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Is There, If Not Virtue, Any Moral Value to Be Found in Payback?
Can payback, punitive action fueled by the desire to hurt an offending aggressor, ever be justified? In Anger and Forgiveness, Martha Nussbaum emphatically answers “no”, arguing that payback and the anger on which it is based, even following ...
Andrew Flescher
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ANOUILH ET LE MONDE DU SPECTACLE TRAGIQUE [PDF]
Le présent ouvrage se propose à analyser la manière dans laquelle le monde du spectacle change en fonction des particularités de l’époque. Les facteurs socio-économiques ainsi que les influences politiques modifient la perception des écrivains, chacun ...
Emilia-Eliza LEOTESCU
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Paola Drigo (1876-1938) was an important and original voice of Italian literature and many critics consider her to be one of the most important writers of the first half of the 20th century.
Antonella Cagnolati
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Discussing the concept of cultural trauma and its role in popular television dramas such as 24 (FOX 2001-10, 2014-), Battlestar Galactica (Syfy 2004-9), Rubicon (AMC 2010) and Person of Interest (CBS 2011-16), this paper sets out to identify three ...
Tobias Steiner
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In a context of political conflict, the practice of vengeance, the paying back of harm in exchange for harm suffered, is obviously an ethical problem.
Michael P. Jaycox
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A terminology for electrophile‐nucleophile interactions based on names that refer to the electrophile group/atom may offer the advantage to be descriptive, consistent, complete, systematic, clear, and, most important, invariant. Likely, a terminology that employs only the terms σ‐hole bond, π‐hole bond, and p‐hole bond may not.
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The pacifist Jesus and the violent Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew
The Gospel of Matthew presents two starkly different depictions of Jesus. The earthly Jesus of the past is a pacifist who teaches non-violence, compassion, non-retaliation, forgiveness and love of enemies, and he lives his life according to these ideals.
David C. Sim
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Suffering and Vengeance in the Psalms
In the Psalms, the sufferer frequently complains about the suffering he had to endure and asks for deliverance. In some instances, the plea for deliverance includes a cry for vengeance.
Herrie van Rooy
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The Western film directed by the American filmmaker John Sturges, The Last Train from Gun Hill (1959), tells the story of a man’s revenge for the rape and murder of his Native American wife. The music, composed by Dimitri Tiomkin
Lucía Pérez García
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Le mari, l’amant et la loi dans le plaidoyer de Lysias. Sur le meurtre d’Eratosthène
In 403 B.C. Lysias devoted a speech for the defence of a deceived husband who was supposed to have killed his wife’s lover. The orator gives us a fairly complete picture of the reception, in law, of adultery by Athens. Lysias’argument is meant to support
Marielle de Béchillon
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