Johann Haller IAI –Instituto de Ciencia Aplicada de la InformaciónUniversidad de Saarland Martin-Luther-Strasse 14, 66111, Saarbrücken, Alemania [email protected] Alexis Donoso IAI –Instituto de Ciencia Aplicada de la InformaciónUniversidad de Saarland Martin-Luther-Strasse 14, 66111, Saarbrücken, Alemania [email protected] Yamile Ramírez IAI –Instituto de Ciencia Aplicada de la InformaciónU...

This paper analyzes Martin Luther’s criticism of increasingly corrupt church practices, including, the papacy’s granting of indulgences, the promotion of pilgrimage, the preservation and exploitation of relics, the cult of saints, and the belief in saintly intercession. I will examine how Luther’s critiques of these practices were expressed in the religious propaganda that circulated during thi...

2Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Winston-Salem State University, 601 S. Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27110, USA *Corresponding author: Deborah F. Farmer, PhD Associate Professor Department of Behavioral Sciences Winston-Salem State University 601 S. Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive Winston-Salem, NC 27110, USA Tel. 336.750.2974 Fax: 336.75...

Luther Burbank (1849–1926), the best-known horticulturist in the United States, was honored in 1940 by having a U.S. postage stamp in his honor—as a scientist! Burbank became a legend in his time as the plant inventor and horticultural wizard releasing a prodigious 800 new cultivars, a number of which are still being grown, the most famous being the ‘Burbank’ potato, the ‘Santa Rosa’ plum, and ...

1 Institut für Straßenund Verkehrswesen, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany [email protected] 2 Institut für Informatik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany [email protected] 3 Institut für Informatik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany [email protected] 4 Institut für Numerische und Angewand...

Since the publication of Anscombe’s famous paper “Modern Moral Philosophy” (1958), virtue ethics has become a matter of discussion among scholars. At least four charges have been raised against virtue ethics, one of which is the charge of promoting undue enthusiasm regarding the moral fitness of human beings. This article explores the limits of virtue ethics with regard to the frailty of human ...