Should We Strive To be Moral Saints? In the article‚ “Moral Saint’s” written by Susan Wolfe she states that the moral saint is‚ “One whose every action is as morally good as possible‚ a person‚ that is‚ who is as morally worthy as can be.” I believe that for humans striving to be a moral saint is in a sense admirable‚ but should not be viewed as a realistic goal‚ in the sense that if not attained‚ one is deemed immoral or a failure. In class we had discussed Susan’s essay and talked about her
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In my opinion‚ I think capital punishment is immoral and Canada should not reinstate the death penalty. The death penalty is unethical and doesn’t speak for the morals Canadians hold so close to their hearts‚ and the decision to reinstate it would create a huge negative impact on foreign relations around the world. Canada is a strong advocate toward fighting injustice and for human rights‚ and if we decided to reinstate it‚ countries would highly condemn that decision and would leave Canada out of
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In the book “How should we then live?”‚ Francis Schaeffer comments that Rome did not fall because of external forces‚ but it fell because it did not have a sufficient inward base. Thought‚ the external forces‚ such as the barbarians did bring Rome to ruins‚ I do agree that Rome did not have a sufficient inward base. The few reasons for Rome’s fall are as follow. Rome was always worshipping false gods and they were cruel. Rome did not believe in having an infinite God. Many of their emperors ruled
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"From the most ancient times justice has been a two-part concept: virtue triumphs and vice is punished." Francis A. Schaeffer from How Should We Then Live. In advance to the establishment of this composition‚ ’virtue’ will be defined. Taken from Merriam-Webster.com‚ ’virtue’ is defined as a particular moral excellence‚ something that is keenly chosen in order to achieve. Ransom became terrified by the detail that he was a sacrifice to the Sorns by his two acquaintances‚ Weston and Devine‚ and consequently
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Why many Americans should read poetry Americans should read poetry because it inspires‚ challenges‚ and tells stories of emotions that can help you find deep meaning inside yourself. Even though much of the famous poetry in the world came from Europe during the renaissance‚ students around the world study it. Yet in America we lack courses that effectively explain the meaning and importance of poetry. Poetry can change your life around because it makes you search your soul for answers that otherwise
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Mayukha Vallabhaneni #29 Room 6 Language Arts 2/12/13 Should We Extend The School Week? Do you think that we should have an extended school week? Quite a few people think that we should have an extended school week because the students learn more‚ but that is not true; however no extended school week offers more time for extra-curricular activities‚ also the extra hours of teaching don’t make a difference‚ and you have more time for
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Issue 1 Should We Drill for Offshore Oil? The yes argument for offshore drill has increased due to skyrocketing fuel prices‚ continued wars‚ and rising unemploy- ment as shown from a Gallop poll that was conducted in May of 2008. The political landscape is also changing in favor of offshore drilling. The environmental concerns Americans less because of the increasing financial strain being realized by a majority of the American public. If we had increased offshore drilling it could help lower
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| IS THERE A CORE OF PRACTICAL MACROECONOMICS THAT WE SHOULD ALL BELIEVE ? | | ATULUKU ORIYOMI | | ECON-8220-001:SEMINAR IN MACRO THEORY | 8/30/2011 | | The IS curve is the functional relationship between real output and real interest rates derived from behavioral determinants of spending such as (endogenous variables) wealth‚ income‚ interest rates‚ government budget and so on. The sensitivity of investment to interest rates is uncertain or questionable in nature. Nonetheless
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We should keep cars‚ they have been here for so many years. Cars have done a lot of great things to this world. As it states in paragraph 3 Cars let people free‚ people don’t have to live in the city where your job is‚ cars also helped the growth off suburbs. Cars have grown to be so much now you have 100 types of cars to pick from way let all that hard work on cars go to waste? Cars do have some things wrong like the population‚ but nothing is perfect but cars come close! When I’m in my car I
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How Should We Treat the Homeless? I think that to treat all homeless people in one certain way would be hard for me to do because there are many reasons for a person to be homeless‚ and some of them should be treated differently from others. I feel that the runaways and drug addicts don’t deserve as much as the unemployed and war veteran types. But I feel in my heart that all people with no homes‚ or lives for that matter‚ should get some sort of help to survive and get back on their feet so
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