...Strength to Love is an insightful book that provides a depth of understanding in regards to human issues. Martin Luther King Jr. eloquently articulates that the primary hindrances to mankind’s disagreements occur due to a lack of forgiveness, which propels hate and evil, and a blindness of humanity in comparison to the perceived badness of humanity. In order to eliminate the prominence of hate and evil, King argues that Christians must maintain a tough mind and a tender heart while understanding the idea that God is able. King develops this idea through the discussed social and global issues of segregation, slavery through colonialism and the prevalence of communism. Perhaps the most obvious social issue that Martin Luther King Jr. ever addressed was segregation, particularly the segregation of the black man in a white America. King demonstrates that the role of the persecuted man, woman, and child is not to retaliate in kind. A tough mind allows the persecuted individual to deal with the persecution, yet the tender heart promotes reconciliation between individuals and groups through love. As his wife eloquently articulates in the foreword, “Someone must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate. This can only be done by projecting the ethic of love to the center of our lives” (King 9). This idea...
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...were in state of war with other nation; in terms of nuclear weapons; In terms of science and technology (Space war); and even in terms of sport competition (Olympic). In the end, the Cold War ended by the United States and the Soviet Union themselves by the failed system of the communist. I’m the one that believed that “In the cold War the United States was the good guy who fought against the evil empire of the Soviet Union to defend freedom, democracy, and human rights around the world.” Firstly, the two countries had fundamentally different beliefs. So, how do we know who really was the good guy and who really was the evil? The first thing we need to do is to consider their different beliefs, because these factors could link to different actions such as the political and economic systems they used, including the way they dealt with the situations. The Ideology of Democracy gives freedom to all individuals to express their idea to other and agree on the majority; promote human rights and equality; and uses the economic system of capitalism. On the other hand, The Ideology of the communism is a theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members. In my point of view, I would say that the democratic system is better because the country shouldn’t only being control by a group of people but by the ideas and...
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...is evil or immoral) ◦The subjective norm of morality – Conscience ◦The objective norm of morality – Law (natural) •Both natural law and conscience are rooted on Eternal Law, the ultimate norm, thus, there is only one norm. Loading... Conscience •The subjective/proximate norm of morality. ◦It is proximate because it is what directly confronts an action as good or bad. •Function: to examine/investigate, to judge, to pass punishment on our moral actions. ◦It approves & commends; reproaches & condemns; forbids & commands; accuses & absolves. •Synderesis – it is the quality by which man naturally perceives the truth of the self-evident principles of the moral order. Conscience - definition •Derived from the Latin words “con” plus “scientia” which means “with knowledge” of what is right or wrong or “trial of oneslf” both in accusation and in defense. •It is the “inner or little voice of God in man” crying out man’s moral obligations and telling him what to do and what to avoid in the moral order. •It is an act of the practical judgment of reason deciding upon an individual action as good and to be performed or as evil and to be avoided. Loading... Conscience - Kinds •Antecedent – judgment is passed before an action is performed. Consequent – judgment is passed after an action is performed. •Right/True – judges what is really good as good and waht is really evil as evil ...
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...How important was fear of communism in explaining why President Hindenburg invited Hitler to become Chancellor in 1933? Intro Communism was a political idea which was beginning to become popular in Germany. However it was very much disliked as communist were seen as unruly because of street battles with police. People feared the way the USSR discriminated against the middle class and in the process of becoming communist countries had taken land away from farmers and many peasants had been killed or imprisioned. Hitler was appointed chancellor on the 30th January 1933 and this was partly to do with the publics fear of communism however it was not the most important factor. One way the fear of communism explained why Hindenburg invited Hitler to become chancellor was pressure from big businesses. Originally Hindenburg had not wanted to appoint Hitler as chancellor, he feared he would dismantle democracy and as a former leader of the imperial german army Hindenburg strngly disliked the S.A. However he was getting older and struggling to keep the republic together. The army favored Hitler to protect the state from communism and the former president of the reichsbank, Hjalmar Schacht, made it known that the business and finical world saw Hitler as the ‘lesser of two evils’. This put huge pressure on Hindenburg to pick Hitler as chancellor because he needed the support of the army and business world. Along with the army and business world, support for Hitler in the public was...
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...American society today. In “The Communist Manifesto”, Marx first introduces the two main social classes: bourgeois (the upper class) and proletarians (the lower class or working class). He points out the revolution of industrialism has made changes of Capitalism to Communism. He suggests that the rich should redistribute property evenly because the proletarians have put a lot effort contributing in the revolution. In contrast, Carnegie analyzes in “The Gospel of Wealth”, the unequal distribution of wealth is a natural consequence of civilization. Both Marx and Carnegie present the problem within society because they want to contribute their own experiences from various views to resolve the tension between the rich and poor efficiently. By eliminating the gap between rich and poor, Marx believes Communism should replace the economic system of Capitalism. In his perspective, he claims, “They have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of all countries, unite” (Marx 476). Because he sees the Capitalist system exploits workers who are unfairly treated, he asserts that the proletarians should become the ruling class. The principle of Communism is the ideology of collectivism. Marx states, “Communism deprives no man of the power to appropriate the products of society: all that it does is to deprive him of the power to subjugate the labor of others by means of such appropriation” (470). This means that no private property should be allowed, and no one has...
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...Doctrine of Reagan Mrs. J. Y. Baker Prof. Thomas Payne Jr. – POL 300 February 4, 2012 Doctrine of Reagan With the threat of The Cold War, U.S. Presidents beginning with Truman had to create doctrines to find remedies for the problem of communism and its expansion. The doctrine of Ronald W. Reagan was especially noteworthy because it initiated a revolutionized foreign policy after World War II. The Cold War brought trepidation of nuclear bombing that sent panic through the U.S. government. This is why previously the U.S. chose not to challenge the Soviet Union head-on. Officials felt American’s weren’t ready to send their loved ones to fight another war on foreign soil after Vietnam listed so many casualties. However with the risk of communism spreading further and possibly encompassing the globe, the U.S. just couldn’t take a backseat and keep quiet. In 1983, Reagan dubbed the Soviet Union an “evil empire” using a speech written by Dolan for the opposite purpose. As Diggins put it “Reagan dubbed the Soviet Union ‘the focus of evil’ of the entire world” (2007, pg. 29). Following the footsteps of his predecessor, President Carter, Reagan developed a way to fight the war on communism and make the people happy by preventing our military from suffering anymore casualties. President Carter got the ball rolling when the Soviet Union tried to invade Afghanistan in 1979. That’s when the U.S. supplied secret military aid to mujahideen fighters to assist in driving out the...
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...McCarthyism and The Second Red Scares impact on Media in the 1950-60s decades (Research and Analysis Paper) In 1950, fewer than 50,000 Americans out of a total US population of 150 million were members of the Communist Party(Gilder Lehrman). However following WWII the the time period of the 1950-1970 was marked as a period of mass fear of Communism. American fears of internal communist infiltration reached Its highest point since the First Red Scare of the 1920-30s. Government organizations investigated millions of americans, “asking what books and magazines they read, what unions and civic organizations they belonged to, and whether they went to church” (Gilder Lehrman). This time period was also marked by the major shift and blacklisting of celebrities primarily in show business. One of the people who took full advantage of the mass hysteria was Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin. McCarthy began his crusade by giving a speech at the Women’s Republican Club of Wheeling, in West Virginia, where he stated that he had a list of over 220 confirmed communists living in the US. The numbers of this statement dropped over the years as people began to watch him more closely. However this didn’t stop him from rising to more power, after the Republicans regained a majority in the senate, McCarthy took control of a subcommittee, and performed investigations on government agencies. Other Cold War “activists” consisted of Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey, union leader Walter Reuther...
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...then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.” However, at the same time, we have a lot of Christians that believe in Communism as the best economic model and as a ideal model according to God’s word. They think that equality is the biggest deal, as we can see at Acts 2:44-45, “And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need”. One of the most important ideas about Communism is around equality. Grudem as a capitalist doesn’t agree with that, so in the Chapter 7 of his book, called Inequality of Possesions, he shows that when taken to the level of poverty or self-indulgence, inequality can become evil. However, this does not take away from the basic goodness. These inequalities are not bad things; they are simply the gifts that God has given. In Socialism, not too different from Communism, but much as a transition step, all should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole, so we can classify it as a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution. If we stop to relate Chapter 6 of Grudem’s book, Money, Grudem tell us that Money in itself, is a good thing, and as with any good thing, it can be distorted and provide a temptation to evil. In my opinion, a model that works the best according to the Bible is the Capitalism, despite some Christians don’t agree with that. Economically...
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...The Truman Doctrine divided the world into good and evil. The United States was supporting the freed people and going against the Communism. The Truman Doctrine was a policy that was meant to contain communist aggression. It all began with Turkey and Greece which had involved aid to the two countries. NSC-68 was the update to the policy to make the actions proactive. The Truman Doctrine had pros and cons. One of the downfalls of the doctrine was that it appeared to many nations and their people that we harbored plans to be imperialistic. That concept was the cause of much of the worlds resentment towards our foreign policies. The governments during that time looked the other way when we were giving aid and allowed the agencies like Peace...
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...that were authorized and corroborated by the Soviet Union. This assignment will review by what method the United States delivered open and private backing to guerrilla and resistance movements during the Regan years. Additionally, explain the political doctrine detailed events that occurred in Afghanistan when the Soviet Union invaded. As a final point, this assignment will define the benefits and drawbacks established on the Regan Doctrine. Summarize the Situation of U.S. Diplomatic of the Regan Doctrine During the course of the initial years of the Cold War, Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter all endorsed dogmas against communism in order to enclose it. Ronald Regan prohibited their détente policy in 1979, when the Soviet Union attacked Afghanistan. This alone demonstrated that policies that only contain communism were unproductive. Regan criticized in the compromise policy when it emanated to any communist government. As an alternative, Reagan proposed the Rollback policy. The creation of the Reagan Doctrine moved from containment and dispersal to eradicating all current communist governments. Likewise, the United States wanted to rise and encourage democracy and capitalism in additional of overthrew communist administrations (Conservapedia, 2012). Execution of the Regan Doctrine was to deliver explicit and concealed support to guerrilla and resistance movements in nations were the Soviet Union wanted to feast their communist's plan or where eradicate...
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...During the Cold War, the majority of Americans had a view of communism that depicted it to be nothing but evil; however, for the millions of people who had revolted against their former government, it was the only way forwards. The situation that developed in Korea during this time was a very accurate description of this. The people of North Korea were pushed down enough that they revolted against their government and formed a communist state while American simply viewed this as another country that had begun the process of falling to communism. The Korean War greatly enhanced the fear and hatred that the United States and the nations that had converted to communism felt for each other. The Korean War, although primarily only fought by the US, North and South Korea, Russia, and China, would have many political consequences around the world that...
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...belief in the type of Government: Communism. Because of Ho Chi Minh’s attributes and his positions in a divided country, he was well-loved by the North and despised by the South (Mr. Z, 2017). The North of Vietnam considered Ho Chi Minh as the savior for their freedom and the hero for unifying the country. However, the South criticized him as a devil who caused the loss of their happy family, property, life, and future (“Do Vietnamese people consider Ho Chi Minh to be a hero or evil,” n,d). Ho Chi Minh was born Nguyen Xuan Cung in Nghe An province where was the center of the movement against foreign invasion. Growing up the deep influence of anticolonial and the unlimited love for Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh decided to live his life with only one goal: liberating the Vietnamese from the grips of French colonial empire. At the age of twenty-one, he traveled around the world and learned how to build a strong country and the strategy to against the empire with his own hand. He held a strong opinion that studying is the only way to free people from ignorance and poverty. Ho signed on as a cook for the French steamship company in 1991, during two years of working time, he visited Europe, Africa, and the United State of America and started strengthening his language skills with Chinese, French, Russian, English, and Thai besides his native Vietnamese. During the World War 1, London, England, and Paris, France become the place where Ho Chi Minh chose communism and Vladimir Lenin and Karl Marx’s...
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...blacklist many innocent people in the United States government stating that they were communists. His work led to the arrest of many people many of whom were not even communist.His downfall was under the leadership of President Dwight Eisenhower. McCarthy went after the United State military claiming that their were were many communist member. Dwight Eisenhower stated that McCarthy had no decency because was accusing the military,the force that was keeping him safe from the terrors of communism....
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...U.S. Foreign Policy Essay Assignment. Lessons learned through the Past 25.Nov.2011 After the end of the Second World War, the global balance of power steered with the rise of communism and nations determined to fight against it. When these two sides gradually received spotlight of international politics until the end of Cold War, the United States, the key player of anti-communism, began to propel, its unofficial, the so-called ‘World Police’ obligation, as their main foreign policy makings. Even now, the U.S., as the leading super power of the global arena, influences to the whole with what it believes is right for the sake of humanity and the nation itself. Its belief eventually may have salvaged many from the tyranny of communism or unjust dictatorships. However, at times, it did only harm than good to keep the society on the right track. But these were lessons learned after several trials of failures of various spectrums of the United State’s policies. Now, history tells the future generations of young American politicians through the mirrors of past events such as the Korean War and the Vietnam War. These mirrors foretell what outcomes one would face if he finds himself stumbled onto the wrong course of intervention. One will also discover military supremacy is not all to influence a certain entity. Despite the evident proof of the past, there are politicians that are misled to believe what are not worth believing anymore. Mitt Romney, a Republican politician, is one...
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...theme due to the fact that they depict real aspects that were profoundly evolved in the bitter years of the Cold War. For instance, Will Kane represented the righteous man who was willing to stand up to transgressors. In this sense, Kane depicted the role of United States during the Cold War. The United States primary enemy during the Cold War was communism, no matter who pursued it. Kane did all that he could in order to defeat Miller and his gang. Consequently, it could be reasonably deducted that the gang in this case represents communism. Also, given the previous roles assigned, the townspeople of Hadleyville play the role of the United Nations that is too coward to take action against the evils of communism. So basically, the townspeople abandon Kane on his journey to defeat the gang is the same ideology as the UN refused demolish communism. The reason the Hadleyville townspeople strongly refuted Kane’s proposal to fight the gang is their overwhelming fear. The people were scared of standing up to such skilled gang members who had guns and warlike astute. This phenomenon illustrated the United Nations position when communism was expanding across many countries and imposing its undemocratic policies. Fear what this...
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