I did not hear about this until late last night, but by the way I have seen the social networking comments fly, I felt I should add my two cents. Evidently, Glenn Beck told his audience to leave their church if they had as part of their mission, “social justice”. He rightly lets everyone know [...]
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Of some kind… that is key to understanding that: 1) Justice is philosophically tied to the polis or state, and 2) Justice as a virtue has it’s aim toward the good of the polis/state. At least, this is what we understand from reading Aristotle’s Politics and his Nicomachean Ethics. Aristotle is not looking for an [...] Plato wrote four dialogues set around the trial and death of Socrates. Socrates was charged with heresy and corrupting the minds of the young and was eventually given the death sentence after the court found him guilty. Euthyphro, one of these dialogues, is set outside the court-house just before trial, where Socrates encounters Euthyphro- a [...] To follow up on this post, I wished to commend to you one of my favorite movies of all time: To End All Wars. From Wiki: So we see in the film Plato’s Republican society at work. Within this camp some are trying to do harm to the guardians of the camp, and others seek to [...] One of the tremendous benefits of homeschooling our five kids is the opportunity to talk about things that really matter. Our oldest and I have been discussing JUSTICE over the past few weeks. What is justice? This is a question that has been asked for several millennium, and it is great to bring my son [...] |
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