The Existence of Evil and God In this paper I will argue that the existence of evil does not prove that a God does not exist. For many people the existence of evil and suffering is their number one objection to the existence of God. At times the evil that we see is so pointless. The evil in our world is of such an unspeakable nature that it is difficult at times to fathom what possible purpose could it serve. It is difficult for us to understand why God would allow some things to happen‚
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In “Race Matters in the Colonial South‚” Jennifer Spear examines and highlights how Enlightenment operates inconsistently with its principles‚ such as its universal human rights principle‚ and how it was used as a tool in creating a racial hierarchy that puts Europeans above every other race. This disgusting categorization of humans into a racial hierarchy‚ Jennifer Spears argues‚ was greatly influenced by scientific discoveries of that period‚ which placed Europeans at the pinnacle while non-Europeans
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Concepts of Confucianism and Daoism Author’s Name Institutional Affiliation Abstract Confucianism is seen or viewed as a way of achieving the full potential in persons thus attaining harmony in society and the world through moral cultivation. All Confucians share the conviction that it is possible to transform oneself and all of society through the cultivation of virtue. This paper therefore discusses various concept and assumptions of Confucianism mainly ren‚ xiao‚ li and yi and it
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The Hero’s Journey In recent centuries‚ China has been subject to many foreign powers even on its own soil. In times of low national pride‚ martial art masters such as Ye Wen and Huo Yuanjia became national heroes‚ inspiring the Chinese people to prove their worth to visiting foreigners and preserve their sovereignty. Through a comparative study of heroic martial artists in the recent Chinese films Ip Man（叶问) and Jet Li’s Fearless (霍元甲)‚ this paper will explore how the stories that they tell relate
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My View on the Comparison of English Gentlemen and Chinese Junzi 03100322 10英三 曹雯雯 It is no doubt that there exits a lot of similarities between English culture and Chinese culture‚ obviously ‚ the topic I want to discuss today ‚ the comparison of English gentlemen and Chinese Junzi ‚ can be regarded as an good example. Meanwhile‚ the distinctions between cannot be easily neglected . In contrast‚ through the overall analysis and understanding of the two standards which
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many philosophers would argue‚ this is a contradiction in its self and therefore is a pseudo-task. It looks like a threat‚ but again it is a logically impossibility and therefore is nothing at all. God’s omnipotence and supreme goodness (Omni-benevolence) are mutually incoherent attributes with the existence of evil. This is known as the inconsistent triad because these 2 attributes and the proposition ‘evil exists’ cannot all co-exist. How is it possible for evil to exist in the world and God being
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With The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith installed himself as the leading expositor of economic thought. Currents of Adam Smith run through the works published by David Ricardo and Karl Marx in the nineteenth century‚ and by John Maynard Keynes andMilton Friedman in the twentieth. Adam Smith was born in a small village in Kirkcaldy‚ Scotland‚ where his widowed mother raised him. At age fourteen‚ as was the usual practice‚ he entered the University of Glasgow on scholarship. He later attended Balliol
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This paper is a comparison between two major schools of thought from two different areas of the world and their intrinsic similarities through their approach to political philosophy. Each work chosen for comparison represent a different philosophy from different areas yet hold striking similarities. The two source documents for this paper are “Meditations” by Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and “Analects” by Chinese philosopher Confucius‚ both of which represent Stoicism and Confucianism respectively
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Confucianism and Taoism are two of the most influential philosophies in Chinese culture. Upon inspecting the story of the daughter-in-law who lived in her husband’s household and through self-cultivation became filial to her admonishing mother-in-law‚ we see how similar the objectives of both Taoism and Confucianism are but and the difference on their perspective of the story. In analyzing the importance of harmony‚ filial piety‚ and being wu-wei in this story‚ this essay will argue that the two
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Dunya‚ who lives her life to help and serve others. In portraying self-centered‚ capitalistic Luzhin as the antagonist of the novel hated by those around him and Dunya as an altruistic saint who entrances everyone she meets‚ Dostoevsky argues that benevolence will bring more happiness and reap a greater reward than concern for personal
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