"Humanity is created at an epistemic distance from God in order to come freely to know and love their Maker; and that they are at the same time‚" John Hick. Hick starts out providing a definition of theodicy‚ and contrasting both Augustine and Irenaeus’s theodicy. Theodicy has two conditions: one‚ God is real and is limitlessly good and powerful‚ and two: humans are on a religious experience. Augustine and Irenaeus’s theodicies both depict evil way back to human free will. The point that was different
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Religion Exam Notes Unit 1 Chapter 1 Introductory Notes Ethics (theoretical) Comes from the Greek word ta ethika‚ meaning good character. A discipline that deals with the nature of the good‚ the nature of the human person‚ and criteria that we use for making right judgement. It is a standard code of behaviour. The Three Main Theories of the Study of Ethics: 1. Normative Theories: the theories of morals and morality which is further divided into three categories: a) Theories of action:
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as "a sequence of socially defined events and roles that the individual enacts over time" (Giele & Elder 1998‚ p. 22). According to Bandura (1978)‚ human behavior is determined by the actions‚ cognitions‚ and life course‚ which form reciprocal determinism. Further‚ he said that human behavior is an interplay of personal variables such as self-efficacy (belief in one’s ability to succeed)‚ motivations and goals‚ and the environment. For Bandura (1978)‚ environmental influence is comprised of both
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lack of support for abolitionism‚ argues the historian Nash in Sparks from the Altar of ’76: International Repercussions and Reconsiderations of the American Revolution. The article relates to imperialism and colonisation‚ mentioning what the self-determinism of the Americans meant for the Great British Empire and Europe. Nash’s arguments and article as a whole have various strengths‚ such as the many historians he mentions to reinforce his claims (e.g. Bayly‚ Langley‚ Marshall)‚ all whom have the
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Rex attempt to justify the ways of God to man by: 1. “Proving” that we get what we deserve. An example is how Oedipus treated Creon badly‚ so the gods punished him. 2. Oedipus Rex is “a tragedy of destiny”‚ the play “proves that man has no freewill and is controlled by gods. 3. Sophocles was “a pure artist”‚ so he is not interested in justifying the gods‚ and Oedipus Rex was merely an exciting play. • Oedipus did horrible things unknowingly‚ if they did it knowingly‚ readers won’t
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He thinks about whatever he pleases‚ because he knows of his presence. For Decartes this helps him to worry less due to the fact he knows of his existence. 6. Hard determinist don’t believe people are responsible for their actions‚ but soft determinism do. Hard determinist don’t believe in free will‚ while soft determinist believe it exists. Soft determinist allow for free action instead of events caused. Hard determinist trust that humans are responsible for their actions because it going to
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Francis Giovanni I. Gianan BS Nursing Last two meetings in our Theology 4 which is about Christian morality‚ we have discussed about the nature of self and distinction or difference of Moral philosophy from Moral theology. We elaborated “self” or what is really the meaning of “self”. When someone ask you to describe yourself‚ we just say our name‚ age‚ gender‚ where we live‚ our personal attributes and characteristics and so on and so forth. Those are only references
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commitment and other people did things that are not pleasing to Him. God hoped to receive worship from them‚ but it was not like that. God is a gentleman‚ He never is going to force us to do things that we do not want to do. He gave us freedom or freewill to do whatever we want to and chooses between the good or evil. Every single human’s act will have its reward. As the Scriptures says that there are two ways‚ a big one and small one. In the big way‚ many people go in that direction because is easier;
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Ethical Paper 1 Code of conduct is a set of rules outlining the responsibilities and expectations of a particular person who is a member of a group or even a community. When I analyze the definition of code of conduct I think of the word laws and how both definitions are different and similar to one another. The definition of laws is a system of rules‚ regulations‚ principles‚ and guidelines that are established and enforced by an institution
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that our ability to make free choices is an illusion which means that we are not free at all. Others state that there is something else beyond our understanding that may cause our actions to be determined. These theories can be linked to Determinism. Determinism says that there are laws that exist outside of our control that cause the things that happen-laws such as gravity. Scientific laws determine all our actions based on what has happened before. Previous events have consequences that may be
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