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Philosopher William Pepperell Montague coined the term Kratocracy, from the Greek: κρατερός (krateros), meaning "strong", for government by those who are strong enough to seize power through force or cunning. [4] In a letter to Albert Einstein from 1932, Sigmund Freud also explores the history and validity of "might versus right". [15]
Pseudo-Chrysostom: If we ought to bear the burdens of strangers, in obedience to that of the Apostle, Bear ye one another's burdens, (Gal. 6:2.) how much more that of our wives and husbands? The Christian husband ought not only to keep himself from any defilement, but to be careful not to give others occasion of defilement; for so is their sin ...
Augustine: Peace is the fixedness of order; by order, I mean an arrangement of things like and unlike giving to each its own place. And as there is no man who would not willingly have joy, so is there no man who would not have peace; since even those who go to war desire nothing more than by war to come to a glorious peace.
Perfectionism, as a moral theory, has a long history and has been addressed by influential philosophers. Aristotle stated his conception of the good life ().He taught that politics and political structures should promote the good life among individuals; because the polis can best promote the good life, it should be adopted over other forms of social organization.
Yet ought we not therefore to be careless; for here the conqueror Himself pronounces our adversary to be strong." [2] Chrysostom: "He calls him strong, showing therein his old reign, which arose out of our sloth." [2] Augustine: " For he held us, that we should not by our own strength be able to free ourselves from him, but by the grace of God ...
Ought implies can" [1] is an ethical formula ascribed to Immanuel Kant that claims an agent, if morally obliged to perform a certain action, must logically be able to perform it: For if the moral law commands that we ought to be better human beings now, it inescapably follows that we must be capable of being better human beings.
An October Wall Street Journal article on Musk's "secret conversations with Vladimir Putin" triggered a fusillade of speculation about him "taking orders" from the Kremlin, with former MSNBC host ...
Jerome: Mercy here is not said only of alms, but is in every sin of a brother, if we bear one another's burdens. [8] Augustine: He pronounces those blessed who succour the wretched, because they are rewarded in being themselves delivered from all misery; as it follows, for they shall obtain mercy. [8]