1 W. Lamar Stockton Dallas Baptist University Friday Symposium September 24‚ 2004 A Philosophy of the Idea of Christian Liberal Arts Education Why is it important? I think rather that the Christian college has not sufficiently articulated its educational philosophy‚ and has not sold the evangelical public or perhaps even its own students and teachers on what it is trying to do…Christian education should not blindfold the student’s eyes to all the world has to offer‚ but it should open them to
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Difference between the Theme and the Moral of a Story The difference between the theme and the moral of a story is that the theme is the general topic or idea of the literature and the moral is the lesson you take away from reading the story. The moral can be similar or the same as a theme‚ but a theme can’t be a moral. As the theme or general idea of a story or article may be obvious‚ the moral may be harder to figure out and require extra thinking and inferring. A moral may also be more of an opinion
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Teleological ethical theories vs. Deontological ethical theories By: Jesse Coleman There are two theories that have generally been used to analyze ethical questions. They are teleological ethics and deontological ethics. There are similarities and differences between the two that I will explain in more detail‚ but first I will define a few terms that need explaining. The telo in teleological is translated as ends or goals. So in essence teleological ethics are decided by the ends not the actions
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hot issue within philosophy of law that shows the appropriate legal status of the fetus and whether pregnancy has to be legally classified as a disability. Some authors discussed about pregnancy in a phenomenological term‚ and others used the term pregnancy or birth
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I don’t necessarily agree with the Epicurean and the Stoic philosophies one hundred percent‚ but I do agree with some principles to a certain degree. For instance‚ the principle that I relate to the most from the Epicurean philosophies is the view on death. I relate this perspective very closely with my mentality on this topic. I do not fear death whatsoever. I do think about how my death would affect those around me‚ but not specifically about myself. I believe this also has to do with my religious
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was a quote by the philosopher Immanuel Kant who developed what is known as deontological ethics followed by his famous categorical imperatives. Kant embraced the idea that all human beings have equal worth and therefore it is important to protect and promote each person’s freedom. He was in favor of laying down obligations because he believed that citizenship should be a task‚ a responsibility to contribute to those moral condition. Therefore‚ it was his goal to inform people that morality is a duty
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explanations through research and evidence‚ the other offers single answers that require blind faith. In general‚ Science is always changing in the sense that new and old ideas are constantly being researched‚ tested‚ and analyzed until a conclusion can be made. An example of this would be how Newton’s ideas replace Aristotle’s‚ and Einstein’s ideas replaced Newton’s. The main focus of science is to provide answers for how the universe through the use of observation‚ physical evidence‚ experimentation‚ and
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omnipotent‚ and omnibenevolent. Everyone sees and experiences evil‚ no matter how innocent and good-hearted‚ which begs the question: “How could God let this happen?” The evils talked about in the problem of evil are moral evil and natural evil. Moral evil is that which occurs from moral human agents such as rape‚ murder‚ and theft. Natural evil is the suffering to humans and animals resulting
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Ethics is the study of moral philosophy‚ namely understanding which actions would be considered righteous or wicked. The secular interpretation of ethics explains that every person has a conscience that grimaces at evil and warns the wicked to repent. However‚ secular ethics has differing explanations as to why humans have this innate ability to know what behaviors ought to be avoided or encouraged. The scientific explanation posits that man’s conscience came from instincts that evolved due to biological
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Metaphilosophy relies on the idea that it might be productive to distinguish some general pronouncements about philosophy from philosophy itself. Contrasting with many other cultural practices‚ for philosophy the distinction is rather questionable‚ but a similar case is presented by language: when speaking in English about the English language one might assume a split between English-as-object and English-as-metalanguage. Philosophers using the term metaphilosophy being still a minority‚ it might
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