Saturday, June 27, 2009

Can I Work Out Or Shower After A Brazilian Wax?



few days ago I read an information alleging that a priest had come and n defense of human dignity seen from an ontological perspective . After consulting the meaning of this buzzword, I concluded that what the priest wanted to say that human dignity is inherent in every human being, by the mere fact of being. Human dignity is universal, not just the few predicable.
This assertion, that in principle all we subscribe, is actually under attack from various fields.
What is actually that of human dignity ? This concept may be at least three interpretations:
  1. Every human being, by the mere fact of being, and from conception to death, has an inviolable dignity, intrinsic value regardless of their status, age, sex, etc. That dignity stems from the fact of being children of God. When ever told my mother, rest in peace, that my life was shit, she replied that it was not so, that I was a child of God. How well our elders speak.
  2. as predicable dignity of every human being by the mere fact of being, as in the first case, but with the difference that is not God the source of the dignity of every human being. Dignity in this case is a human creation, with which we have adopted. Human beings would not itself an intrinsic value, but humanity has decided to "shield" every man and woman giving inalienable dignity.
  3. Dignity is something ethereal. It may not be exclusive of human beings. Even some human beings may lack dignity, depending on your circumstances. This idea sounds absurd, but slowly seeps. As an example, the weather was discussed whether to grant formal rights to evolutionarily closest animal to man. Proponents of this idea claimed that the value of the chimpanzees was somewhat like that of any human being. Thus, blogs as "Great Ape Project" reads: "Do not say chimp, say person" or "Great apes meet the definition of people. " I'm not sure a hundred per cent, almost put his hand on fire in this debate even got to hear that the apes had greater value than some human beings (people incapacitated by serious illness.)
Giving dignity to all members of the human species has been a very good idea. Much of the credit for this achievement goes to the Christianity, which considered and a couple of millennia too weak to be reckoned with.
Remember that we should not play with the concept of dignity is not only necessary but essential. Human dignity as something belonging to all humans should be an uncontroversial idea. Discuss their accuracy can cause civilization to slide, as in the not too pasts, to barbarism.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Austin Selling Silver Flatware

HUMAN DIGNITY TO FOLLOW THE TOILET UNDER ... OR

In principle, we are all morally obliged to be as virtuous as we can, to follow the good and avoid evil. But there are exceptions to this general rule? In most cases (not saying that at all), the answer, in my opinion, is no. However, many people say yes.
few days ago a man appeared on television (with his face hidden) proudly displaying weapons and drugs with which traficab a. In addition, interviews with journalists had place on the stairs of the building where he lived, even from neighbors! Obviously, after the issuance of the images on television, police intervened and arrested office this "skull previlegiado" crime.
But I left the subject, what matters here is that, in the reporter's question on whether the offender intended to continue with their criminal activities, he responded: "of course, is what feeds me and my family" . In short, this guy was considered morally entitled to extend the suffering, violence and pain, with the excuse that he and his family must eat. Is it true that reasoning? I think absolutely not.
But there are more examples in which there is a similar reasoning. For example, when the paparazzi harass any person and they, rightly, protest, the "journalists" or "researchers today," defend themselves by saying they are doing their job ... I work as sad, disturbing the others!
That I do not excuse it. By the same token, we should stop doing the assassin who has been entrusted with our murder: it is their job.
I continue with other cases: the desperate do you have right to kill themselves, knowing the pain they cause? In this case, doubts are much higher, since in many cases their life is hell, unbearable. The Catholic Church speaks on this matter at its Catechism: suicide is always wrong, but the circumstances in which it occurs may be an important mitigating factor. That is, according to the Church, even in this case of extreme personal suffering are free to follow virtue. In the case of euthanasia, the Church's reasoning is similar. In these last two cases, my doubts are much higher. Complex
these issues in the consciousness of each one plays a role.
I am very interested to know what their views on the issue, So I welcome your comments.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Friendship Quotes For Picnik

Ivan Ilyich, SAVED BY THE BELL

The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the title of a poignant story of Russian writer Leo T olstoi.
I'm not really comics, but taking advantage of the brevity of it, and because he had heard about it, I began to read. Text rarely touched me as much as we are concerned here. And despite the sadness that the author manages to convey, I anticipate that the story has a happy ending.
Ivan Ilych has died, and the first thought that goes through the head of his "friends" is to guess to see how it will run the career ladder, and think how to get the biggest slice possible it.
other hand, must comply with the unpleasant process of attending the funeral of his "friend", although this does not entail the suspension of his usual game of cards.
the deceased's wife is not going to lag because its main concern is the pension that will be after the death of her husband.
Ivan Ilych has been exemplary individual who has lived pleasantly and has fulfilled the obligations of a decent life ... or at least so he thinks. Ilich
studied law at the University, after which began a successful legal career. He married a woman who is a good match for him, because it attracts and because their union is fine considered among his circle of friends. Ivan likes to surround himself with the upper class, being a liberal person.
pleasant Life of Ivan makes the problems of others are a nuisance to him, trouble you do not understand, much less is willing to bear. Take a safe distance from these people. So when his wife is pregnant with her first child, and constantly requires the presence of her husband, he, he does not understand what is happening, find the inconvenience of marriage, and tries to go away as long as possible, with order to avoid the company of his wife.
Finally, the protagonist will be paid with the same currency. When is he who suffers the punishment of the disease, he realizes that he does not seem to understand him no, and that is in a terrifying solitude. Only his servant and his son, whom Ivan had hitherto despised, take pity on their suffering.
On his deathbed, just being aware of the truth: his life has been a farce, a failure, an absurdity. Compliance with the rules and conventions of high society and what people will say you have corseted and prevented the development of an authentic life.
Ivan Ilyich, who has known the compassion in his life, he redeems the life of emptiness only fifteen minutes before his death, saved by the bell, to feel compassion by his wife and his son. It then manages to give meaning to their lives, despite die in terrible physical pain, most pain, spiritual, and torments him.