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Examples
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Thrilled to know that your benificence extends to us lot.
champagne for everyone! Another Outspoken Female 2009
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The health care provider has obligations toward the patient, and patient only, to respect autonomy, benificence/non-malfeasance, and justice.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Prisoners Retain Right to Refuse Medical Treatment 2010
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The health care provider has obligations toward the patient, and patient only, to respect autonomy, benificence/non-malfeasance, and justice.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Prisoners Retain Right to Refuse Medical Treatment 2010
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It seems some men are only happy to extend kindness and benificence to slaves, not to social equals whose position they resent.
A Giant Leap For Personkind ? Newmania 2008
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Boosting philanthropy may help givers even more than the objects of their benificence.
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In other words, this benificence is actually exacerbating the situation not improving it.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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The internet was not "allowed" to us out of some sense of benificence on the part of the ruling class.
All This Talk of the Civil Contingencies Act Dan Vevers 2009
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The people must reclaim their own rights not wait for benificence from above.
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Or type something out in a blistering blogspotty blitz of benificence, hoping to spark change—although I'm not sure how many of the Mazahua Indians have a blogspot account or Internet access.
The Story That Changes the World nezua 2006
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The people must reclaim their own rights not wait for benificence from above.
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