Sec. of State Hillary Clinton's approval of a deal to transfer control of 20% of U.S. uranium deposits to a Russian company was a quid pro quo exchange for donations to the Clinton Foundation. EXAMPLES Collected via e-mail, 2016.
civil disobedience - a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination); Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience. direct action - a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands. sit-in - a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move. protest march - occasion when you can express opposition by marching (usually on some government institution) without a license.
Sentience is a minimalistic way of defining consciousness, which is otherwise commonly used to collectively describe sentience plus other characteristics of the mind. Some philosophers, notably Colin McGinn, believe that sentience will never be understood, a position known as  new mysterianism .he concept is central to the philosophy of animal rights, because sentience is necessary for the ability to suffer, and thus is held to confer certain rights.