Maybe that grand goal of the good society is brought into being not by vigilante types, nor yet by romantic revolutionaries, nor by any visionary ideologies and scenarios of the right or left, but by the ambiguous resolution
of human tragedies in thousands of little courtrooms across the land.
Not exact matches
Amnesty International and
Human Rights Watch (HRW) say oil companies working in the delta, of which Shell is the largest, have overseen a «human rights tragedy&ra
Human Rights Watch (HRW) say oil companies working
in the delta,
of which Shell is the largest, have overseen a «
human rights tragedy&ra
human rights
tragedy».
The darker meditations about the interaction
of human nature and democracy we find
in Tocqueville and The Federalist, rooted
in some ways
in the perennial concerns about republican government voiced so powerfully
in book VIII
of Plato's Republic or
in Shakespeare's
tragedy of Coriolanus, these are what we need to attend to.
History is indeed a moral order,
in which judgements
of the living God take effect; but this view can not be fully verified upon the plane
of history as we know it, since there is an irreducible element
of tragedy in human affairs.
This coming -
of - age book set
in Alabama is a must - read for every
human, I think — we witness justice, inequality, strength, character, community, and
tragedy through the eyes
of a young girl.
The great
tragedy in human life is that after experiencing the great love and mercies
of God we become indifferent to God.
nothing makes the atheist more ticked off more than when you bring up GOD... God gets all the blame for all the
tragedy in the world... If there wasnt a god
in the first place,
humans would not know
tragedy or injustice when we see it... it would be a non-issue to us... survival
of the fittest would not permit the emotions
of love, compassion, empathy... Darwininian theory could not allow any
of those and many other
of the best
of people's capacity for caring to surface... You cant explain it away by synapse or neurons... without a Supreme Being, there would be no sense
of justice or injustice, we would not call it anything because there is no Ultimate Moral Standard to compare it.
The difference is that he never forgot that politics is one way
in which very imperfect
human beings can enact projects based on moral reasoning; that politics is a theater
of both comedy and
tragedy, relentless
in the teaching
of humility.
The
tragedy is that, even with the best
of intentions, our egoistic narcissism (falling excessively
in love with ourselves rather than a Divine [or even a
human] Other blinds us to justice which is the minimum requirement for love.
I don't know what foolish things people and nations will permit themselves to do
in the near future, what compacts we will make with hell through the use
of nuclear and biological weapons, what ecological disasters we will actively perpetrate or merely permit to happen or what unprecedented
human tragedy we will willingly or witlessly sponsor.
You stepped
in to protect the interests
of the most innocent and vulnerable person
in this
human tragedy, the dying father whose suffering is being unnecessarily increased by the theft
of his pain meds.
If there is a particular correspondence
in Abraham to the first Israel (Exodus and Settlement) and
in Jacob to the second (the period
of the Kingdoms), something
of the same correspondence is to be seen
in Joseph to the third Israel, to her profound hope that out
of willful intention
of evil, out
of the consequent judgment
of destruction and
tragedy, God would yet through
human means raise up the tribes
of Jacob and bring his light
of redemption to all the earth.
All
human minds are weak especially
in the face
of overwhelming
tragedy.
Wiesel, for whom memory seems to be the closest thing to the image
of God
in human beings, and who views memory as the central transmitter
of ethical and moral insights, depicts the
tragedy of Elhanan's increasing disability with enormous understanding and sympathy.
In several of the worst crashes, either wind shear or metal fatigue in engines has been identified as responsible for regrettable human tragedie
In several
of the worst crashes, either wind shear or metal fatigue
in engines has been identified as responsible for regrettable human tragedie
in engines has been identified as responsible for regrettable
human tragedies.
He reminded us
of the
tragedy of the human situation, but he also reminded us that faith takes us (as he expressed it in the title of one of his finest books) Beyond T
tragedy of the
human situation, but he also reminded us that faith takes us (as he expressed it
in the title
of one
of his finest books) Beyond
TragedyTragedy.
The
tragedy of human behavior is that so long as we seek to build ourselves up, to overcome our deficiencies, we
in fact only spin webs around ourselves, isolate ourselves more deeply than ever from one another, and reveal our desperate need for the love
of God.
In a recent book I read (Engaging the Powers), the author suggested that such a response is natural in light of the ever - increasing tide of natural catastrophes and human tragedies that are paraded before our eyes on Television and the Newspapers on a daily basi
In a recent book I read (Engaging the Powers), the author suggested that such a response is natural
in light of the ever - increasing tide of natural catastrophes and human tragedies that are paraded before our eyes on Television and the Newspapers on a daily basi
in light
of the ever - increasing tide
of natural catastrophes and
human tragedies that are paraded before our eyes on Television and the Newspapers on a daily basis.
If the resurrection is the true dénouement
of the whole story and not a «happy ending» tacked on to a
tragedy, then there is an element
in the story itself which brings us to the frontiers
of normal
human experience, where experience runs out into mystery.
It is his disclosure
of God's love, standing by man through all
tragedy and despair, to which we give our witness
in the faith that death can not hold or destroy what Jesus was and what he brought into
human existence.
The Christian is still keenly aware
of the
tragedy of human life, and the limitations
in which his mortality involves him, but death no longer holds any fears for him.
And we remain on the earth, unchanged:
human folly and
tragedy remain what they have always been — but with the gnawing
of love, the leaven concealed
in the dough (but it has not yet risen), the seed hidden
in the ground (but it has not sprung up), and the salt put
in the soup (but it has not dissolved).
In other words, the real victim in the tragedy is not the human saint and martyr Prometheus, but rather the gods whose dominance has been fatally undermined by the disbelief of human being
In other words, the real victim
in the tragedy is not the human saint and martyr Prometheus, but rather the gods whose dominance has been fatally undermined by the disbelief of human being
in the
tragedy is not the
human saint and martyr Prometheus, but rather the gods whose dominance has been fatally undermined by the disbelief
of human beings.
The
tragedy of human history is exemplified
in the ever recurrent ambiguity
of the answer: yes and no.
We still have to ask ourselves what the story says about how God deals with
humans, and what is going on behind the scenes
in some (but not all)
of the
tragedies and difficulties
of human life.
His life is more than a mythical event; it is a
human life which ended
in the
tragedy of crucifixion.
No one can measure the known and unknown
tragedies that have grown out
of its defilement
in our stock, nor the repercussions upon the
human community at large from all the trauma so caused.
It is the demand inscribed into infinitely aspiring
human nature by the Creator; its perversion
in idolatry, hostility and self - centeredness is the heart
of man's
tragedy; its reconstruction, redirection and empowerment is redemption from evil.
It is only
in light
of the God - given
human dignity
of all that we can understand the great sadness and
tragedy of the gay lifestyle and the homosexualist agenda, including same - sex marriage.
For his view
of tragedy as the result
of the inevitable gap between the ideal and the actual
in human conduct could also be applied indiscriminately to other situations.
H. Richard finds
tragedy in the limits
of human power: Reinhold sees it
in the limits
of human righteousness.
The
human mind can not comprehend what God has
in store for us, nor is he expected to explain the whys
of the
tragedies that happen to us here.
Emerson's perfectionism places too much faith
in human capacities and fails to understand
human limitations, according to Reinhold Niebuhr, who said that «the ultimate fulfillment
of human life transcends the possibilities
of history» (Beyond
Tragedy).
As Jesus» will was always centred on the Father and his mind was not clouded by the attractions
of sin, he was able to grasp the true
tragedy of our
human condition
in a way that only great saints have understood.
Grace means the way
in which God deals with our
human condition, his active purpose for the creation, his power to redeem and save history from its bloody
tragedy, his offer
of eternal life.
As a result, He gets himself into compromising situations, takes the blame for horrible
human events, and gets His hands dirty
in the
tragedies of life.
One could travel
in this bicentennial year to a thousand American communities, and
in each
of them see instances
of human tragedy directly based upon failures
of justice and the breakdown
of moral ideas — this
in the face
of operative legal systems.
But we may still conclude that
in the case
of God's self - embodiment
in the world there is a risk
of tragedy because
of the precariousness
of the web
of human relationships that would constitute at least one
of the subsidiary levels
of the divine indwelling.
Despite the
tragedy of human sin, damaging the matter - spirit ecosystem, God's loving mercy enables that damaged relationship to be healed through Christ's unique redemption
of us
in His assumption
of our flesh and its crucifixion and resurrection.
Humans rising up to comfort one another
in the wake
of a
tragedy is a beautiful thing and I view it as slightly insulting to have someone label it with a ridiculous label like «god».
Camus planned and completed a second cycle
of works: the novel The Plague,
in which the heroic Doctor Rieux strives, despite ultimate futility, against
human suffering and death; the play The Misunderstanding, a kind
of Greek
tragedy in which a young man returns home
in disguise, having made his fortune, only to be murdered and robbed by his mother and sister; and the highly influential cultural analysis The Rebel.
If it is successful
in its primary task, it will help to deal the death blow to the status
of alcoholism as a major area
of human tragedy.
When people's faith wavers
in the face
of poverty and other
human tragedies, how do you address that?
«This might be the greatest
human tragedy confronting us right now and if we can help
in some small way, we owe it to ourselves to try,» said Martin Cody, Founder and President
of Cellar Angels.
not really making the news, the atmosphere on last wednesday was really strange, silent, step by step to normal football, but you can't throw away your thoughts immediately, I just got a glimpse
of Enkes personality during a film
of him shown before the match, I can't realize how hard it must be for his wife to lose him, tomorrow the players
of Germans first Bundesliga will wear a black ribbon again, but I think it won't affect the atmosphere like it has with the national team despite
of Hannover
of course, people will be enthousiastic again, but there is the idea
of an «Enke donation» which I like, will keep his name alive, will take some positive emotions on this
tragedy and a kind
of appeal for everyone to reflect the important things
of life and control your own behaviour, I hope so at least, and I hope his wife will cope with that situation, and again: it was really hard for the German nationl team to play under these circumstances, to lose someone close
in this way is hard to deal with, on the other hand it causes a close solidarity feeling I think, but
of course the world will not change, things are returning to the old soon, but nonetheless for me this
tragedy is a kind
of human wake - up call, at least a call and then you continue
The conflicts across the former Soviet Union cast Vladimir Putin's controversial characterisation
of the fall
of the USSR as the» greatest
tragedy»
of the 20th Century
in a new light:
in that we can not yet appreciate its full cost (
in human lives, etc).
Labour has cancelled the launch
of its general election campaign as the
human tragedy in the Indian Ocean takes precedence over domestic affairs.
It is an unfortunate fact
of life that large scale
tragedies will continue to occur, as the earthquakes
in Japan and the horrific events
in Norway attest, so Elizabeth's advice to other psychiatrists looking to help survivors and rescuers
in future events would be to not focus on the therapy they have learned but instead invest time
in listening and providing comfort by simple
human contact.
The first is the scale
of the refugee and migrant crisis
in Europe — news today from the Austrian border and the shores
of Libya remind us again
of the
human cost
of this escalating
tragedy.
In the essay, she touches on one
of the great
tragedies of NASA's
human spaceflight program: It was on that launchpad that the Apollo 1 capsule caught fire during a test exercise, killing all three men inside.