Religion Exam Notes Unit 1 Chapter 1 Introductory Notes Ethics (theoretical) Comes from the Greek word ta ethika‚ meaning good character. A discipline that deals with the nature of the good‚ the nature of the human person‚ and criteria that we use for making right judgement. It is a standard code of behaviour. The Three Main Theories of the Study of Ethics: 1. Normative Theories: the theories of morals and morality which is further divided into three categories: a) Theories of action:
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(Totality and Infinity 198). Substitution as articulated by Levinas is related to “self-coincidence‚ self-possession‚ and sovereignty” (Basic Philosophical Writings 79). In this vein‚ Levinas redefines the Western philosophical concept of identity. Levinas states that‚ “my responsibility for the other is the for of the relationship‚ the signifyingness of signification‚ which signifies in saying before saying itself of the said”
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HRE4M – Chapter One Should Marijuana be legalized? Some would say … Marijuana should be legalized Because… It is no worse than alcohol‚ and it safe if controlled. If the government controlled the use of marijuana like they do with alcohol then there would be fewer drug dealers and the marijuana would be safe because it is regulated. “Marijuana does not cause permanent mental illness; it is not highly addictive; it is not stronger than in previous decades; it is not more damaging than tobacco;
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(as Levinas goes on to argue) has ‘ontological reference’ because in it we are able to live ‘the true life which is absent’‚ a life‚ moreover‚ which is not necessarily ‘utopian’ though it refuses ‘the normative idealism of what “must be’”. I want to argue that Tim Winton’s recent novel‚ Breath‚3 provides this kind of understanding and that it is one which may be particularly useful in our reflections on the relationship between family‚ society and the sacred — at least if we take Levinas’ further
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who introduced the idea of Other as the element of self-consciousness was Hegel ( and the Lithuanian-French philosopher Emmanuel Lévinas were instrumental in coining contemporary usage of "the Other‚" as radically other. Lacan associated the Other with the symbolic order and language. Levinas connected it with the scriptural and traditional God‚ in The Infinite Other. Ethically‚ for Levinas‚ the "Other" is superior or prior to the self; the mere presence of the Other makes demands before one can respond
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in God and nothing else. Heidegger said “stop being absorbed by your doings and retain an attitude that‚ things may mean something else than I expected.” I somewhat agree with Heidegger and his understanding. But I have to give my full support to Levinas‚ whose knowledge of Authenticity was to live by responding to the other as prior to
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something to gain from it. Steven Pinker‚ in his paper‚ states that morality is under assault. This could be in line with a conclusion formulated by David Couzens Hoy‚ a renowned professor of philosophy‚ based on the works of Emmanuel Levina (a French philosopher) who believed that “responsibility precedes any objective searching after the truth”.
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nature. Common bioethical issues are: abortion‚ cloning & euthanasia. Roe vs. Wade was a landmark decision by US Supreme court on the issue of abortion. The court held that woman’s right to an abortion is determined by her current trimester. 4. Levinas - Ethics‚ in his use of the term‚ is neither a code of rules nor the study of reasoning about how we ought to act. Having to do w/ carrying for others and in what we ought to do. He proposes phenomenological description and a hermeneutics of lived
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Hotel Rwanda is based on a the massacre that happened in the 1900s in the country of Rwanda. In the movie‚ Paul Rusesabagina played by Don Cheadle was a hotel manager for Hôtel des Mille Collines (Hotel Rwanda. (n.d.). Retrieved October 5‚ 2015.) during the genocide. In the 1990s the population of the Rwanda was overtaken by Hutus; about 85% and 14% of Tutsi‚ A number of Hutus believed they were the superior race over the Tutsi. The Hutus considered the Tutsi as “inhuman” and wanted to get rid of
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JuditPRECARIOUS LIFE THE POWERS OF MOURNING AND VIOLENCE • JUDITH BUTLER VERSO London • New York First published by Verso 1004 © judith Butler 1004 All rights reserved The moral rights of the author have been assened I 3 j 7 9 10 8 6 4 l Verso UK: 6 Meard Street‚ London WIF oEG USA: 180 Varick S1reet‚ New York‚ NY 10014-4600 www. versobooks.com Verso is the imprint of New Left Books British. Lihrary Cataloguing in Puhlication Data Butler‚ judith P. Precarious life: the powers
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