The view of evil human nature is important in Chinese and western cultures. The thesis chooses evil human in St. Augustine’s thoughts and Hsun Tzu’s thoughts to compare and analyze evil in these two. St. Augustine, who is called “the Saint of God”, views the definition of evil, the resource of it, and salvations of it from the aspect of religious beliefs. He considers that evil is the privation...

Even though there is a consensus among Muslim scholars that rebellion without valid grounds not acceptable, they have disagreed on the permissibility of against an unjust ruler. Abū Ḥanīfa has pivotal place in these debates, as he eponym law school first dedicated special chapter to (baghy) its legal texts. Interestingly, however, views attributed him topic are inconsistent: Some sources claim ...

The age-old ploy of justifying the commission of atrocities by one group by citing examples of atrocities committed by another must be condemned. Evil deeds remain evil deeds, and evil and evil deeds beget evil deeds. Our only hope is to stop focusing on the bad and start focusing on the good. For conflicting ideologies to learn tolerance for each other, common moral ground must be found. What ...