Re: Virtue and Vice

2013-02-13 Thread Sen McGlinn
The Baha'i Studies Listserv On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Stephen Kent Gray skg_z...@yahoo.comwrote: What does it mean to be ... too courageous? too prudent? Courage without wisdom prudence would lead to bad outcomes, although courage is a virtue. too merciful? too

Re: Virtue and Vice

2013-02-13 Thread Stephen Gray
reductio. Lifeboat scenarios and other extreme hypothetical situations are bad ways of testing ethical theories. From: Sen McGlinn senmcgl...@gmail.com To: Baha'i Studies bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 1:45 PM Subject: Re: Virtue

Re: Virtue and Vice

2013-02-13 Thread Stephen Gray
(Honesty) Yo (Honor) Chuuu (Loyalty) Ko (Filial piety) Chi (Wisdom) Tei (Care, especially for the aged/elderly) From: Stephen Gray skg_z...@yahoo.com To: Baha'i Studies bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 2:31 PM Subject: Re: Virtue

Re: Virtue and Vice

2013-02-12 Thread Gary Selchert
Subject: Re: Virtue and Vice The Baha'i Studies Listserv My comment: Unlike Sanders' understanding of Judaism, Baha'is are not born into a covenent relation with God; Dear Gary, Ultimately we are all, Baha'i or non-Baha'i in a Covenantal relation with God. See my article here: http://bahai

Re: Virtue and Vice

2013-02-12 Thread Stephen Kent Gray
, 2013 11:09 AM Subject: Re: Virtue and Vice The Baha'i Studies Listserv Are virtue and vice defined according to Plato or Aristotle? For Baha'is virtues are defined largely by the attributes of God, not by Plato or Aristotle. __ You

Re: Virtue and Vice

2013-02-12 Thread Stephen Kent Gray
The Baha'i Studies Listserv http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophets_in_Islam 25 Prophets in the Quran 8 Prophets in the Qisas al-Anibya and various Hadith 8 more potential Prophets mentioned in the Quran 1 other potential Prophet menitoned in the Quran Wikipedia lists who is under what category.

Re: Virtue and Vice

2013-02-12 Thread Gary Selchert
skg_z...@yahoo.com To: Baha'i Studies bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Sent: Tue, Feb 12, 2013 6:16 pm Subject: Re: Virtue and Vice The Baha'i Studies Listserv Moderation in virtue and being excessively virtuous sound like contradictions, paradoxes, or oxymorons. Virtues are supposed to be unqualified goods

Re: Virtue and Vice

2013-02-12 Thread Stephen Kent Gray
- From: Stephen Kent Gray skg_z...@yahoo.com To: Baha'i Studies bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Sent: Tue, Feb 12, 2013 6:16 pm Subject: Re: Virtue and Vice The Baha'i Studies Listserv Moderation in virtue and being excessively virtuous sound like contradictions, paradoxes, or oxymorons

Re: Virtue and Vice

2013-02-12 Thread Stephen Kent Gray
Message- From: Stephen Kent Gray skg_z...@yahoo.com To: Baha'i Studies bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Sent: Tue, Feb 12, 2013 6:16 pm Subject: Re: Virtue and Vice The Baha'i Studies Listserv Moderation in virtue and being excessively virtuous sound like contradictions, paradoxes, or oxymorons

Re: Virtue and Vice

2013-02-11 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Are virtue and vice defined according to Plato or Aristotle? For Baha'is virtues are defined largely by the attributes of God, not by Plato or Aristotle. __ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as:

Re: Virtue and Vice

2013-02-11 Thread Susan Maneck
...@gmail.com To: Baha'i Studies bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 11:09 AM Subject: Re: Virtue and Vice The Baha'i Studies Listserv Are virtue and vice defined according to Plato or Aristotle? For Baha'is virtues are defined largely by the attributes of God

Re: Virtue and Vice

2013-02-11 Thread Gary Selchert
The Baha'i Studies Listserv Covenantal nomism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Covenantal nomism', in opposition to merit theology, is the belief that 1st century Palestinian Jews did not believe in works righteousness. Essentially, it is the belief that one is brought into the

Re: Virtue and Vice

2013-02-11 Thread Susan Maneck
The Baha'i Studies Listserv My comment: Unlike Sanders' understanding of Judaism, Baha'is are not born into a covenent relation with God; Dear Gary, Ultimately we are all, Baha'i or non-Baha'i in a Covenantal relation with God. See my article here: http://bahai-islam.blogspot.com/ warmest,