this article explores the forms of moral repair that the wrongdoer has to perform in an attempt to make amends for her past wrongdoing, with a focus on the issues of interpersonal moral repair; that is, what a wrongdoer can do to merit her victim‘s forgiveness and achieve reconciliation with her community. the article argues against the very general demands of atonement that amount to an obliga...

This paper argues for the moral significance of the notion of an evil person or character. First, I argue that accounts of evil character ought to support a robust bad/evil distinction; yet existing theories cannot plausibly do so. Consequentialist and related theories also fail to account for some crucial properties of evil persons. Second, I sketch an intuitively plausible “affective-motivati...

This article explores the forms of moral repair that the wrongdoer has to perform in an attempt to make amends for her past wrongdoing, with a focus on the issues of interpersonal moral repair; that is, what a wrongdoer can do to merit her victim‘s forgiveness and achieve reconciliation with her community. The article argues against the very general demands of atonement that amount to an obliga...

I defend the continuing importance, and attraction of, moral saints. The objective of this paper is twofold; firstly, to critique Wolf’s definition sainthood, secondly, argue against her view that one should not desire be a saint, nor emulate them. In section 1, saints are highly complex agents, does capture complexity. My second argument account there two kinds saints, loving rational, leads t...

This study explores immigration reform as a possible new “moral” issue upon which American religious elites and organizations take public positions. It is argued that religion is a key independent variable necessary for understanding the determinants of public attitudes regarding immigration policy. Theoretical expectations are formed from the ethnoreligious, religious restructuralism, and mino...

The purpose of this article is to provoke discussion on the worship images depicting saints. However, it not about defending worship, since issue has already been definitively settled by Church. Instead, concerns a new problem – controversies that arose in connection with some modern depictions saints, mainly painting. mildest these involve paintings, often made basis surviving photographs, sho...

The automatic analysis of fine art paintings presents a number novel technical challenges to artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning, and knowledge representation quite distinct from those arising in the traditional photographs. most important difference is that many realist depict stories or episodes order convey lesson, moral, meaning . One early step interpretation extract...

Beliefs and customs surrounding death, funeral rites, and mourning provide a window into a society’s most deeply held values. In the monotheistic faith of Islam, eschatology – belief in the Day of Judgment (Yawm al-din) and resurrection (al-qiyama) – underlies many practices. Public mourning rituals that commemorate the deaths of saints and martyrs are closely linked to the concept of salvation...