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Introduction In Exodus 34, when YHWH reveals His name to Moses, He stresses that while He is “merciful and gracious,” He also, “Will by no means clear the guilty” (Ex. 34: 6-7, ESV). The mercy of God and the justice of God are both vital to God’s essence. If God loves righteousness and hates wickedness (Ps. 45:7), how, can God justify wicked humans? What does “justify” mean? What must happen for justification to occur? What do humans do to receive justification? What are the benefits of…

some kind of calculation. With the “original position” (14) and the “veil of ignorance” (15) idealized reasoners can understand the “difference principle” (61). This is an important element of creating a well-ordered society. Mills finds issue with how Rawls uses this ideal as something we should follow. The issue is with something that we have to comply with. The ideal comes into play with Rawls in regards the person who does the calculations with the original position. In this paper,…

Introduction: John Rawls, within his novel “Justice as Fairness”, presents the concept of ideal theory, one that will come to be contested by many scholars throughout history. Ideal theory is the ultimate state of what a society should strive for. These principles are formulated using an idealized reasoner, someone who can step back and ratify the injustices of society. Charles Mills, a twentieth-century philosopher, criticizes the claims Rawls makes under the rubric of ideal theory. Charles…

Gamache 1 Melissa Gamache Sonia Zylberberg Sex & Religion November 23rd The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago Catholicism is one of the most know religions around the world. It is meant to “learn to know, love, and serve God from Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who teaches us through the Catholic Church” (Online, Catholic. "Catholic Facts and General Knowledge”), yet people may have different beliefs and views on certain religions like catholicism. Accordingly, living in a…

My Nguyen THEO 202-C01 Theological Essay Statement of Topic Human was created by God at the beginning of time in his image (Genesis 1). Hence, it was natural for man to be good, and morally right. Nevertheless, because Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, humans are corrupted by sins. Hence, they were banished from heaven and had to live in a fallen world, as their offspring have continue to do so. Even though man was born inherently good because they are model after the virtuous God, they are…

Marx and Nozick make compelling arguments against inequality, however, their arguments fall short when compared to arguments in favour of equality. Equality is a level of impartiality either in services or wealth for citizens to provide fair opportunities. Citizens have some uniform treatment by the state in order to remove barriers between individuals. These contentions vary between levels of intrusive means; they allow more or less freedom for citizens. More equality stems from more intrusion,…

“The theory of Justice” has become one of the most notable works by the American philosopher John Rawls. The popularity of Rawls works in western political philosophy is enormous. It was even said that either everyone read the “Theory of Justice” or they pretended that they have read it. Rawls book was created in 1971. It gained immediate recognition and fame. It can even be said that his book became the philosophy of justice. Most importantly is that Rawls managed to combine and interpret the…

The purpose of this essay is for the Writer to analyze and establish the guiding principles and relevant data that support a clear and compelling definition of death from the perspective of one educated in pastoral thanatology. With this said, the writer will analyze and establish supporting data from the perspective of thanatology to include: 1) Analyzing 1 Corinthians 15:26 and Romans 5: 15 regarding the origins of death; 2) Anderson’s view of death as a part of Creation; and 4) Erickson’s…

Throughout one's lifetime one has found discerning facilities and similarities between two stories that have been read, to take count of this statement some examples are the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer, and the biblical narrative, In the Beginning by Mosses because these two significant historical praised illustrations mainly concentrated on the theme of temptation being dreadful for one with the main characters of the story. Furthermore, a temptation is directed in these two stories by the…

Topic Five-Gospel Essentials Essay For thousands of years humans have pondered life's big questions. How did we get here? What is our purpose? Who or what created our universe? Is there an afterlife? Can we ever escape the pain and suffering of the world or are we doomed to live unfulfilled lives? Many great thinkers across different disciplines have tried to answer these questions. Famous minds like Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Saint Augustine, Kant, Voltaire and even America's founding…