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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Roman culture. Pseudolus’ ability to lie and manage different situations renders the work an in-depth commentary on Roman culture that also skewers American racial and social relations in the 1960s. When Hero confides in Pseudolus about his love for Philia‚ the plot moves forward not just with a traditional caper or romantic comedy‚ but also with an interaction between social classes that offers commentary on both cultures. Keith Bradley emphasizes that slavery
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Shakespeare is described as a tragedy of revenge‚ through psychological origins of revenge‚ the styles of revenge during that period and the structure of Elizabethan revenge tragedies. This article‚ "Shakespeare and Psychoanalysis: Tragic Alternatives: Eros and Superego Revenge in Hamlet."‚ written by Joanna Montgomery Byes focuses on the psychological origins of revenge and in what part does the socialized and/or individual superego play in creating the revenge tragedy in Hamlet. It reminds us that revenge
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Great American writers often produce work that does more than entertain their audience. Great American writers have aimed to capture the attention of their respective societies and always make sure their work includes a teaching aspect‚ one that aims to teach the reader a lesson‚ usually about life or values. One of these great American writers was Dorothy Day. Dorothy Day was a journalist by trade‚ as well as a social activist and an upstanding Catholic. Day was raised an agnostic‚ meaning her family
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On April 26 2013 I visited the Detroit Art Institute. In there I have seen plenty of interesting art sculptures‚ artifacts‚ and paintings. The one that really enjoyed the most is “Selene and Endymion” by Nicolas Poussin‚ a French artist. He made this painting back in 1630. Currently‚ the painting is in the European paintings exhibit section in the DIA. The painting itself uses oil on canvas for its medium‚ and the dimensions are: 48 x 66 1/2 inches. The painting is about Selene and Endymion. Selene
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Patricia Hill Collins investigates the path in which race‚ class‚ and sex sort out our national social life by means of two related topics operating at a profit Sexual Politics: African Americans‚ Gender‚ and the New Racism. From one viewpoint‚ she puts forth the defense for another strain of prejudice that is pervasive yet harder to perceive than the old kind‚ which pronounced itself in servitude statutes and Jim Crow laws. Since sanctioned prejudice is behind us‚ she contends‚ more unobtrusive
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According the Greek Mythology‚ a god called Chaos was living in a world of emptiness. Chaos was tortured the empty space‚ so he used his flesh and made 4 children called Gaea‚ Tartarus‚ Eros‚ Pontus and Erebus. Gaea was the god of Earth‚ Tartarus was destination of wicked souls‚ Eros was the god of love‚ Pontus was the god of sea‚ and Erebus was the god of darkness. Gaea later gave birth to Uranus( the god of heaven9 and married him. Gaea and Uranus gave birth to Hecatonchires‚ the Cyclopes and the
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chasm; not necessarily an disorder. In Theogony‚ chaos also created Tartarus‚ the embodiment of the underworld which he built his own home deep below the world of Gaea. Hesiod also showed love as it appeared out of chaos‚ in the form of Eros. (Page 42 lines 122-124) Eros was known as the most handsome of all Greek gods and he was invincible by nature. Chaos gave birth to Erebos and black night‚ Erebos mated with night and made her pregnant and she then gave birth to Ether and Day. Unfortunately‚
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CHRISTIANITY VS. CHURCHIANITY Christianity is the act and a choice to serve and have a relationship with the one and true living God‚ it is a complete life style change because we were created in the image of God and therefore‚ we should walk like our Father‚ talk like our Father‚ live holy (or to be one with God) like our Father‚ Genesis 1: 27‚ “ So God created mankind in His own image . . .” God is all sovereign until He speaks and once he speaks He is even obligated to perform His word‚ John
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In this essay I have chosen to compare two opposing theories‚ Immanuel Kant ’s absolutist deontological ethics and Joseph Fletchers relativist situation ethics. The deontological ethics focuses on actions made according to duty and the categorical imperative - which shows how acts are intrinsically good or bad. The situation ethics state that no act is intrinsically good or bad‚ and that actions should b made according to love. From this perspective it looks as thought Kant ’s views were less personal
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