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Theodicy (/θiːˈɒdɪsi/), in its most common form, is the
attempt to answer the question of why a good God permits the manifestation of evil. Theodicy attempts
to resolve the evidential problem of evil by
reconciling the traditional divine characteristics of omnibenevolence,
omnipotence,
and omniscience,
in either their absolute or relative form, with the occurrence of evil or suffering in
the world.[1]
Unlike a defense, which tries to demonstrate that God's existence is logically
possible in the light of evil, a theodicy provides a framework which claims to
make God's existence probable. The term was coined in 1710 by German
philosopher Gottfried Leibniz in his work, Théodicée,
though various responses to the problem of evil had been previously proposed.
The British philosopher John Hick traced the history of moral theodicy in his
work, Evil and the God of Love, identifying three major traditions: the
Plotinian theodicy, named after Plotinus, the Augustinian theodicy, which Hick based on the
writings of Augustine of Hippo, and the Irenaean
theodicy, which Hick developed, based on the thinking of St Irenaeus. Other
philosophers have suggested that theodicy is a modern discipline because deities in the
ancient world were often imperfect.
German philosopher Max Weber saw theodicy as a social problem, based on the human need to explain puzzling aspects of the world; sociologist Peter L. Berger argued that religion arose out of a need for social order, and theodicy developed to sustain it. Following the Holocaust, a number of Jewish theologians developed a new response to the problem of evil, sometimes called anti-theodicy, which maintains that God cannot be meaningfully justified. As an alternative to theodicy, a defence may be proposed, which is limited to showing the logical possibility of God's existence. American philosopher Alvin Plantinga presented a version of the free will defence which argued that the coexistence of God and evil is not logically impossible, and that free will further explains the existence of evil without threatening the existence of God. Similar to a theodicy, a cosmodicy attempts to justify the fundamental goodness of the universe, and an anthropodicy attempts to justify the goodness of humanity.
Hesiod closes with this moral (105): "Thus it is not possible to escape the mind of Zeus."
Hesiod also outlines how the end of man's Golden Age, (an all-male society of immortals who were reverent to the gods, worked hard, and ate from abundant groves of fruit) was brought on by Prometheus, when he stole Fire from Mt. Olympus and gave it to mortal man, Zeus punished the technologically advanced society by creating woman. Thus, Pandora was created as the first woman and given the jar (mistranslated as 'box') which releases all evils upon man. The opening of the jar serves as the beginning of the Silver Age, in which man is now subject to death, and with the introduction of woman to birth as well, giving rise to the cycle of death and rebirth.
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Most of us may have heard or read about Pandora's box ; but not that Pandora is a kind of 'theodicy'.
Likewise, about "Rule of thumb"; but not that, in most situations, it is no principle based rule, so as to stand the test of 'common sense'.
Should that be so, as viewed, in the subject amendments are incorporated , not just one, but many such rules; apt to be justifiably described as "Rules of 'sore ' thumb".
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Compare, and test same way, the other equally meaningless, nay obnoxious/reprehensible, concepts conventionally adopted both for Accounting and Taxation - e.g. Commercial transactions prefixed with phrases, -"Arms length" , "Related party".
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< The Pandora myth is a kind of theodicy,
addressing the question of why there is evil in the world.
German philosopher Max Weber saw theodicy as a social problem, based on the human need to explain puzzling aspects of the world; sociologist Peter L. Berger argued that religion arose out of a need for social order, and theodicy developed to sustain it. Following the Holocaust, a number of Jewish theologians developed a new response to the problem of evil, sometimes called anti-theodicy, which maintains that God cannot be meaningfully justified. As an alternative to theodicy, a defence may be proposed, which is limited to showing the logical possibility of God's existence. American philosopher Alvin Plantinga presented a version of the free will defence which argued that the coexistence of God and evil is not logically impossible, and that free will further explains the existence of evil without threatening the existence of God. Similar to a theodicy, a cosmodicy attempts to justify the fundamental goodness of the universe, and an anthropodicy attempts to justify the goodness of humanity.
Only Hope was left within her unbreakable
house,she remained under the lip of the jar, and did not fly away. Before [she
could], Pandora replaced the lid of the jar. This was the will of aegis-bearing
Zeus the Cloud-gatherer.
Hesiod does not say why hope (elpis) remained in the jar.[13]Zeus the Cloud-gatherer.
Hesiod closes with this moral (105): "Thus it is not possible to escape the mind of Zeus."
Hesiod also outlines how the end of man's Golden Age, (an all-male society of immortals who were reverent to the gods, worked hard, and ate from abundant groves of fruit) was brought on by Prometheus, when he stole Fire from Mt. Olympus and gave it to mortal man, Zeus punished the technologically advanced society by creating woman. Thus, Pandora was created as the first woman and given the jar (mistranslated as 'box') which releases all evils upon man. The opening of the jar serves as the beginning of the Silver Age, in which man is now subject to death, and with the introduction of woman to birth as well, giving rise to the cycle of death and rebirth.
"Rule of thumb"
< Key Note:
Most of us may have heard or read about Pandora's box ; but not that Pandora is a kind of 'theodicy'.
Likewise, about "Rule of thumb"; but not that, in most situations, it is no principle based rule, so as to stand the test of 'common sense'.
Should that be so, as viewed, in the subject amendments are incorporated , not just one, but many such rules; apt to be justifiably described as "Rules of 'sore ' thumb".
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Govt to review DTC bill in its present form: Jaitley - The Hindu
Union Budget 2015 – Direct Tax - Tax - India - Mondaq.Com
Ashamed To Be Indian: Mohan Parasaran, Solicitor General
Supreme Court’s judgement in Vodafone Judgement is wrong but retrospective amendment is a “knee-jerk” reaction.
< Mohan Parasaran made it clear that in his view the Supreme Court’s judgement in Vodafone is “completely erroneous” but he called the Govt.’s action of seeking to overturn it by a retrospective amendment a “knee-jerk reaction”. Mohan pointed out that instead of a retrospective amendment, all the Govt. had to do was to clarify the definition of the word “transfer” in
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open-and-shut
adjective straightforward, simple, obvious, routine, clear-cut, foregone, noncontroversial It's an open-and-shut case - the hospital's at fault.
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North and South Block, North and South Block in Delhi ...
History
The north and south blocks
were introduced as the two secretariat buildings when the British relocated the
government offices to north and south blocks in New Delhi. The buildings
designed by the Edwin Lutiyen and Herbert Baker. The secretariat buildings were
built in the designs of the imposition of superiority of the white masters over
the natives.
itatonline
Dear Finance Minister, Will You Listen To Nani Palkhivala ...
www.itatonline.org/.../dear-finance-minister-will-you-listen-to-nani-palk...
Apr 21, 2012 - In 1991,
Nani Palkhivala called
the Income-tax Act “a national disgrace” because of its ... But stability is
anathema to the North Block.
Turning to, -
FinMin may drop retro tax law to end Voda row
Some recent developments do, by and large, give the
impression that the present rulers/fm are sincere in their effectuating the
assurance that retro-active (-spective) changes would be rendered a thing of
the past; with the objective of thereby ensuring and accomplishing the intended objective/aim of providing stable and
predictable international tax regime, towards reaching the goal of improving /
betterment of the national economy. On the flip side, however, there have been
odd but self-speaking instances, to
provoke and make anyone loudly wonder whether how far and how soon that such a
change in the direction could be expected to factually happen, and be
infallibly demonstrated by actions to follow. For an answer, consider the
changes proposed in the 2015 Budget, in inter alia section 9 (1) of the
IT Act ; and purposefully do so, in the
light of posted comments on the related websites, in public domain, as quickly
referenced in the personal Blog @ swamilook:
March 2015
To do some plain speaking:
1.
The proposed changes have the
idea of, or going to result in, perpetuating and immortalising the so called long
drawn controversies initiated and set in motion in Vodafone and similar cases.
2.
Some of the well settled principles of law / its
interpretation , a host of which have been gone into and subjected to an
incisive judicial analysis in,- besides
Vodafone case,- Andolan Bachao case., have
been sought to be given a fresh start. In short, basically, an attempt has been
made to enact to the effect that, - ‘substance’ , not the ‘form’ of contract agreements
would be principal criterion.
3.
The proposed amendments have, as viewed, immense potentials
for perpetuating and prolonging endlessly
disputes and court litigation , because of, - a) the clumsy language couched
in, and (b) more so, certain extremely unacceptable or fictional concepts such
as, ‘ fair price’ of ‘assets’, ‘no liabilities’, so on.
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