Piety

There are many opponents of the Divine Command Theory but very few have plausible arguments. Bertrand Russell argues that if piety is because of God’s authorization, then to God “there is no difference between right and wrong” and because of this, Russell says it cannot be said that God is good (Russell 12). He also says that in order to say that God is good, one must agree that…

Filial piety, gratitude, and merits are the three fundamental values between parents and children that are highly important, and they must be carried out and pass onto the next generation. Filial piety is defined as the obligation and duties that one must pay back to their parents as a sign that show the gratitude for the life and the nurturing they received…

In the Analects, Confucius responds to a story the Duke of She told him in regards to an ‘upright’ man reporting his father’s crime of stealing a sheep. Confucius responds saying, “the upright men in [his] community are different from [that].” Confucius insists that a truly ‘upright’ man will conceal the crimes of his father, just as the father should conceal the crimes of his son. The father and son should cover up the misconduct of the other in order to keep harmony within the family. If the…

In this essay, I will be examining the position of Socrates as discussed in the works of Plato. The main concept discussed in Plato’s works is the contrast between the world of the forms and the world of appearances. Socrates describes forms and appearances as “two kinds of existences” (Plato, Phaedo, 79a). He continues to say that the form is “by itself, it is always one” (Plato, Symposium, 211b). If the form is always one, then appearances are many. The form is invisible, appearances are…

"Handout #2: Selected Statutes from the Qing Legal Codes." “Your Honor, I am Innocent”: Law and Society in Late Imperial China. http://www.exeas.org/resources/pdf/your-honor-handout2.pdf (accessed October 12, 2010). —. "Handout #3: Mourning Relationships in the Ming and Qing Dynasties." “Your Honor, I am Innocent”: Law and Society in Late Imperial China. http://www.exeas.org/resources/pdf/your-honor-handout3.pdf (accessed October 12, 2010). —. "Handout #4: Comments Made by the Autumn Assizes…

becoming a lowly serf. This is an exceptional example of the feudal European value of piety, meaning to respect your elders. Each knight would have made sure that while he was in training, he was always looked at in the best light light possible by the lords he served, because disrupting the lord's trust in you would result in the lord taking your land, and would most likely result in a feudal war. Another example of piety in the training of medieval knights would be the sports that they played.…

Five Dialogues & Symposium: Socrates’ Search for Knowledge In Five Dialogues and Symposium by Plato, Socrates the Ancient Greek philosopher challenges his fellow men about the notion that they do not posses knowledge. The role of a philosopher is to reflect on life and ask existential questions because curiosity is innate in all humans. In Apology, Socrates expresses to the jury and judges at his trial, “they have been proved to lay claim to knowledge when they know nothing” (Apology, 23d).…

Before the Great Awakening, Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen, a German pastor’s son, born on November 6, 1692 in Lingen, Germany answered the call to theology. Shortly thereafter, whether answering a call from God, or at the urging of the Reverend Sicco Tjady, Frelinghuysen came to America, because the Dutch population needed ministers,/ along with his wife Eva Terhune, a farmer 's daughter; and five sons that all entered the ministry, and two daughters that married clergymen./ Frelinghuysen’s…

viewers are drawn to the Virgin Mary’s outstretched arms that then encourage them to look towards God. God at the top of the work has his arms outstretched encompassing all of the world inside of the painting within his arms to represent the idea of piety and heaven. The size of the altarpiece is also massive as it is almost 23 feet tall and the figures are nearly lifelike. The apostles at the bottom of the piece are over 6 feet tall when observed in the Venetian church The Assumption of the…

The Cult of Domesticity dictated that woman follow four virtues: piety, purity, submissiveness, and domesticity. According to Catherine J. Lavendar, a professor at the College of Staten Island, piety was essential for women because they were looked upon as “the new Eve, working with God to bring the world out of sin”(Lavendar). Sexual purity was one of the biggest requirements for…