Contemplating Global Virtue in Modern Chaos

In today's times many people believe the world lacks virtue, justice, and morals. People believe that the world is a miserable and horrible place. With so many killings shootings, wars, and terrorist attacks happening every day in the world, it is easy to see why so many people believe the world is so evil. An important example that can be looked at is the recent terrorist bombing and shooting in Paris, France. On November 13, 2015, Paris, France experienced a series of coordinated terrorist attacks. That day Paris experienced suicide bombings and mass shootings at several locations. In the end, 130 Paris citizens killed and 368 other were injured. Authorities killed seven of the attackers and are still searching for the other accomplices.

When looking at the ISIS attack on Paris, ISIS believed they were being just when they attacked Paris on November 13th. ISIS justifies the attack saying it was a retaliation to France’s airstrikes on ISIS target in Syria and Iraq. To some people this is a form of justice, but to the philosopher Socrates it is not. Socrates was a classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. Socrates is often called the secular Jesus, due to the fact both had similar backgrounds and views on life; this paper will focus on Socrates views on justice. Socrates believed that it is a far better to suffer injustice than to be its cause. To Socrates suffering injustice can inflict only superficial injuries on you: it can't hurt your character. But doing an injustice makes you a worse person and this is real harm. If Socrates was alive he would say that ISIS committed an injustice when they attacked Paris back. Socrates would say that this will not bring ISIS happiness from attacking Paris back. Socrates would call ISIS attack on Paris a positive justice, which means others get what they deserve. ISIS felt they were paying France back for the

Augustine beliefs on politics. One major factor that they different on is political involvement. St. Augustine believed Christians should not get involved with politics no matter how bad the government is. St. Augustine believes Christian should be totally focused on God. In Islamic's faith, there is no separation between religion and politics. This dates back to the Prophet Muhammad who was considered to be both a religious and political leader. One may say that St. Augustine was involved in politics, however, this is a misconception. St. Augustine did not consider his self a political leader and the only reason he was involved with politics was to defend