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Collins presents the behind-the-scenes account of tumultuous upheavals in the oil industry between 1995-2002 as industry seeks to gain access to vital petroleum resources overseas.
Author : Robert Thomas Collins
Publisher : RavensYard Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 30,34 MB
Release : 2001-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781928928119
Collins presents the behind-the-scenes account of tumultuous upheavals in the oil industry between 1995-2002 as industry seeks to gain access to vital petroleum resources overseas.
Author : Oliver O'Donovan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 18,88 MB
Release : 2003-10-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521538992
Leading political theologian Oliver O'Donovan takes a fresh look at some traditional moral arguments about war. Christians differ widely on this issue. The book re-examines questions of contemporary urgency, including the use of biological and nuclear weapons, military intervention, economic sanctions, and the role of the UN. It opens with a challenging dedication to the new Archbishop of Canterbury and proceeds to shed light on vital topics with which that Archbishop and others will be very directly engaged. It should be read by anyone concerned with the ethics of warfare.
Author : Daniel M. Jr. Bell
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 26,81 MB
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441206817
This provocative and timely primer on the just war tradition connects just war to the concrete practices and challenges of the Christian life. Daniel Bell explains that the point is not simply to know the just war tradition but to live it even in the face of the tremendous difficulties associated with war. He shows how just war practice, if it is to be understood as a faithful form of Christian discipleship, must be rooted in and shaped by the fundamental convictions and confessions of the faith. The book includes a foreword by an Army chaplain who has served in Iraq and study questions for group use.
Author : James McCarty
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 26,33 MB
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1532641044
The Business of War incisively interrogates the development and contemporary implications of the military-industrial complex. It exposes the moral dangers of life in neoliberal economies dependent upon war-making for their growth and brings the Christian tradition’s abundance of resources into conversation with this phenomenon. In doing so, the authors invite us to rethink the moral possibilities of Christian life in the present day with an eye toward faithful resistance to “the business of war” and its influence in every aspect of our lives. In combining biblical, historical, theological, and ethical analyses of “the business of war,” the authors invite us to better understand it as a new moral problem that demands a new, faithful response. With contributions from: Pamela Brubaker Stan Goff Christina McRorie Kara Slade Won Chul Shin David Swartz Jonathan Tran Myles Werntz Matthew Whelan Tobias Winright
Author : Lowell Ewert
Publisher : IAP
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 50,99 MB
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1648025986
The premise of this book is very simple. While acknowledging that much progress has been made since the end of World War II to improve life conditions for billions of people and reduce the likelihood of war, current global challenges threaten to undermine, undo, or even reverse much of the progress made. Growing political and social polarization, and the resultant increasing fear of each other, is on a trajectory that could cause unprecedented harm. The book illustrates how everyone can have an impact on peace and that many already do so in both constructive and negative ways, illustrated by many examples. The book offers an expansive view of peace, which includes promoting human rights, identifying and resolving situations of slow violence, working to promote fair and sustainable economic development, identifying and resolving injustices, and establishing institutions and practices for resolving conflicts by communicative means. The book especially focuses on the role universities can and should play in promoting peace. Universities, which have played a pivotal role in creating a more humane and just world through their research, teaching and scholarship, now face the challenge of thoughtfully examining how each discipline and vocation and the university as a whole can contribute to fostering peace. In general, universities help to prepare students actively to work for peace by cultivating their capacities at reasoning and reflecting, developing their skills in communicating and research, and fostering among them an active awareness of their responsibilities as citizens of the world. While not every discipline or vocation shares the same level of responsibility to advance peace, all have the potential to do so as they intentionally and thoughtfully look for avenues to do so.
Author : Wim Smit
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 25,86 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Just war doctrine
ISBN : 9789042916975
With the new wave of terrorism, scholars, politicians, members of the military and even ordinary people, all of whom have been startled by the extreme kind of violence, have raised many questions. With an interesting spectrum of viewpoints, this text covers many challenging themes.
Author : Jason M. Wirth
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 12,65 MB
Release : 2015-10-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0823268217
Commiserating with Devastated Things seeks to understand the place Milan Kundera calls “the universe of the novel.” Working through Kundera’s oeuvre as well as the continental philosophical tradition, Wirth argues that Kundera transforms—not applies—philosophical reflection within literature. Reading between Kundera’s work and his self-avowed tradition, from Kafka to Hermann Broch, Wirth asks what it might mean to insist that philosophy does not have a monopoly on wisdom, that the novel has its own modes of wisdom that challenge philosophy’s.
Author : Alec Hill
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 29,72 MB
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0830887997
In this third edition of a popular textbook on business ethics, Alec Hill carefully explores the foundational Christian concepts of holiness, justice, and love, showing how some common responses to business ethics fall short of a fully Christian mindset. Updated throughout, this edition includes a new chapter on international business and uses penetrating case studies to clothe principles in concrete business situations.
Author : Davide Appi
Publisher : Tektime
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,47 MB
Release : 2022-10-29
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 8835445698
CONSCIOUSNESS OR SUPERCONSCIOUSNESS THIS IS THE DILEMMA The present society continues to run like a mad elephant, toward global catastrophe. Why do we continue on this road that leads us to a dead end, with end view our own self-destruction? The answer to this question lies in human consciousness itself, the cause of every problem, while Superconsciousness is the solution to every difficulty. What is the difference between consciousness and Superconsciousness? Superconsciousness consciously connects us with everything that exists, and to understand it better we can make the analogy of a network: everything in existence is like a node that can have the illusion of being separate from the rest of the network. Most people are like that, they feel like a node separated from the rest, like a single individual separated from the rest of Humanity. This feeling of separation is the mode in which consciousness operates. CONSCIOUSNESS OR SUPERCOSCIENCE THAT IS THE DILEMMA The present society continues to run like a mad elephant, toward global catastrophe. Why do we continue on this road that leads us to a dead end, with end view our own self-destruction? The answer to this question lies in human consciousness itself, the cause of every problem, while Superconsciousness is the solution to every difficulty. What is the difference between consciousness and Superconsciousness? Superconsciousness consciously connects us with everything that exists, and to understand it better we can make the analogy of a network: everything in existence is like a node that can have the illusion of being separate from the rest of the network. Most people are like this, feeling like a knot separated from the rest, like a single individual separated from the rest of Humanity. This feeling of separation is the mode in which consciousness operates. So it is ”normal” for a world dominated by consciousness to be in perpetual conflict, consciousness can only do so much by being a principle of division and separation. And as long as it is the same that decides both our personal and Humanity's fate, we will always be at risk of self-destruction. We can even say, ”The very nature of consciousness, directed toward separation and competition, can only inevitably lead us into conflict with others.” It is the very nature of ordinary consciousness that leads us to violence and war! Superconsciousness knows that it is both the node and the global network itself at the same time, so it knows that it is deeply connected and interconnected to the Whole, while consciousness thinks it is a node unto itself, separate from the rest of the network. Superconsciousness thus opens us to a wider reality than that of ordinary consciousness, and we get a taste of it in moments of deep Inner Peace, when the silent mind allows us to enjoy to the fullest the spectacle of the present moment. Why is consciousness on the world's bridge of command and Superconsciousness all but ignored? Superconsciousness is something unpredictable and original capable of subverting the established order. The emergence on this planet, of a minimum sufficient number of awakening Superconsciousnesses, is the greatest nightmare for the system and for the Anti-Awakening Dark Powers that rule the world. This is the problem, the ruling elites do not want Superconsciousness awakening because it would put an end to their millennial earthly Power. Only by electing Superconsciousness, as the Supreme Commander of human life, will it be possible to change human destiny and put the extraordinary scientific progress implemented by consciousness no longer at the service of consciousness itself in command, which we might rather describe as ”unconsciousness ruling the world,” but to put technological progress at the service of Superconsciousness, the only one capable of fostering development that is healthy, sensible, and truly aimed at the welfare of H Translator: Nikkita PUBLISHER: TEKTIME
Author : J. Carl Ficarrotta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 38,68 MB
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 131710966X
Kantian-inspired approaches to ethics are a hugely important part of the philosophical landscape in the 21st century, yet the lion's share of the work done in service of these approaches has been at the theoretical level. Moreover, when we survey writing in which Kantian-inspired thinkers address practical ethical problems, we do not often enough find sustained attention being paid to issues in military ethics. This collection presents a sampling of how an ethicist who takes Kantian commitments seriously addresses controversial questions in the profession of arms. It examines some of the less frequently studied topics within military ethics such as women in combat, military careerism, homosexuality, teaching bad ethics, immoral wars, collateral damage and just war theory. Presenting philosophical thinking in an easy to understand style, the volume has much to offer to a military audience.