The ideals of the United Nations evolved from the belief that a liberal, Utopian world could be created. ... Cases show what was a concern in the trial, and rulings help define the answer. Using these cases develop norms in international society. ...
This philosophy is the groundwork for what we now more wholly understand as laws of nature, in whatever form, not to be exploited or undermined. ... Philosophers were the first to realize what the aristocratic society, the bourgeois, and the bourgeoisie failed to understand. ... Mimicking the scientists" curiosity, philosophers questioned the basic workings of government and society and in doing so gave rise to the Age of Enlightment. ... The philosophers were elite members of society, and despite the context of their messages, they were not always free from discrimination. ... In its early ye...
If so, how is it applied and what effect does it have? ... So what is actually being analysed? ... Following Simpson's and Mayr's interpretation of the interaction part of the diagram they state: 'The discourse practice dimension specifies the nature of the text production, distribution and consumption in society' (Simpson and Mayr, 2010, p. 54). ... CDA, thus, examines the texts from the perspective of what they include as well as from what they omit. ...
Never before, however, has the human race been so close to inaugurating this Utopian ideal of establishing and empowering government on a planetary scale. As it stands today, world government can be compared to communism - both can be viewed as ideals of a perfect society, but neither has proven to work effectively in practice. ... This is what the advocates of an "empowered United Nations are really after. What is most disturbing is that they have nearly succeeded in grasping hold of this power, without most inhabitants of this planet having the slightest idea of what is being planned for t...
This process of personal transformation toward caritas, begun in Augustine's thinking by the sacrifice of Jesus, will manifest itself in individuals through what Johnson calls "self-giving toward the needy neighbor."1 This charitable impulse requires a Christian to intervene to protect the innocent from evil in this flawed world. ... For Augustine and those who have followed him in their thinking about just war, killing the aggressor is a form of "loving punishment."3 During the time of Aquinas, the emphasis of theologians had shifted from helping individuals achieve a state of grace (as...
