Just War Theory starts with philosophers such as Aristotle and Cicero. Their first ideas of any war being ‘just’ involves the act of self-defence as the reason the war began. In their eyes‚ this reasoning made a war just. Ambrose of Milan and Augustine of Hippo developed this idea by coming up with a series of specifications for a war to be called ‘just’. They took this idea from the existing Roman ‘justum bellum’ and the Old Testament‚ where It has been said that God has consented to war or even commanded
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The later Protestant Churches generally date their doctrinal separation from the Roman Catholic Church to the 16th century. The Reformation began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church‚ by priests who opposed what they perceived as false doctrines and ecclesiastic malpractice—especially the teaching and the sale of indulgences or the abuses thereof‚ and simony‚ the selling and buying of clerical offices—that the reformers saw as evidence of the systemic corruption of the Church’s hierarchy
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been the efforts of scholars and thinkers to recognize and understand what the essence of human morality is. Some philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes believes that human beings are intrinsically evil; nonetheless‚ others philosophers such as Augustine of Hippo state that human nature is in a certain way divine since it is a reflection of God’s creation for excellence. Nowadays‚ almost all scholars agree with the idea that human moral nature is mix of good and evil. This duality of moral behavior
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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Ever since I was a little girl I always wanted a hippo. I asked my mom every Christmas if she could get one. She always said “ If I had a million dollars‚ and if it was legal.” Then I would just sigh and move on. But for Christmas she would get me hippo stuff‚ like hippo clothes‚ blankets‚ everything. That is how much I love hippos. Everyone at my school would always say I’m crazy because I loved them so much. Since we were in the sixth grade they
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AN OVERVIEW OF PEACE AND CONFLICT DEFINITIONS: Peace is often seen as the converse of war. i.e. peace and war as two sides of the same coin. Hence the definition of peace as the absence of war‚ and that of war as the absence of peace The problem with this definition is that it does not explain everything about peace and war For example even in situations of war‚ some conditions of peace still prevail. E.g. in spite the long years of hostilities between the Israelis and Palestinians‚ both
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Analytic Paper on Tao Te Ching‚ Genesis the Bible‚ and City of God By: Majik Maji The philosophies of Christianity and Taoism‚ as different as they may be in full body‚ share the similarity of unshakeable destiny. Though Taoism is rooted in the idea that nature can be used as a blueprint for understanding vice Christianity’s use of a holy book and Gospel‚ both ideologies have a reverence and respect for the power and uncontrollability of nature and its will. This respect‚ in summation‚ is that
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Zach Powell Mr. Malarkey Ethics 11/21/14 Terrorism Terrorist acts against humanity create fear in many people. The act of terrorism violates the Catholic virtues of justice and charity‚ and creates conflict with just- war theory. Our response must be done justly for the betterment of society. Terrorism is gravely against justice and charity‚ and contrary to human dignity. There are various definitions of terrorism. According to the Harvard Review of Psychiatry it is the use of force or violence
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What does Socrates mean when he says that “an unexamined life is no life for a human being to live?”. As I read Plato’s Apology‚ Euthyphro and The Allegory of the Cave‚ I could sense two things about unexamined life. First‚ unexamined life means someone who lives in self-reflection such as sin‚ guilty‚ and self-examination. According to Socrates‚ for living life‚ the most important one is that should be analyzed and explore the mind itself. One of an important thing‚ self-reflection of our inner
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God Theology from Greek meaning theo meaning “God” and logy meaning study is the systematic and rational study of concepts of God and its influences and of the nature of religious truths‚ or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies‚ usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary. God was described in terms derived from ancient Greek philosophy. God is said to be as all powerful‚ all-knowing and transcendent. "Transcendent" meaning beyond
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consider that these were the Romans whose faith was praised in the preaching of the apostle‚ to whom faithlessness could have no access.” (Epistles 54‚ 14) In context‚ St Cyprian is stating no error can come from the “throne of Peter”. St. Augustine of Hippo concisely and briefly expressed this attitude with his written statement in the 5th century‚ "…for already on this matter two councils have sent to the Apostolic See‚ whence also rescripts have come. The cause is finished." (Sermons 131‚ 10)
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