He later says: "...every one of us is answerable for everyone else and for everything." Markel's absurd claims have engendered many reflections on the nature of suffering and what it means to be responsible for someone else's suffering. The world has no shortage of pain and evil; what...
In that spirit, returning to Fukushima, I think an awakened response is called for. The immediate one may be to send financial assistance. But also it is crucially important to send loving thoughts of healing to all those who suffered and are still suffering. Do this through prayer, through ...
They symbolise human suffering and loss and they are sometimes geographically and socially distinctive, but they are also iconic of climate change and they are symbols of its natural impacts. They all, to some extent, symbolise helplessness and may thus lead to disengagement rather than engagement ...
The first response was usually fear, a passion defined as ‘an expectation of some future evill’.39This emotion was thought to make the body ‘growe pale and trembling’ by drawing the blood and spirits from the outer parts to the heart.40Fear was regarded as a natural reaction. The eje...
See also: Atheism, Secularity, and Well-Being (a must read). “With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.” –Steven Weinberg Atheists can’t know the difference...
v vi PREFACE As with any tool, however, entrepreneurial action can be harnessed for both good and evil. Indeed, a person can take entrepreneurial action to overcome the chronic adversity in his or her own life but at the expense of others. Thus, in this book, we examine both the bright...
This renewal led to a backlash against Buddhism. During this time, instead of praising Buddhism, scholars and emperors alike were declaring Buddhism evil and calling for its extermination. The shift in the Chinese peoples’ embracing of Buddhism and their condemnation of it is best seen by ...
See also: Atheism, Secularity, and Well-Being (a must read). “With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.” –Steven Weinberg Atheists can’t know the difference...
Guilt–“musthavedonesomethingtoprovoketheattack” ImpactofSexAssault Failure–letdownself,family,andfriends Shame/humiliation–feelingunclean Anger/outrage–attherapist,advocate,unsympatheticpeople,and/orGod Fear–ofbeingattackedagain,ofthestigmaasarapevictim,ofownangerandthoughtsofretaliation ...