Praise

view in the realm of moral responsibility is the libertarian stance. Libertarians believe that moral responsibility is incompatible with determinism because they see humans as necessarily free and morally responsible agents. In his essay “Free Will, Praise, and Blame,” J. J. C. Smart refutes the libertarian theory and puts forth his own framework for understanding the question of moral responsibility. Smart claims the libertarian perspective is unfounded because it is built on a contradiction.…

“Praise Song for a Day” is written by Elizabeth Alexander, Alexander attempts to touch upon a sensitive and significant subject through the use of a poem. In her poem, she reflects the challenges that the American society faces today. She describes how our ancestors struggled to create what our country is now. The challenge that America faces is the inability to improve our society. We are challenged to continue to expand what our ancestors fought for and to preserve the changes made. The…

catch. This feeling is one expressed by the Pope Francis in his papal encyclical, Laudato Si, which says that we as humans share a common home and have to act together to love, preserve and protect our planet. Laudato Si translates into English as “Praise Be Unto You”. This phrase which is taken from a poem from Francis of Assisi is directed by the Pope to everyone in the world as we are commanded to act together and stop global warming. In the introduction of the encyclical, Pope Francis…

In this psalm, David praises God, but he still cries out to God for deliverance. These concepts confuse many people. In everyday life, people are confused why Christians can praise God through trials. David has probably been furthering this confusion through this psalm. However, I believe that David’s praise of God illustrates that God is worth following and knowing even if our worldly circumstances do not change. In fact, following God can sometimes cause worldly circumstances to become worse,…

society we need to develop a healthier relationship with all types of food, including ‘fast food’. In this article, written by Rachel Laudan, she claims that the mass media portrays fast food as a complete disaster. But the title of this article, In Praise of Fast Food, is very misleading. Lauden is not talking about fast food like the McDonald’s quarter pounder, but rather industrialized…

J.J.C. Smart’s Explanation for an Accurate Account of Descriptive Intermediate Failure to Properly Distinguish Something between Determinism and Pure Chance. In the essay “Free Will, Praise and Blame” included in Free Will, J.J.C Smart presents the thesis that metaphysical freedom is self-contradictory. As part of this claim, Smart forwards the analogies of the aluminium and the china plates (Smart 67). Having the knowledge of physical properties, the likelihood of a plate made of aluminium…

The Need for an Appreciation of Conventional Foods In her article, “In Praise of Fast Food,” Rachel Laudan explains to readers why processed food is an invention to be commended, not condemned. Laudan is currently an educator, blogger and author on the topics of food and food history. The author also grew up on a farm eating food from the family garden (Faigley 269). Having much experience on the subject of food, Laudan effectively argues her position that modern consumers should be grateful…

Marry Sherry ‘s“ In Praise of the F Word,” and Carl Singleton’s “What our Education System Needs is More F’,” are both addressing the same problem of giving F grade for those students who should be failed in order to improve education and get rids of disqualified passing students. The writers interestingly are both instructor and teacher who concern about this topic. Although the main purpose of both texts is concentrate mostly on the need of giving F grade and they both have some of the same…

Desiderius Erasmus’ “Praise of Folly” satirically examines the ignorance of those of mankind in the 1500s. In doing so, Erasmus strategically chooses to narrate the work from the perspective of the female personification of Folly, a goddess of foolishness. She seeks to promote and strengthen the faults and shortcomings of mankind’s relationships through foolishness. Folly claims to be the savior for trouble minds, the human race continues because of folly. In such a way, Erasmus, uses the…

chain stores. This idea would be a sufficient solution to our community’s needs and wants. Chain stores can provide the general public with a numerous amount of goods, ranging from clothing, retail jobs, and supplies. In the article “In Praise of Chain Stores” author Postrel, argues in favor of chain stores throughout America, he clearly states chain stores “increase local variety, even as they reduce the differences from place to place” (50). Chain stores provide extra experience…