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Maimonides: Evil and Divine Providence
Fischerová, Ester ; Lyčka, Milan (advisor) ; Válová, Dita (referee)
This thesis is concerned with a problem of evil and Divine providence in Maimonides' work Guide for the Perplexed. At first the author list through important philosophical sources of this work and consequently comes up with possible paths of interpreting it as a whole according to Leo Strauss and Marvin Fox. Then author's focus shifts towards specific text passages in which Maimonides specifically elaborates evil and Divine providence. After that, this thesis lists various types of providence, types of evil and diferentiates between two theories of providence in Maimonides' thought. Finally author analyses different ways to interpret these text passages and in the end she makes an effort to unify those two theories od Divine providence using Fox's method of interpretation. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Matter in Plotin's philosophy
Zajíček, Samuel ; Chlup, Radek (advisor) ; Němec, Václav (referee)
The diploma thesis attempts to present a consistent conception of matter in the philosophy of Plotinus. Its first part therefore contains a presentation of his own ideas about matter employing the interpretation of three key treatises dealing with this topic (Ennead II, 4 (12) "On the Two Kinds of Matter", Ennead III, 6 (26) "On Impassibility of Things Without Body" and Ennead I, 8 (51) "On What Are And Whence Come Evils"), the second part is dedicated to the overview and criticism of major modern interpretations of Plotinian matter. The third part then introduces my own approach, consisting of splitting Plotinus' hypostatis of soul into two hypostases, and identifying matter with the procession (i.e. proodic aspect) of the ontologically lower of the two. Arguments are offered for these nonstandard interpretive choices; the resulting conception is shown both as self-consistent as well as consistent with Plotinus' metaphysics as such, and it is demonstrated to be able to reconstruct the features that Plotinus attributes to matter.
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Crisis in the institute for the study of totalitarian regimes in czech periodic press
Svorník, Petr ; Jirák, Jan (advisor) ; Křeček, Jan (referee)
The main aim of this thesis is to prove that the style of news coverage of one topic in three different Czech newspapers differs significantly, based on ideology of authors and newspapers too. News reporting should be informative, unbiased, without assessments of its author. However the resulting article is always biased in some way. The author doesn't have to use evaluating words to evaluate; he or she can affect the result by choosing right speakers, placing them in favorable or disadvantageous position or even cut them out of the text. The author can choose which story to tell and which frame to use. This thesis focuses on crisis in the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes in April of 2013, when the director Daniel Herman was dismissed and new director Pavla Foglová was appointed. This event is suitable for the study of (hidden) evaluation and ideology, because it is closely connected with communist history of Czech nation - everyone has some opinion about it, journalists included. After the theoretical explanation of main terms and concepts like signification, discourse and ideology comes the analysis of three non-tabloid Czech newspapers: Lidové noviny, Mladá fronta DNES and Právo. Their story is the main subject of this thesis.
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Conflict of Good and Evil in The Silmarillion from a Biblical Perspective
Kučera, Benjamin ; Hošek, Pavel (advisor) ; Bargár, Pavol (referee)
The theme of the thesis is to look into the conflict of good and evil in the work of Tolkien The Silmarillion from a Biblical perspective. The text of Silmarillion itself is mainly used for identification of themes related to the central one. These themes are further analysed to reveal their origin, namely whether they came from the biblical tradition or some other tradition. The first part is devoted to the Silmarillion itself and provides a brief summary to remind reader of the basic plot line and motifs. The second part addresses the issue of good and evil from a cosmic perspective and its definition. This section also identifies the general principles of this combat taking into account its particular realisations and allows reader to determine the influence of Christianity, Norse mythology, and other sources on Tolkien's work. The third part deals with the conflict between good and evil in relation to particular persons or groups of persons, and describes the way people surrender to the evil and how they can resist it. It makes clear what values Tolkien considered important. In this thesis reader can once again find summarisation of the factors that influenced Tolkien's work.
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Evil. Notion of evil in Art Education.
Šromová, Jana ; Jakubcová Hajdušková, Lucie (advisor) ; Kitzbergerová, Leonora (referee)
My thesis is focused on the concept of evil, and its implications in art education at middle school level. The theoretical part defines the comcept of evil from a historical standpoint through the study of pertinent research. This part includes interpretation of exhibition entitled "The Effect of Lucifer" from the contemporary art center DOX as well as Philip Zimbard's theories on evil. The lesson plans were created by analyzing the art pieces from the exhibition and by comparison of conceptual maps. The practical part shows the specific art lessons, followed by analysis. At the end of the work is a complete evaluation of the project and related research, which provides an art teacher with the knowledge to address this issue in the classroom.
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Evil as privatio boni in the works of Aurelius Augustinus and Carl Gustav Jung
Malý, Jakub ; Halama, Jindřich (advisor) ; Fischer, Ondřej (referee)
This thesis deals with the question of evil as privatio boni according to the teachings of Augustine of Hippo and the conception of evil in the work of Carl Gustav Jung who denied this Augustine's teachings. In the thesis I analyze attitudes that adopt both thinkers to categories of good and evil in relation to impacts of their conceptions on understanding of God, self-understanding of man, of his life, death and salvation, further of the relation of God and man and the human moral responsibility before God and society. Augustine maintains that evil is an absence of good, but Jung thinks that the reality is put together from the balance of good and evil. Their attitudes I scarify with the aid of the secondary literature and the explanation of that biblical places that both thinkers refer to.
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Shakespearean Villains
Bilská, Eva ; Nováková, Soňa (advisor) ; Hilský, Martin (referee)
This thesis analyzes the Shakespearean villains, particularly Richard III, Iago, Shylock, Caliban, Edmund, Angelo and Macbeth. It explores the idea of evil as it was understood in Shakespeare's time and concentrates on language and strategy of these villains.
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problem of responsibility and freedom
Rohlenová, Lucie ; Hogenová, Anna (advisor) ; Hauser, Michael (referee)
Problem of responsibility and freedom ROHLENOVÁ, LUCIE. Problem of responsibility and freedom. Praha: Faculty of Education, Charles University, 2012, 69 pp. Diploma Thesis. The diploma thesis will devote to the progress of the phenomenon of the liberty in the modern period from Spinoza to Lévinas. The diploma thesis is mainly based on the major publications of philosophers, B. Spinoza, I. Kant, K. Jaspers, J.-P. Sartre, E. Levinas. The thesis focuses in the terms responsibility and liberty which assume different and more profound meaning in their philosophy. Baruch Spinoza connects the liberty with the independence, with the causal independece. The independent thing is the thing which is the source of own action. In this meaning we can say that only God is independent. Immanuel Kant presented the new dimension of the liberty in ethics which extended the solution of the etical philosophy. The person is the being who constructs the moral word from own liberty and accountable to himself or herself and the other people. Emphasis is placed on Karl Jaspers' major publication The Question of German Guilt. The blame is analysed in this publication and it is classified into four aspects-criminal, political, moral and metaphysical blame. Jeana Paul Sartre is the author of the idea that our body and...
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Ethical values in the Old and New Testament
Proroková, Marie ; Hogenová, Anna (advisor) ; Hauser, Michael (referee)
The thesis consists of two main parts. The first part focuses on the ethical values in the Old and New Testament. At the beginning basic concepts are defined, that are essential for the thesis and are related to ethics and moral evaluation. The first part centres on the important events that shaped society and that come from The Bible (Creation, The Ten Commandments, God's contracts with the nation of Israel, the life of Jesus Christ, the parables, The Sermon on the Mount and The Lord's Prayer). The thesis also compares these values with the philosophy of Socrates and then with the approach, that Jan Amos Comenius offered in his work. The second part analyzes views of Christian ethical values today : whether there is a need to know these values, why we should strive for their observance, whether they are current and whether people (Christians and atheists ) honor and follow them. On the basis of the second section I conclude, that our culture is formed under the strong influence of Christianity, these values are still held and are considered important for the functioning of human relationships and society. Although it may seem that these values are not held today, they are still an ideal within our culture and people are trying to achieve them in their lifes.
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Confrontation of worker and evil in selected areas of social work
Jančo, Milan ; Matoušek, Oldřich (advisor) ; Válková, Helena (referee)
Diploma thesis " Confrontation of worker and evil in selected areas of social work " deals with the issue of evil in the context of social work. The theme is unlocked through philosophical discourse. There are various theories presented based on the dimensions of evil, already include holistic concepts of man (biological, psychological, spiritual and social unity of human existence). In describing the focus of evil in the context of each part of the model is to use some of the favorable scientific disciplines. Followed by a description of the theory of evil in the context of social work and shows the characteristics of the areas in which the research was conducted, ie prisons, probation and mediation, homelessness, drug scene. Research spacecraft mapping the perception of evil workers and productive strategies related to its mastery. The knowledge has been presented and interpreted in the context of defined research problems. The last section summarizes the theory of evil and shows the key findings important for understanding the concept of evil and effective strategy for coping with this phenomenon. This text can serve not only social workers but also people with different sectoral specializations in the helping professions who are exposed to evil.
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