Righteousness

Conflict of Great Kingship in Sophocles Play “Oedipus the King” The righteousness and transgression of two great kings, Oedipus and the biblical character David both have similarities in their sudden rise to success as kings in their young age and their degradation at the end of their reign as prominent monarchs. These powerful kings descended into sin, immorality, and lack of perception to distinguish their false self-righteousness. King Oedipus is the victim of a cruel sinful fate, which is…

Introduction This paper will evaluate the claim that Proverbs endorses a mechanistic view of divine justice. Firstly, this paper will provide a brief overview of the doctrine of the “Acts-Consequence” nexus as outlined in Koch’s thesis of divine retribution. Secondly, this paper will evaluate the evidence substantiating this claim through scholarly evidence. Finally, this paper will draw a clear conclusion as to the outcome of the evaluation process. The Acts-Consequence Nexus Koch, in 1955,…

In his article “The Right of Punishing”, Kant states that Justice is best served retributively, either equally or proportionally. In the beginning Kant establishes that the right of executing a punishment belongs to the Sovereign only as it is the highest power to exact revenge against a criminal correctly. Kant separates crimes into two categories private crime (crimen) and public crime (crimen publicum). Kant explains that Private crimes are crimes done in front of the party who suffers and…

Justice and Righteousness in Theological and Contemporary Perspectives in Amos by Alex Prindle God called Amos to prophesy not to his own southern kingdom, but actually to the northern kingdom of Israel, where he was often seen as an imposter. This was very difficult, the people of Israel were not pleased with someone coming into their land and directing them on what to do. Because of this attitude, the people mostly didn’t listen to Amos, and Amos was eventually fed up with the people’s…

His journey towards the road of sin changed his life forever. He struggles to turn around and go back to his peaceful innocent life. When he begins to see those he viewed in the highest esteem, and sought their counsel for help with his righteousness and goodness traveling down the same road of sin, he is changed. He could not conciliate himself with the sin that he encountered on his journey, and he loses his faith, creating a hollow, dejected man. He could not go back and make his world right…

The core concept of Dharma states that it is a Hindu’s obligation to respect the incarnation of their divine god, could be part of the solution to the environmental crisis in the Ganges River. By utilizing the different meanings of Dharma, we can encourage Hindus to take action and clean up Mother Ganga. As shown in the “A Prayer for the Ganges” by Josh Hammer, the Ganges river is heavily polluted due to the amount of trash disposed into the river each day. For example, people have been throwing…

world. When analyzing both, Plato’s Five Dialogues, and, Susannah Cahalan’s, Brain on Fire, you begin the journey of defining virtue. Virtue is a key term in the philosophical world; this is because virtue means to show high moral standards in righteousness, integrity, decency, and purity. Now, with cross-examination, these two works of art have clearly answered a fundamental question; what is virtue, and how is it carried out? In the text, Susannah Cahalan answered virtue in her race for both…

As the name suggests, situational, this is an occurrences whereby peoples basic necessities of life are temporarily not meet as expected. It is a situation whereby “people living in poverty for a short time as the result of circumstance (unemployment, chronic illness, disability, divorce, or death of a family member),” or environmental disasters such as earthquakes, floods, erosion. Concerning the above, Odesola recognizes the fact that environmental factor contributes to situational poverty by…

them how to live their life in order to be a respectable, successful man. It is the unrealistic portrayal of men in society by the media that has lead today’s man into a false reality of thinking emotions are ‘Un-manly’ and that they their self-righteousness is the be-all and end-all of society. Undoubtedly, it is these three reoccurring…

The eastern sources are not strong contenders for direct sources as they lack specifics in similarity. There are, , present visual likenesses from which an author could draw to color a story. Conversely, the western sources show an inversion trait. Portier-Young and Roark argue the author of the Watcher narrative wrote against Prometheus Bound, pitting the loving God of Israel against capricious Zeus. The Tradition of Seven Lean Years also carries inversions: a flood from which God delivers Noah…