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Sine Qua Non |
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[Latin, Without which not.] A description of a requisite or condition that is indispensable. In the law of torts, a causal connection exists between a particular act and an injury when the injury would not have arisen but for the act. This is known as the but for rule or sine qua non rule. sine qua non (see-nay kwah nahn) prep. Latin for "without which it could not be," an indispensable action or condition. Example: if Charlie Careless had not left the keys in the ignition, his 10-year-old son could not have started the car and backed it over Polly Playmate. So Charlie's act was the sine qua non of the injury to Playmate. |
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This is indeed a conditio sine qua non for a global "ethics of care for the other", spearheaded by towering thinkers from Tagore to Buber to Schweitzer, to mention a few salient ones. Prevention of nuclear war: "The prevention of nuclear war is not an issue among many; it is the conditio sine qua non of all our endeavours', states the Secretary-General in his report on suitable steps to expedite effective action for the prevention of nuclear war (CD/603). |
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