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The (Un)Holy Bible: Slavery, Female Objectification, And Harm, Natalia A. D. Martins
The (Un)Holy Bible: Slavery, Female Objectification, And Harm, Natalia A. D. Martins
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This project further elucidates the ability that the Biblical text has of being used as a justification for immoral actions. By using a textualist approach, we find that analyzing the effects that the literal text could have if used to justify action, allows us to see what Scriptural-based morality is subject to at all times. We approach this matter by classifying Scriptural interpretations under a spectrum that varies by degree. This is useful to see that the lowest bar for an action to be theologically justifiable, is whether it is in accordance with a literal reading of the Biblical text. …
Conceptions Of Nietzsche In Popular Film And Television, Jeffrey Willicut
Conceptions Of Nietzsche In Popular Film And Television, Jeffrey Willicut
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There are few faces or names in the field of philosophy more recognizable than Friedrich Nietzsche’s. His cartoonish, bushy mustache and stern, unwelcoming brow appear in posters on the walls of angsty teens, in the street art and murals of trendy and upcoming urban neighborhoods, and even in the punishingly glossy pages of every high school history textbook. More recognizable still are his ideas, which have found their way into the ears or eyes of just about everyone in the Western world, whether they know it or not. His concept of the Übermensch, or his notion that God is dead, …