ETHICS I-Situation Ethics -Emphasis on the way moral rule cannot anticipate complexities of situations. -One rule has overall priority: neighbor love (Agape) -We only know what love will require in the actual situation -Not what is good or right but “Fitting” - An example of “utilitarianism” -Choices should be morally assessed based on the state of affairs that they bring about. -“the greatest good for the greatest number” II-Universal Ethics-there are absolute rights and wrongs
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Augustine ------------------------------------------------- Life Early childhood Augustine was born in 354 in the municipium of Thagaste (now Souk Ahras‚ Algeria) in Roman Africa. His father‚ Patricius‚ was a pagan‚ and his mother‚ Monica‚ was Christian. Scholars believe that Augustine’s ancestors included Berbers‚ Latins and Phoenicians. Augustine’s family name‚ Aurelius‚ suggests that his father’s ancestors werefreedmen of the gens Aurelia given full Roman citizenship by the Edict of Caracalla in
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will. From the Great Commission to its earliest confessions and catechisms‚ the church has viewed teaching as an integral part of its life and ministry." It has been noted that there is a distinct difference between a "Christian philosophy of education" and a "philosophy of Christian education." The former being only one of many applicable and credible forms of education and the latter being the only viable form of education. We‚ as a collective person‚ were made in the image of God. With this premise
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Right now my degree is set as a General Business degree and I am in the process of eliminating core basic classes so I am not really sure what type of business degree I will be pursuing but I will be talking about my current career for this topic which I am a police officer. I know right now and recently with the news reports‚ cell phone clips‚ and stories from the public about police officers‚ they give all police officers a bad name. In my line of work‚ we are constantly in the public eye and
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SWS TOPIC – CHRIST AT THE CROSSROAD OF TEMPTATION November 10‚ 2013 CHRIST AT THE CROSSROAD OF TEMPTATION Matthew 4:1-11 (Charles R. Swindoll) I. INTRODUCTION: In Matthew 4 recorded the crucial juncture of the life of Jesus. II. BODY: A. Setting: About the time Christ turned thirty‚ this carpenter from Galilee gave His tools away‚ hugged His family‚ and headed for the Jordan River in Judea. There He knew He would find the prophet who was preparing the way for His public ministry
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In this paper‚ I intend to show Book X‚ chapter twenty-seven of how Saint Augustine’s Confessions clarifies on Augustine’s overall worldview and helps us to grasp what it means to be a responsible self according to Augustine. In Book X‚ Chapter twenty-seven‚ Augustine references serval themes that can be seen throughout the book‚ which includes the Prodigal Son and the importance of order. These themes reinstate Augustine’s worldview in that God is in everything and why according to Augustine we
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experience. Black Elks quote “the Circle of life” is a description of how the circle or sacred hoop held significant power and protection for the Lakota people. The following paragraphs well show how Black Elks Primal religious worldview and later his Christian worldview have guided him through his life. The unity of the Lakota people was evident in their use of circle formation
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A description of the Service St Jude’s Anglican Church is in Randwick and I attended the 9.30am Service‚ which is a Sung Eucharist with Holy Communion. This begun with the procession of Servers‚ Choir and Clergy followed by our first Hymn (there were 4 Hymns altogether). The Service was clear to follow as it was printed in a booklet and was led by Rev Jim Le Huray who is the Associate Minister. The Bible readings‚ prayers and Collect of the day are different each week and these are printed on
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3025 Raamah You know‚ despite popular misconception‚ humans don’t see a direct representation of external reality‚ but a translation formed by their eyes and mind. This is what makes it possible for us to change how people see things and in turn how they think. All humans have a blind spot‚ blind spots in an eye correspond to the spot on the retina where the optical nerve connects the retina to the brain. At this spot there is no light detecting cells and‚ thus‚ this spot can’t detect light
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My Environmental Worldview. Now at the turn of the two centuries the mankind comes to grips with the sharpest global problems of the modern world menacing to the existence of a civilization and even of the life on our planet. Inability to foresee and to prevent negative consequences of scientific and technical revolution threatens to cause to fall the mankind into thermonuclear‚ ecological or a social disaster. In many cities and rural areas the present state of the environment
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