voluntary choice
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvoluntaryandchoice
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voluntary
adjective
uk/ˈvɒl.ən.tər.i/us/ˈvɑː.lən.ter.i/
done, made, or given willingly, without being forced or paid to ...
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choice
noun
uk/tʃɔɪs/us/tʃɔɪs/
an act or the possibility ...
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(Definition ofvoluntaryandchoicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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His ownvoluntarychoicein the past may then rightfully fetter hisvoluntarychoicein the present.
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Voluntarychoiceis an imperfect guarantee of gaining what 15.
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Esteem cannot be provided or passed on by way ofvoluntarychoice.
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Moreover, early retirement does not necessarily indicate that retirement was avoluntarychoice.
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For them, post-employment is not at all avoluntarychoice.
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For the first time, pain was associated with avoluntarychoiceleading to salvation.
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That is avoluntarychoice.
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A fullyvoluntarychoiceis thought to represent faithfully the agent's stable values and attitudes and desires.
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Voluntarychoiceis important but does not plausibly have the make-or-break significance that soft paternalism attaches to it.
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She can make the protectedvoluntarychoiceto save now for her old age or to refrain from such saving.
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This is really a matter forvoluntarychoice.
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It is acknowledged here that a person'svoluntarychoiceof desired functionings will often be mediated by factors outside the person's control.
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It also has various rules to invalidate treaties that are not based on a trulyvoluntarychoiceof states, though those grounds are rather limited.
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This line places enormous moral weight on the idea ofvoluntarychoiceand, indeed, on the importance of the degree of voluntariness in the case at hand.
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That is the manner in which thevoluntarychoiceis given.
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But at the present time there is no longer any question ofvoluntarychoice.
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The other aspect is thevoluntarychoiceto have children alone.
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A responsible farmer would not regard that as avoluntarychoice.
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Further, we might suppose that there is a better chance that self-mutilators exercisevoluntarychoice and that we are better equipped to detect their voluntariness when we encounter it.
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Obviously, this is a matter which must be left tovoluntarychoicein some way or other.
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Those who pick on it do so in an attempt to removevoluntarychoicefrom other parts of the world.
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Avoluntarychoicehas a potential advantage for schools when the time comes that with the falling birth-rate some schools have to close.
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In the ordinary arbitration held by thevoluntarychoiceof the parties, there is ordinarily no appeal on fact at all.
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If she wants to work and good quality childcare is available, that is fine, but it must be a genuinelyvoluntarychoice.
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Despite all the horrors of the journeys, if the people have avoluntarychoicethey tend to spread out from the centre of the conurbation.
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