Final goods

There is a remedy for everything but death, a hope for everything but wickedness, and everything will lapse except righteousness.” – Zoroaster God created humans to be born in a sinless state and each person has complete freedom of will to choose good or evil and shape his own destiny. People are deluded if they strive after…

Golding’s character Simon, a shy sensitive boy who symbolizes the good nature inside…

Harold Kushner composed this book as a response to a calamity that happened to someone that was very close to him, his son Aaron. Aaron had premature aging, also called progeria, which eventually resulted in his death. This event really aggravated Kushner’s religious belief. Kushner is also a rabbi, which made this situation just that much more difficult for him. With this book, Kushner tells us the story on how he kept his faith with God throughout this horrible time in his life. Kushner…

Good and Evil in the World of “Young Goodman Brown” It goes without saying that a good work of literature, especially a short story, often comes together with one or more conflicts. Undoubtedly, conflict is the key element which heightens tension, reveals the strengths and weaknesses of the characters, as well as boosts the readers’ interest to continue reading. As a result, it tends to vary in types and intensity. A conflict can be merely an inner one which occurs inside the mind of the…

The stories of Pandora in Hesiod and “fall” in Genesis exhibit the divine-human relationship between the God(s) and its creation’s effect of sinfulness and immorality toward their annihilation. However, Genesis perspective of monotheistic as the one and only divine power, compare to a polytheistic representation in Hesiod - where balance is spread between each of the gods. Genesis is able to explicitly present each side’s choices. Although, both Hesiod and Genesis display immortal sin, the…

that he may escape. Death comes to Everyman and asks him "Everyman, stand still! Whither art thou going? Thus gaily? Hast thou thy Maker forget?". Then Death tells Everyman that he must come to a journey and brings his account book which holds his good deeds and bad deeds…

death of God. This theory was first published during Nietzsche’s early philosophical career. His second theory was that on good and evil. This was published in his work titled On the Genealogy of Morality, First Essay. This second theory would be the main focus of the disputation argued. The resolution of this disputation was be it resolved there is no universal standard of good and evil. The affirmative and the negative sides of this disputation used On the Genealogy of Morality,…

Introduction Old men have old hearts. Some beat bitterly as they dwell on glory lost, while others maintain contentment by allowing their blessings to mute the pain of grief. While the former tend to spend their final years lost in resentment, the latter are able to experience their decline into infirmity with pleasant nostalgia. Thesis statement: In the short story, “3 AM and the Stars Were Out”, the author, Ron Rash, introduces the reader to Carson, an aging, retired veterinarian who…

truly omnipotent and good is to bring up many different debates found within the Christian faith, among them the question of original sin and human free will. These questions have been debated since the foundation of the early Church and have never fully been resolved since that time. Ultimately all viewpoints on the subject -- if they are truly Christian viewpoints -- would agree that God is both omnipotent and good, at least to varying degrees. However, the question of how a good God could…

a little far-fetched or silly, Kafka does a good job of discussing deeper topics such as the disparity of the…