in the state and strongly believed that the destitute conditions of the people had to be cared for and he provided rulers with suggestions and policies on how to ensure livelihood of their people. In order to persuade the rulers into practicing benevolence in the government‚ he claimed definitively that human nature is good. Mozi and his disciples adopt another approach; they travelled around the states to sell their ideas‚ help to end and prevent wars of aggression‚ eventually bringing peace and
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impossible for any other being to be held responsible for any other action that someone else commits. As a result of this‚ people must take responsibility for themselves in order for society to be able to move forward. 1. Perfect Justice and Omni-benevolence Within the Christian faith‚ God is frequently seen as being the perfect judge‚ not capable of making a single unjust decision or decree. As such any trespass must be corrected according to His holy justice. Since the “wages of sin is death” (King
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There are a myriad of different possibilities for the theme of “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ but to me the story represents the concept of blame. As humans‚ we sometimes feel a need to target someone as the root of our problems‚ even if we know that they were in no way involved. This makes us feel better because we are able to take out our anger or stress on someone else. In some cases this person may be picked at random‚ such as Tessie was in the story. This can at times be unfair to the target
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The book of Mencius is about how to get alone with the Master‚ not only with one but also with different masters‚ as the book discusses various kingdoms that existed in China at the time. Mencius gave advice to the different princes; he was very intelligent and wise therefore the princes hired him to ask for advice on how to exercise power. Their advices were meant to correct and improve the position of master on whatever the matter was. Mencius talks a lot about courtesy‚ I think that his main
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A Christmas CarolTheme Expressed Through Symbolism "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity‚ mercy‚ forbearance‚ and benevolence were all‚ my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business." A Christmas Carol‚ written by Charles Dickens is a straightforward narrative‚ which effectively uses symbolism to develop the major theme of the novel
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Confucius The Chinese teacher and philosopher Confucius was the founder of the school of philosophy known as the Ju or Confucianism‚ which is still very influential in China. Information on his life Confucius is the Latinized name of K’ung Fu-tzu (Great Master K’ung). His original name was K’ung Ch’iu; he is also known as K’ung Chung-ni. The most detailed traditional account of Confucius’s life is contained in the Records of the Historian (Shih chi) by Ssu-ma Ch’ien‚ who lived from 145 B
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others without presuming to get anything in return. On the other hand‚ the lecture made me realize that volunteers are not paid because they are priceless. I suppose volunteers are the only human beings on this planet who mirror this nation’s benevolence‚ altruistic caring‚ endurance‚ and just pure love for one other. I salute those people who never fail to offer their hands to the needy people on various barangays. The true essence of existing is really serving our fellowmen. We don’t know how
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Banneker unmasks his views on slavery by dispensing his thoughts onto a letter to Thomas Jefferson. Banneker refutes Thomas Jefferson’s published ideas about the inferiority of blacks by quoting Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal". Banneker reveals that the crude treatment to slaves is immoral by using parallelism and appeals. By using parallelism‚ Banneker demonstrates the unjustness of slavery. He begins his sentences
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The novel‚ Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma‚ author‚ Camilla Townsend‚ a history professor at Colgate University has investigated through many written records from the seventeenth-century. During this time in history many things were written down in journals‚ maps were created and artifacts such as agricultural tool and body remains were left behind. Through these primary sources Townsend has written a biography that focuses on the life of America’s most influential female Indian‚ Pocahontas and
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here is on the effects of the sin rather than the sin itself. Despite all the ambiguity Hawthorne portrays throughout the novel‚ he is one to believe that one can only free themselves from the sin they might have committed through forgiveness and benevolence of a good heart. During a lifetime‚ forgiving is part of the everyday life. Thus‚ the reading illustrates that sometimes it may be as easy as it seems. As we gear towards the end of the story‚ Hawthorne presents us with a different meaning of The
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