Then again who is or is not to say what is absolutely good, and what is absolutely evil? Do we as human beings, each agree on what is right and what is wrong? Certainly not! So then how do we know for certain what is good and what is evil. Well, according to St. Thomas Aquinas the life of an individual is the way to knowledge of what is good and evil. If the individual’s life goes well, and they become morally successful, then that person had a good sense of what is morally right and what is morally wrong. If the individual’s life goes well, and they become morally successful, then that person had a good sense of what is morally right and what is morally wrong. (Adams 396) Therefore, in this we know that we have access to the knowledge of what
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Well, did you ever begin to think that selfishness is actually a part of our human nature, and because it has been a part of our nature for thousands of years that we act upon this nature unconsciously? There is of course times when an individual acts upon an act, or matricualtes a thought in their own mind consiously knowing that they are acting or thinking upon pure selfishness. These people possess the knowledge of selfishness, and know that selfishness is indeed a part of human nature. For those who act upon an act believing in their own minds that they are acting, they are cheating themelves from knowing their very own inner-self. They do this by believing that they are acting out of pure unslefishness, because they have a feeling of absolute goodness, which is a personal, and then in return makes their act purely selfish. For we all act upon an act with self-interest in mind. If we knew that giving to the poor would in return make us guilt ridden, would we give to the poor? Of course not, because we use our feeling of absolute goodness, and our feelings of guilt to determine what is right and what is wrong. I tell you that if we knew with absolute certainty that if we give to the poor we will feel awful about ourselves, and receive no praise for our action, the poor would not survive. For we act …show more content…
Of course not! Is or is not Yeshua God? Of course He is God! Does God act out of human nature? Definitely not, because if He did, then He would not be God, He would be human. But we were or were we not made out of God’s own image? Yes we were, but when Adam and Eve were first created they were perfect. They did not act out of selfishness, but they acted out of love. Adam and Eve made a mistake though, and they ate the forbidden fruit, which became the fall of man for future generations. We as humans were no longer perfect, but imperfect, and we began to act upon every act with self-interest in
Well, did you ever begin to think that selfishness is actually a part of our human nature, and because it has been a part of our nature for thousands of years that we act upon this nature unconsciously? There is of course times when an individual acts upon an act, or matricualtes a thought in their own mind consiously knowing that they are acting or thinking upon pure selfishness. These people possess the knowledge of selfishness, and know that selfishness is indeed a part of human nature. For those who act upon an act believing in their own minds that they are acting, they are cheating themelves from knowing their very own inner-self. They do this by believing that they are acting out of pure unslefishness, because they have a feeling of absolute goodness, which is a personal, and then in return makes their act purely selfish. For we all act upon an act with self-interest in mind. If we knew that giving to the poor would in return make us guilt ridden, would we give to the poor? Of course not, because we use our feeling of absolute goodness, and our feelings of guilt to determine what is right and what is wrong. I tell you that if we knew with absolute certainty that if we give to the poor we will feel awful about ourselves, and receive no praise for our action, the poor would not survive. For we act …show more content…
Of course not! Is or is not Yeshua God? Of course He is God! Does God act out of human nature? Definitely not, because if He did, then He would not be God, He would be human. But we were or were we not made out of God’s own image? Yes we were, but when Adam and Eve were first created they were perfect. They did not act out of selfishness, but they acted out of love. Adam and Eve made a mistake though, and they ate the forbidden fruit, which became the fall of man for future generations. We as humans were no longer perfect, but imperfect, and we began to act upon every act with self-interest in