“The Vietnam war was a war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to 30 April 1975” [1].” Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam war did not only had extensive effects on the Australian society during the late 1960’s, but in the early 70’s as well. Australia was greatly involved with the Vietnam War from 1962 and all the way until the end of the war in 1975. An effect of this was the amount of casualties that took 520 lives and left 2,396 wounded (and not to mention all of the PTSD cases) out of the 49,211 that served in the war [2]. This left a great effect on the Australian community as many men that were sons, husbands, brothers and uncles had to leave their families knowing that they may never return from the war…
The “Just War” theory was created with the intent of helping determine whether someone could justify war ( jus ad bellum), what the conduct during war should be (jus in bello), and if the end goal was for peace or termination of the war (jus post bellum). Before the Crusades, Pope Urban II gave speeches to rally up support for war against Muslims who had taken control of Christian land. Although Urban II’s ideas seem reasonable, they actually contradict the “just war” theory. He uses any means to make war justifiable, but his speech was missing a few aspects to make it so.…
I believe Flannery O’Connor is an epistemological Thomist because she agrees with Aquinas when discussing knowledge, abstract ideas, and reason. O’Connor agrees with Aquinas by citing him multiple times in her essay and uses his statements as starting points and support for her discussions about art and writing and how each relates to knowledge. Firstly, O’Connor begins her essay discussing the nature of fiction by relating it directly to the beginning of knowledge. According to Gilson, Thomistic epistemology states that “‘whatever is received into something else is received according to the mode of the receiver’” (210).…
1A Aquinas’ three conditions that make war “just” are: Proper authority, Just cause, and the right intention (PP. 4). The first condition states that war can only be declared by the highest authority in government, the head of state. The purpose of declaring war is to give the other state a chance to make peace. If the parties involved are not able to reach a peaceful settlement, then the head of state of of the second nation must refuse to resolve. At this point, both sides have tried to come to peace and haven’t and are aware that war is coming.…
Before St. Thomas Aquinas gave an answer to the question whether God exists in things, he, in I.7, answered that God is limitless. The characteristic of limitless things is to exist with an unending amount everywhere in everything . Then he asks about God’s existence in things, I.8.1-4. He is trying to answer the questions: Is God in all things, Is God everywhere, Is God everywhere by essence, power, and presence, and Does it belong to God alone to be everywhere? These questions and their answers are a significant component of Aquinas’s understanding of the natural world.…
In the 10th century, conflict arose as the dominance of the church’s power began to clash with the growing power of non-religious kingdoms. Church leaders and political leaders began to struggle over ultimate authority of Rome. The existing conflict between Christian leaders and monarchs prompted the first religious holy war. This arose when the Turks threatened to invade the Byzantine Empire and conquer Constantinople. Emperor of Byzantine Alexius I made a plea to Pope Urban II for troops from the West to encounter the Turkish intimidation (Backman 255).…
This cause states that war is not meant to display cruelty but rather to ensure the safety of mankind and bring justice against the enemy at fault. Despite being through a religious point of view, St. Aquinas ' writings are universally accepted as the standards for an ethical…
Thomas Aquinas was a Dominican Monk during the time of the 11th century. Thomas Aquinas believe that “God was revealed through reason (natural revelation) and faith (special revelation)”(69). In one of his works “Proofs for the Existence of God”(70), Aquinas works out five ways that prove of God’s existence, going on to say “it is possible to demonstrates God’s existence, although not a priori (by pure reason), yet a posterior from some work of His more surely known to us”(70). In other terms to prove that a God does exists it does not fall on reason alone but more on to look at something of His created work. Aquinas’ first proof for the existence of God is “the point of view of motion”(71), going further on to say “everything that is moved is moved by…
“We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children. War is terrorism, magnified a hundred times.” [1] In this contemplative essay, I will be particularly reflecting on World War 2, concentrating on the allies (UK/USA particularly) and Germany and how their actions impacted lives across their homelands. I will synoptically assess the quote using the following subheadings: • False promises • Propaganda • The war of the innocents • What is a ‘just’ war?…
Aquinas impacted profoundly the interpretation of Christianity while blending it with philosophy. Although Aquinas wrote many works of philosophy and Christianity during his lifetime, his most influential and inspiring work is the Summa Theologica which contains three parts: God, Ethics, and Christ (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Today, Aquinas is called "the doctor of angels” and is recognized as the greatest theologian of the Middle Ages (Galli and Olsen 30). Aquinas was assigned the unheard of task of blending Philosophy with Christianity.…
The aim of Just War Theory is to provide a guide to the right way for states and countries to act in potential conflict situations. It only applies to states or countries and not to individuals however an individual can use the theory to help them decide whether it is morally right to take part in a particular war. A Christian would agree with the Just War theory because it gives a reliable guide of what is acceptable when war is to be broken out (and there was also wars in the Bible like in Deuteronomy 20 when Israel was told that they will be going into war. Also in 2Chronicles 32). For example, war must be the last resort which means that you must have tried other options like talking it out to solve the problem before you engage in war.…
Different religions have different beliefs. We respect the position a person takes and the religion they choose to follow. However, in some instances, people’s different beliefs tend to stir up emotion and quarrel. Our different religious perspectives could lead to war simply because people do not understand different things the same…
The presence of a sort of tension between faith and reason has been innate to humans since people first started to question what the true purpose of life is. The existence of this separation could be clearly viewed by looking comparing Athens and Jerusalem, with Athens representing truth through reason and philosophy and Jerusalem representing truth through insights of revelation and purity of soul. Therefore, faith and reason have always posed tension by their proximity and their constantly juxtaposing views. Many view these two concepts as complete opposites, that reason is proven by fact and that faith cannot be proven. However, some philosophers have described how faith and reason can actually come together to come to the truth and how faith can be an extension of the reason that works to reach a higher truth.…
When “The Analects” was released to Chinese culture many years ago, it began to shape their culture and society for the better. While Confucius was alive he did a measure of philosophy teachings, and he even wrote “The Analects. “The Analects” was a literary composition that consisted of Philosophical quotes from Confucius. Within “The Analects” Confucius uses analogies like the superior man, mean man, and gives examples of filial piety, while teaching his philosophy. Even though Confucius taught on many subjects, I find that some of his teachings on the superior man are interesting and that they can relate and also be applied to todays society.…
Natalia Perez Father Jose Losoya Essay Question 11 October 2016 Essay Question #1 “In order to live the Gospel and share it with others we don’t need philosophy.” Evaluate this statement in the light of what is said in the Introduction and Chapters 1 to 3 of Fides et Ratio. Knowing that faith helps us to arrive at the truth of things, there are still some people who believe that in order to love the Gospel and share it with others we don’t need philosophy.…