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Ritualism is apparent in Hemingway’s short story “Big Two-Hearted River” with regards to Nick’s interactions with the river and nature. Through my Christian background, I recognize that this ritualism also is evidently involved with the sacrament of baptism and the Eucharist. As we discussed in class, Nick is injured due to a battle and is now attempting to recovering from that wound. However, William Bysshe Stein argues that Nick is also “afflicted by a graver injury, an acute disunity of…

This extract sheds light upon Rawls' theory of the "veil of ignorance." Through this theory, Rawls' focuses on highlighting the importance behind the formation of a society from an "original position" where each individual though thoroughly informed about the facts of the world, is oblivious about himself in terms of his social status, class position, wealth, health, natural talents, opportunities, characteristics etc. The idea behind Rawls' theory is for the individuals within a society to…

Sir Thomas More’s idea of a perfect utopian society is built around the sins of man. More attacks the seven deadly sins (lust, greed, sloth, envy, gluttony, pride, and wrath) by creating a society that will logically fix the fall of mankind. His utopia is supposed to simplify and remove the temptation to break any of the sins. The utopia is designed to create a perfect society that is functional and orderly. Though his society may seem logical in his eyes, his philosophies for the use of gold…

Part Two: Synthetic Catholic Moral Theology Catholic Moral Theology is centered on natural law. Most basically human actions should align with the divine will of God to be deemed morally good. Therefore, no act of humans can change the will, power and knowledge of God's divine will even if people sin against God. There is an important emphasis on ordering in one's life that must be founded on love, love of God, love of thyself, and love of neighbors. The situation at the time of St. Augustine…

Rawls argues for the priority of the right to a conception of the good person (Rawls, 1766). The priority of the self to its ends supports the priority of the right to the good. People are free and equal; they are ascribed two moral powers connected “with the elements in the idea of social cooperation; namely a capacity of a sense of justice and a capacity for [the] conception of the good” (Rawls, 233). A sense of justice is the capacity to understand justice and cooperate, and the capacity for…

This essay will elaborate on why our government should be a welfare state. A role of the government should include protecting those who have the least advantage in society. On the other hand, John Rawls’ criticizes the welfare state. The intuitive general conception of justice argument is proposed by Rawls which promotes equal division of social primary goods, such as power or wealth, among people unless the unequal portion is beneficial to the marginalized. Rawls’ discusses the concept of fair…

Veil of Ignorance John Rawls proposed a strategy, which he called the veil of ignorance, for figuring out which social traditions were simply and which were out of line. The veil of ignorance foundation is as per the following: a lead is simply if everybody would consent to it given that they were made unmindful of their position in the public arena. That is, the fair society would be picked by individuals who had put aside contemplations of their own sex, riches, race, parentage, etc. In a…

Grace is the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings. There are four theologians I would like to discuss that share their own understandings of grace. These theologians include Augustine, Aquinas, Luther and Rahner. There are many similarities and differences among the theologians I have listed. First of all, Augustine was born in 354 A.D. in Africa and did not originally start out as a Christian. He eventually converted to…

It is believed by many that, “whoever does not love, does not know God, because God is love” (1 John 4:8). This essay will explore the writings of each theologian and their ideas and thoughts on baptism, predestination, free will, salvation and how it intertwines with the love and knowledge of God. One could sit and ponder how this short, yet specific verse could hold so much truth. Many theologians such as Origen of Alexandria, Gregory of Nyssa, St. Augustine, St. Prosper of Aquitaine and…

The Essentials of the Gospel The contains of this paper will outline the basic foundation of the Christian Worldview. In addition, it will explain my personal beliefs of Christian worldview. Man’s disconnection from God was inevitable because the nature of man is imperfect. God: There are many different worldviews and each with its own understanding of what God is like. Likewise, not all worldviews belief in God or the existence of God. For example, because we can’t see God then the moon and…