Artist
When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.
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Niccolo Machiavelli
Italian Writer
War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
What is permissible is not always honorable.
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