Just War

A Just War: St. Augustine’s Political philosophy The sack of Rome by the Visigoths signified the fall of the Roman Empire, and the beginning of the dark ages. The dark ages represented a time of hardship, suffering, and warfare. Many individuals blamed the Christian church for the fall of Rome and the grief that followed thereafter. On the contrary, medieval philosopher and church scholar St. Augustine of Hippo defended the Christian faith in his book “The City of God.” In the novel he says the…

the terrorist group that was spreading terror which makes this justifiable under the “just war theory.” According to Aquinas, there are specific circumstances in which war is deemed necessary. For war to be necessary, Aquinas says, war must be waged by the central authority of a nation, there must be a just cause for the war, and the nation waging war must have the intent…

Just or unjust? Al-Qaeda’s ideology and actions have proven to be unjust, violating just war theory, basic human rights, and plain old human decency. In this paper, I will explain how and why Al-Qaeda’s ideology and tactics violate the Just War Theory, as well as a counterpoint to this. Al-Qaeda which means “The Base” was created by Osama Bin Laden along with the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, which was led by Ayman al-Zawahiri in the early 1980's in order to push the Soviet Union out of…

of “it,” but never points out what exactly “it” entails, and supplies only the metaphors as clues (Moore 5). Nevertheless, when the lines receive a deeper analysis, one finds Moore’s metaphors all describe and symbolize very specific moments in time just before an altercation occurs. “It” withstands as a buffer for the beauty one can find in the present while anticipating the future (Moore 5). In retrospect of public opinion, one reporter, Lucy Davies of BBC, critiques “Glitter In The Air [as] a…

Lady Gaga shocked the nation when she presented herself at the MTV Music Awards wearing a dress made out of flank steak. The dress has a popular label “the meat dress.” The meat dress took people by storm many outraged, and interpretations were farfetched from what Gaga intended. I will be exploring a relationship between Gaga’s iconic meat dress photograph and a larger public culture. By emphasizing on the iconic aspects of this photo, significance, purpose, and various impacts it had to the…

Although so much has changed and improved in rape culture, there is still so much growing that still needs to occur. Far too often, the victim blames his or herself. Regardless of the amount of clothing they were wearing, or if they were voluntarily on a date with the person, or if they were drunk, it is never the victim’s fault. This was very hard for me to understand, and over the past two years, my mind has been flooded with many contradictory thoughts. Was I raped? Of course not. You…

Selena Quintanilla: Queen of Tejano "Neither of us knew that Yolanda had returned to the same gun shop in San Antonio a few days before this, where she repurchased the exact snub-nosed Taurus 45 revolver that she had bought before." Selena Quintanilla-Perez was a well-known Tejano pop singer all around the world; having sold several of her albums in English and Spanish, expanding her legacy throughout the years. Not only was she a star however, but also wanted to become a fashion…

maker, vocalist, and songwriter.[3] She began displaying in 2010 furthermore won the title of 'Best Female Emerging Model'.[4] She is additionally been named four times for the Lux Style Awards.[5] In 2013 she called for rectification of her name as just "Ayyan" in the wake of being alluded to as "Ayyan Ali" in some long range informal communication sites. Ali began her vocation as a model at age of sixteen. She began demonstrating in 2010 furthermore won the title of 'Best Female Emerging…

Fiestar is a South Korea girl group formed by LOEN Entertainment in 2012. The group composed of five members: Jei, Cao Lu, Linzy, Hyemi and Yezi. They first made their debut in August 31, 2012 with their single "Vista" and with six members; however, the sixth member, Cheska, left in 2014. While many of the members took part in various individual activities before the group's formal debut, all of them had been training together for two years and the average training time among the members was 4…

Anti-Semitism in the Gospel of John Many people today discredit the validity of the Gospel of John because it includes content that may be interpreted as anti-Jewish. This material could be a reflection of the emerging division between Jewish Christian and Jews. In this paper, I will be inspecting the Gospel of John to validate the presence of anti-Semitic material. Exploration of the historical background of this time will be analyzed to determine the derivation of anti-Semitism within this…