Explain Aquinas’ Cosmological Argument Thomas Aquinas developed five ways to prove Gods existence. The first three are key to the Cosmological argument. These are from motion‚ causation‚ and contingency. He presented his work on these in the Summa Theologica‚ where he accepts that it may be impossible to prove the God of Classical theism caused the universe to exist‚ but believes that what God does proves Gods existence. The first way is from motion‚ Aquinas emphasises that motion means changes
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Whether it is dependency on someone else for money‚ food‚ or clothing‚ it all creates a feeling of resentment in a person. Upon taking this into consideration‚ the ideals of individualism and self-sufficiency begin to appeal to someone. Self-sufficiency takes the weight of dependency completely off one’s shoulders and the idea of individualism takes the guilt of their shoulders as well. No longer would you need to depend on others‚ and you wouldn’t feel obliged to help other’s either. Instead you
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a) Explain Aquinas Cosmological Argument The Cosmological Argument is a posteriori argument (knowledge gained after experience) which attempts to prove that there is a rational basis for the belief in God. This argument is synthetic as it uses senses and is distinctive as it uses evidence of the universe to prove that God exists. The argument attempts to prove that God exists by evaluating the scale and nature of the cosmos. In order for this argument to succeed it has to be inductive and produce
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Media dependency is the idea that the more a person uses a form of media‚ the more dependent that person becomes in relying on that media. We are reaching a dangerous point in dependency‚ as technology becomes integrated in our lives. The media is how we become informed and updated of the happenings around the globe. It is how consumers find out the truth about the products and it is the media’s job to dose us up with the facts we need to function. All in all‚ the media is a public trust.
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Explain the argument for legalising euthanasia. (30 marks) The term ‘euthanasia’ derives from the Greek language meaning ‘a good death’. Euthanasia is the process in which a person who is suffering from a painful or crippling ailment or disability decides to end their own life‚ or a persons life being legally ended by another person. Currently‚ the laws in the UK make it illegal for a person to assist in allowing a person to commit suicide under the murder Act of 1965 and the Suicide Act 1971
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May 3‚ 2013 Comp 110 Technology dependency In current times people are becoming lazy and dependent due to the advancement in technology in education‚ business‚ and social entertainment. Almost everything we do and every aspect of our life is affected by modern technology with computers at the top. This issue interests me because even though we have the luxury of computers to help us‚ it seems that it causes us to be lazy human beings. For example‚ googling things rather than going to the library
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Explain Anselm’s ontological argument. The ontological argument was put forth at first as a prayer by the eleventh century monk and philosopher Anselm of Canterbury. In his Proslogion‚ which means discourse‚ he presented this argument as a prayer for believers to substantiate their belief in god. Anselm uses ‘a priori’ (which means before experience) reasoning‚ which conveys that it does not rely or depend on experience and so an argument of this sort is more plausible and likely to intrigue and
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Rhonda Caton History 362 The Main Argument of Procopius The Secret History Procopius is considered to be a historian‚ who lived in the 6th century. From his works we are able to visit back into the Byzantine Empire‚ when Emperor Justinian reigned. Through the three books he created: “History of the Wars”‚ “The Buildings of Justinian”‚ and “The Secret History”‚ he is our primary source of information about the reign of Emperor Justinian. After reading “The Secret History”‚ I found the tone
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Two Main Theories of Special Education There are two main theories to special education. One is the cascade of services and the other is the inclusion theory. I will discuss some of the advantages as well as some of the disadvantages of both theories. I will also discuss which theory I believe in and why. Evelyn Deno developed the cascade of services in 1970. It is the outline of the continuum of placement options. There are seven levels to the cascade and they serve as a diagnostic filter. The
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Question.3 Explain how a commander sustains an ethical command climate in war? Leaders‚ at all levels‚ are the most important factor‚ with the biggest influence on the unit’s ethical command climate. Leading by example should be one of the basic issues in every commander’s leadership philosophy .All the time commanders must ensure that orders‚SOP’s and surrounding environment are very clear and understood by all subordinates‚ to be able to differentiate between what is ethical and what is not
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