Does The End Justify The Means? First‚ let’s try to understand the sense in which the word "justifies" is used in the familiar statement that "the end justifies the means." After that we can consider the problem you raise about whether it is all right to employ any means - good or bad - so long as the end is good. When we say that something is "justified‚" we are simply saying that it is right. Thus‚ for example‚ when we say that a college is justified in expelling a student who falls below
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Muslim religion Name: Institution: Course: Tutor: Date: Religion is one of the most diverse topics in the society today and no one is normally right or wrong whenever it comes to religion issues. The Muslim religion is a religion that began in Arabia and it is believed to have been revealed to humanity by Prophet Muhammad. A Muslim is a person who has submitted to God’s will or is a follower of the religion. The religion has spread rapidly in the world throughout the centuries and it is now
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What happens when words turn into actions? This can be a wonderful suggestion or a poor one‚ and as the Las Vegas shooting has reminded us‚ words can turn into pain and loss. A few of these acts of violence have been influenced by religious beliefs‚ whether a person of faith or of non-faith‚ everyone has been touched by the cruelty of religious war. War over religion has existed since the beginning‚ but now the world faces a different kind of war‚ one that must be fought through the people. Religious
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War has changed greatly over time‚ especially in the area of developing strategies and tactics to make an army more powerful. The war has developed from using guns and having to physically shoot people to being able to drop a bomb and not really see the effect. This essay will discuss the change in what makes a countries army powerful‚ how the use of weapons and tactics has been used to dehumanise war and the variation in our reasons for war. It will also discuss the impact of these changes on society
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There have been many wars fought throughout history. Each of these wars could be found to be either just or unjust. The way to determine this is by a set of guidelines that have been made by historians and philosophers over the years. This set of rules is called the jus ad bellum or right to war. The six guidelines included in this set are as follows: legitimate authority‚ just cause‚ right intention‚ last resort‚ reasonable chance of success‚ and an end goal of superior peace. I believe that‚ according
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A True Muslim The follower of Islam is called Muslim. To be a Muslim is a great blessing of Allah. A Muslim who sincerely acts upon all the teachings of Islam is called a true Muslim. In a hadith‚ it was once asked from Rasulullah (SAW): “How will I know that I have become a Mumin?” Rasulullah (SAW) answered: “When your heart feels satisfied because of any of your good act and mourns about any of your wrong doing‚ then know‚ you have become a true Muslim‚ i.e.‚ Mumin.” To us both of the terms
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I can’t stand it here right now‚ everything is against us Jews‚ people blame us for things that weren’t even our fault. We get blamed for diseases like the plague even though we have no control over anything. As if it wasn’t already bad enough we aren’t allowed to have our own religion‚ we are forced to be Christians like the rest. I have so much fear for my family and I because if they find that we are falsely praising the christian religion we would be exiled. We wished to have own land to grow
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To what extent do you agree with the statement that concerns over immigration levels often relate to identity and culture more than to the economy. Use examples to illustrate your argument. Almost all economists are in agreement that immigration has positive economic effects. Indeed in the United States it “provides natives with a net benefit of at least $80‚000 per immigrant‚ or as much as $10 billion annually” (Bolin‚ 2006). However despite this there are huge numbers of advocacy groups pushing
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In order to have a critical point of view‚ it is important to understand the origins of the Muslim conception of female sexuality. According to Fatima Mernissi‚ the Christian concept of the “sexual instincts” is completely different form the Muslim perspective. From the Muslim view‚ raw instincts are pure energy without connotations with the good or bad. Nevertheless‚ sexual instincts have the power to cause fitna‚ which is an Islamic term meaning disorder and chaos‚ and which also refers to the
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Imam Muslim (202 - 261H) The full name of Imam Muslim is Abu’l-Husain ’Asakir-ud-Din Muslim b. Hajjaj al-Qushayri al-Naisaburi. "Muslim‚" as his nasba shows‚ belonged to the Qushayr tribe of the Arabs‚ one type of the great clan of Rabi’a. He was born in Naisabur (Nishapur) in 202/817 or 206/821. His parents were religiously minded persons and as such he was brought up in a pious atmosphere. This left such an indelible impression on his mind that he spent the whole of his life as a God-fearing person
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