Journal of Military Ethics‚ Vol. 9‚ No. 3‚ 245Á261‚ 2010 War and the Virtues in Aquinas’s Ethical Thought RYAN R. GORMAN University of Dallas‚ Texas‚ USA ABSTRACT This article argues that Thomas Aquinas’s virtue ethics approach to just war theory provides a solid ethical foundation for thinking about the problem of war. After briefly indicating some shortcomings of contemporary views of international justice‚ including pacifism‚ legalism‚ progressivism‚ realism‚ pragmatism‚ and consequentialism
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THE VIRTUE OF HUMAN HEARTEDNESS: ENVIRONMENTAL SALVATION By: Jalton G. Cartel 2 BS Medical Technology I.Introduction This term paper aims to discuss what people do in order to save our environment. This also aims to help to discover how Che’ng Hao principle of virtue in human heartedness saves our environment. And also what people should embodied in order to save our environment. “The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food‚
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Summary of Christina Sommer’s Teaching the Virtues In Christina Sommer’s piece entitled Teaching the Virtues‚ she quickly states her position in thinking that ethics education in contemporary school’s need reform. Christina Sommer believes that in ethics classrooms in schools there is too much of a focus on social morality and not enough focus on private morality‚ and these students can benefit from a more balanced approach. Social morality refers to issues such as the death penalty‚ abortion‚ and
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TMA02 W7534577 Why was arête (‘virtue’) an important theme in Homer’s Iliad? Select two characters with which to make your points. Virtue or arête was an important quality in Homeric society and one which features very heavily in the Iliad. Arête is achieved by one’s actions‚ generally in battle and is a combination of qualities such as courage‚ honour (‘time’) and sacrifice.([good] Homeric heroes possessed these qualities and they were recognised by the audience of the epics.( Outwardly
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FHE INC. FHE‚ Inc. is a manufacturer of pumps and related fluid-handling equipment used primarily by the automobile‚ appliance‚ and construction industries. For a five year period sales and profits have risen due to aggressive new product introduction. However‚ aggressive new product introduction has resulted in bottlenecks in the engineering services department and a breakdown of communication and coordination among management and departments. There are several steps Lum Donaldson needs to adopt
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Gap Inc. in 2010: Is the Turnaround Strategy Working? 1. What does a five-force analysis reveal about the strength of competition in the U.S. family clothing stores industry? * The retail wearing industry is highly competitive‚ with buyer power being the strongest force. The painful materials needed for manufacturing are relatively abundant‚ which limits supplier power and accommodate room for price negotiating. There is low cost of entry‚ so the industry is flooded with competitors and
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CHEMTECH INC Case 13-1 1. What problems are faced by Chemtech in the following areas: logistics and supply chain management‚ purchasing‚ and marketing? Chemtech Inc established in 1980‚ is a market leader in production of chemicals in Atlanta. Its principal utilities and a distribution center are located in outside Atlanta. Chemtech is facing a problem in logistics and supply of its produce as it has only a single distribution center which is facing a huge requirement of expansion and addition
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Charity is a kind of virtue that involves an infinite amount of love and kindness. Charity can be express by the act of giving and caring. The question is does everything a person who lacks charity does is a sin? The virtue of charity is significant to Aquinas’s moral philosophy. By doing charity makes you a better person? Does a person who lacks charity is a sinner? In Secunda Secundae Partis Q. 23‚ A.7‚ the text expresses that Aquinas does not believe that everything a person who lacks charity
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Subject: CSC 2201 Programme: BBADI Group Members: Tham Chee Shen Lee Ping Wei Tan Kitt Voon Lim Soon Yik Table of contents Contents | Page | Chapter 1: Overview of Apple Inc 1.1 History 1.2 Mission and Vision 1.3 Business process 1.4 Organization structure | 1-5 | Chapter 2: Information System 2.1 Training Needs Analysis 2.2 Web-Based Application 2.3 Customer Relationship Management | 6-8 | Chapter 3: Information Requirements 3.1 From
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University of Phoenix Material BUGusa‚ Inc.‚ Worksheet Use the scenarios in the Bugusa‚ Inc.‚ link located on the student website to answer the following questions. Scenario: WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ Advertisement Has WIRETIME‚ Inc.‚ committed any torts? If so‚ explain. WIRETIME‚ Inc. places an ad in a magazine stating that BUGusa devices were low quality and did not work for more than a month. The tort is defamation. Defamation occurs when one party makes a false statement about another. A
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