After assuming political power in 1933‚ Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party implemented a mission of reviving German strength‚ acquiring territory for more living space or Lebensraum‚ and establishing a foundation for a pure “racial/supremist” state. In order to achieve these goals‚ Hitler needed to create a sense of Volksgemeinschaft or a national community unified in mind‚ will‚ and spirit. Volksgemeinschaft could only be attained through total state control; therefore‚ every facet of cultural and
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principles of action‚ from which the principle of the categorical imperative is derived. This categorical imperative is the supreme moral law‚ and according to Kant‚ it is absolute. For example‚ a maxim like “I must not lie” might be extrapolated into the imperative “Do not lie” according to Kant’s formulation. However‚ the concept of absolute moral law faces a problem in a case in which multiple moral laws run counter to each other. The famous “murderer at the door” problem is an example of this situation
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Friedrich Nietzsche once said‚ “By morality the individual is taught to become a function of the herd‚ and to ascribe to himself value only as a function…Morality is the herd instinct in the individual.” Is Morality absolute or relative? Although there are many interpretations explaining why both could be right‚ each of them have theories proving why they could also be wrong. There are billions of people on this earth who come from different cultural backgrounds. Even though no culture is the same
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the most secret knowledge about the God‚ namely the uncarping spirit‚ and the faith. The absence of cavil‚ or the uncarping spirit is a prerequisite for gaining an intimate‚ immediate and personal experience of the omnipresent reality of the absolute. Every spiritual aspirant must necessarily cultivate this quality. It is a divine characteristic‚ which makes a man’s personality pure and lucent. Carping nature is a big obstacle in the path to divinity‚ acquire mental equipoise and inner tranquillity
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THE LIFE OF ADOLF HITLER Affiliation: Paradise Valley Community College Table of Contents Early Life Biographical background Ideas Political beliefs Personal conclusion Adolf Hitler was born on April 20‚ 1889‚ in the Austrian town of Braunau near the Bavarian-German border. (Encyclopedia of World Biography‚ 2004) In his early youth he was under the influence of an authoritarian and a domineering father. (Encyclopedia of World Biography‚ 2004) Adolf did well in school
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Absolute Justice in Tim O’Brien’s "The Things They Carried" In society today‚ we live by tired clichés‚ swearing that “justice is blind” and preaching “equal justice under law” at every opportunity. We accept justice as something both natural and deserved‚ assuming that being fair is the same thing as being right‚ but only rarely do we realize the idealism of this mindset. Try as we might to ignore it‚ universal justice cannot exist in and of itself—there is no natural law that mandates an action
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the Nazi party and ideals‚ Adolf Hitler not only had to gain support from adults‚ but increase support from youth. He needed to devise and implement a system that was powerful enough to manipulate the youth‚ but subtle enough for them to follow willingly. That system was propaganda. Through the use of propaganda‚ Hitler successfully persuaded the youth to believe and follow his political ideologies. Education played an important role in garnering support for Hitler and the Nazi party. By teaching
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that of the terrorizing dictatorship of Adolf Hitler during the early part of the Twentieth Century. In both of these horrible situations‚ there is a similarity in the challenging rise to power each must go through‚ their traumatizing dictatorships which destroyed many lives‚ and the treacherous downfall which ultimately led to their demise. Macbeth and Hitler were both loved by their people‚ but both charismatic leaders manipulated the people to gain power. Macbeth was respected and loved by the King
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The idea of the absolute sovereignty of God‚ Calvinism is required to be understood. This basic principle of Calvinism clearly distinguishes itself from other Christian systems. Because it has a far more extensive view in which individual salvation is also important‚ it only constitutes a small part‚ while God’s view contains all government and religious systems‚ which include all domains. Thus‚ this principle‚ considering the world to be the possession of God‚ it began from God and equals to everything
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from two great nations rose to power. They are Hitler from the Nazi Germany and Stalin from the Soviet Union. Both of the two leaders share some similarities in their rule‚ for example they had total control of their countries. However‚ there are few differences between them as well. By examining the historical events‚ we can see that how Hitler and Stalin led Germany and Soviet Union to the top of world stage. Hitler rose to power in Germany while Stalin rose to power in the Soviet Union in 1920s
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