Samaritan Ethics, Systems Science and Society

Raadt, J. D. R. de

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“…197-205). More recently, others using the frameworks of humanism have attempted to show the connection between religious beliefs and the systems at work in human existence (de Raadt, 1996(de Raadt, , 1997(de Raadt, , 2005(de Raadt, , 2006Eriksson, 2003;Gottfried, 1995;Scott, 1961).…”

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Apologetics Without Apology: Developing Arguments for the Existence of God from Business and Economics

Michael E. Cafferky

2019

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In this paper, the author offers the reader ways for the business practitioner to participate in Christian apologetics. Apologetics is defined. The purpose and tasks of apologetics is described. The author makes a case for the importance of Christian apologetics and introduces several tactics that offer potential for the Christian apologist. A table describes the potential opportunities to develop Christian apologetics for the context of business and economics. The article concludes with an introduction to the limitations of apologetics in the context of business and a call for further research in the application of Christian apologetics in business.

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Apologetics Without Apology: Developing Arguments for the Existence of God from Business and Economics

Michael E. Cafferky

2019

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Arresting the Collapse of the City Through Systemic Education: A Case Study of Melbourne

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Raadt²

2008

Syst Pract Act Res

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Though it is claimed that Melbourne is one of the most liveable cities in the world, a systemic examination, based not on mechanistic and utilitarian foundations but on a humanist, systemic science reveals that a variety of modalities of its social fabric are threatened and will drive the city to eventual collapse. As usual, the worst impacted are the most defenceless: the poor, the elderly and especially the young. We propose that an education that emphasises vision and ethics and that integrates the humanities with the natural sciences in a systemic approach should be the prime instrument of intervention. We describe a new Master of Arts degree designed on these principles to re-orientate young professionals towards the community and away from big business and commerce.

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Community Development and Renaissance Social Humanism: Some Lessons for Systems Science

Raadt¹

2011

Syst Pract Action Res

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Starting from the crisis in our communities-research has indicated it to be widely spread-the author explores the scientific tradition preceding the rise of modernism in order to draw out a more humane way of thinking that may help our contemporary societies. He discerns between two types of Renaissance humanism, one characterised by its cleverness, the other by its compassion and desire to restore dignity to the lives of people struggling to escape the clutches of medievalism. The father of the latter is Erasmus of Rotterdam and we follow the development of his conception of a social humanism as it branches out, through the work of his successors, into every scientific discipline, both natural and human. These disciplines are united by an embracing systemic idea of philosophy that unites the mind with the heart and which Erasmus called ''Philosophia Christi''. We examine the two main pillars upon which this philosophy is built, love for our neighbour and education as the only legitimate instrument to change society, and the extraordinary impact it had on science and on communities living in the seventeenth century. We contrast this with the idea of power, the chosen instrument of modernity to transform society, and trace some of its tragic outcomes. We conclude by discussing the incorporation of an Erasmian type of social humanism into systems education and the future development of such programmes.

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Samaritan Ethics, Systems Science and Society

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Apologetics Without Apology: Developing Arguments for the Existence of God from Business and Economics

Apologetics Without Apology: Developing Arguments for the Existence of God from Business and Economics

Arresting the Collapse of the City Through Systemic Education: A Case Study of Melbourne

Community Development and Renaissance Social Humanism: Some Lessons for Systems Science

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