Doctrine of equivalents

The fear of death and the search for immortality is a culturally universal theme. The dogma encompassing immortality surpasses the barriers of time and multitudes of cultures; even being able to be applied to present-day life. The theme of immortality appears in stories from ancient texts, such as The Epic of Gilgamesh, written by the ancient Sumerians around 600 B.C., and Homer’s Odysseus, to present day literature in the twenty first century. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh, composed of…

In the second and third chapter of The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon discusses the stakes of the struggle for independence. Continuing where he stopped in the preceding chapter “On Violence,” he elaborates on the dangers and possible pitfalls during and after the revolutionary struggle would prevent the former colonies to emerge as truly independent nations. At the center of Fanon’s assessment lays the development of a humanism that supersedes the nationalism that unifies in the…

impart ‘Samskaratmaka’ knowledge. The key focus of many subhashitas is dharma. It tests our moral values and makes us better human beings in the process. Subhashitas teach us how to overcome the difficulties in life. We can understand the ethical doctrine of Karma through subhashitas which helps us in achieving Purusharthas of life. It stresses on the point that people gain their positions because of their own attributes and heroic actions. It helps us to understand the fact that, minds of…

or self (Rambachan 101). “In the image of God He created them; male and female” Genesis [1:27]. Whether in Hinduism or Christianity scripture clearly implies males and females are created from identical matter and that liberation emanates through equivalent means. Advaita teacher, Ramana Maharshi summarized the Bhagavadagita 5:18-19 teaching by stating “knowledge and deliverance do not differ between sexes” (Rambachan 103). While Christians believe salvation comes to everyone who accepts Jesus…

Our Friend, Epicurus Epicurus was a philosopher during the Hellenistic era whose primary focus was to understand how exactly to live a good life. To Epicurus, a good life was equivalent to a happy life. Epicurus founded a school outside of Athens which he called “The Garden”. This school was isolated from the rest of society and built in a rural area. Here his followers grew their own food and lived simply. It was a place where his people lived together in peace and acceptance. He taught his…

the doctrine of Retributivism, this is the main justification of punishment. Society is justly ordered when each person receives what is due to him or her. Crime disturbs this just order; this is because the criminal takes from people their lives, peace, liberties and worldly goods in order to give him or her undeserved benefits. Therefore, theses deserved punishments, like the death penalty, protect society morally by resorting this just order by making the criminal pay a price equivalent to…

theconsentof the welfares of a specificset of individuals over another group of individuals. Rawls argues that, the two main principles of justice should be agreed throughsensible and shared disinterested individuals: every individual should possess an equivalent right to as much freedom as is harmonious with the rights of others; and any social or economic disparities that occur between individuals should…

In the game Fallout: New Vegas, there is a built-in morality system called karma. If the player does “good” actions such as helping people, being generous, and killing “evil” characters, they would gain positive karma. On the other hand, if they stole, murdered innocent and “good” characters, and just did “bad” or “evil” things, they would gain negative karma. Most of the quests in the game reward the player with either positive or negative karma depending on the actions taken in completing the…

St. Augustine of Hippo, Christian philosopher, theologian and writer. Aurelius Augustinus as he was originally called, was born on 13th November, 354 in Tagaste, Numidia, Northern Africa, what is currently known as the country of Algeria in the continent of Africa. St. Augustine’s father was called Patricius, and his mother was named, Monica. Patricius was not a Christian devote, he only became a Christian when he was near death. Augustine's mother on the other hand, was a devout Christian. She…

In the first few centuries of Christianity there was no book equivalent to the modern Bible. The earliest Christians adopted the Septuagint as their scripture and this later became what is known today as the Old Testament. A few decades after Jesus’ death the early Christians began “composing gospels, letters, sermons…