passivism

Originalism is, in a sense, a variant of "passivism," but it is not institutional passivism.

Geoffrey R. Stone: Supreme Imbalance: Of Liberals and Conservatives 2008

Maybe people weren't ready for it, almost in the same way we're not ready for passivism today.

The New Deal and the Great Depression, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

It is thoroughly disappointing that the editors of the New York Times continue to allow Kristof to write about China, as this sort of writing will someday be a monument for how Western passivism in the face of the Chinese economy lead to the prolonged tenure of a totalitarian government.

Kristof's Monument to Passivism On Tiananmen Sq Aniversary Matt Browner Hamlin 2010

"Pacifism, which literally refers to the making of peace," she wrote, "is often mistakenly understood as passivism."

Elise Boulding, matriarch of peace studies movement, dies at 89 2010

It is thoroughly disappointing that the editors of the New York Times continue to allow Kristof to write about China, as this sort of writing will someday be a monument for how Western passivism in the face of the Chinese economy lead to the prolonged tenure of a totalitarian government.

Matt Browner Hamlin: Kristof's Monument to Passivism On Tiananmen Sq Aniversary Matt Browner Hamlin 2010

It is thoroughly disappointing that the editors of the New York Times continue to allow Kristof to write about China, as this sort of writing will someday be a monument for how Western passivism in the face of the Chinese economy lead to the prolonged tenure of a totalitarian government.

Matt Browner Hamlin: Kristof's Monument to Passivism On Tiananmen Sq Aniversary 2010

It is thoroughly disappointing that the editors of the New York Times continue to allow Kristof to write about China, as this sort of writing will someday be a monument for how Western passivism in the face of the Chinese economy lead to the prolonged tenure of a totalitarian government.

Matt Browner Hamlin: Kristof's Monument to Passivism On Tiananmen Sq Aniversary 2009

What the conservatives commentators really want in a Justice with respect to these issues is not judicial passivism but judicial activism.

Geoffrey R. Stone: Sonia Sotomayor and the Hypocrisy of "Conservative" Critics 2009

This is not judicial activism, but judicial passivism.

Geoffrey R. Stone: Sonia Sotomayor and the Hypocrisy of "Conservative" Critics 2009

When I think of it, and how it compares to the passivism of either "being an optimist" or "being a pessimist," the image that invariably pops into my mind is that of Rosie the Riveter, from the WWII poster.

Jeff Biggers: Unblock the Climate Debate: New Book is Required Reading for Climate Change Summit Leaders 2009