This presentation was used as a training tool for Unit Ministry Teams and uses video clips as training aids to drive home the content from the Values as Virtues framework.
Read MoreDissertation - Values as Virtues
The purpose of this project was based on the premise that chaplains need additional tools to adequately conduct moral leadership training as stipulated in Army doctrine. The project involved the development and testing of the Ethical Assessment Survey and Values as Virtue framework based on Aristotle’s golden mean. The project objectives included validating and testing the survey and framework through gathering a set of sample data from chaplains and other Army leaders.
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Dialectical Materialism, Karl Marx, and Christianity
The ideas of Karl Marx have proven to be resilient. But why? A cursory glance at current events or a history book reveals the dangers of Marxism and the totalitarian bent it inspires. Marx presents a fundamentally optimistic view of humanity. Yes, there will be conflict along the way, but humanity will rise above it and will ultimately achieve a utopia where all are equal. Even if it is unrealistic, this message is appealing and enduring. Redemption comes from human striving and is always just one more revolution away from being realized. Christianity also presents an optimistic hope for humanity but is more realistic about human nature than the materialism of Marx.
Read MoreDON’T PANIC: The Convergence of Big Bang Cosmology with the Bible
Bringing up the Big Bang in certain Christian circles is a fraught proposition. Depending on the audience, the response might be hearty agreement, hasty disagreement, or panicky joking (“God said it, and BANG, it happened!”). This paper attempts to address all three groups by showing that Big Bang cosmology is not a threat to the Christian faith. Instead, Big Bang cosmology allows for a convergence of theological, philosophical, and scientific truth in discussing the origins of the universe and its ultimate fate.
Read MoreVirtue Ethics and The United States Army
With the Army values already built into the culture of the Army, they provide a starting point for exploring virtue ethics more deeply. Rather than seeing them as a list of rules or duties soldiers must follow, the Army should see them as virtues to be practiced and cultivated both in and out of uniform.
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