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Essays 511 - 540

Envy and Virtue in Volpone by Ben Jonson

An ethical analysis of Jonson's satirical work is presened in a paper consisting of a six page discussion that the world is driven...

Christian Virtue, a Pagan Villain, and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

In ten pages this paper discusses how Christian virtue is reinforced through the pagan villain in this Medieval epic. Two sources...

Concepts of Honor and Virtue in Literary Works 'Henry IV Part I,' 'The Canterbury Tales,' and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

In five pages virtue and honor are examined in a comparative analysis of these three classics of Medieval and English literature. ...

Virtue in Protagoras by Plato

In fifteen pages this paper considers the connection between wisdom, holiness, justice, courage, temperance and virtue as revealed...

The 'Many' Virtues of Protagoras by Plato

In three pages this paper considers how Plato's text reveals virtue to be not a single entity but rather deeply connected to other...

Virtue and Socrates

This paper consists of five pages and discusses how virtue is exemplified by the Greek philosopher Socrates with 2 Platonic dialog...

Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons and Thomas More's Virtue

In two pages this paper examines how the virtue of Thomas More is represented by Robert Bolt in A Man for All Seasons. There is n...

Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons and the Portrayal of Sir Thomas More II

This paper of three pages examines how Sir Thomas More is depicted as a man of honor and virtue in A Man for All Seasons by Robert...

Utilitarianism, Virtue, and Ethics

In six pages this paper considers relatives of people suffering from debilitative diseases such as Alzheimer's and concludes that ...

Modern Human Behavior and Theory of Classical Virtue

perceived as many as a disruptive social group, but for the members, there is no greater ethical or virtuous element than the dedi...

Virtues and the Normative Ethical Theory of Plato

In five pages this report discusses ethical egoism as it relates to the normative ethical theory of Plato. Three sources are cite...

Virtues of Mind by Linda Zagzebski

combining the areas of reform epistemology, philosophy and psychology, with the intent to prove that intelligent virtue is the tru...

Virtues of Interactive TV

In six pages this paper discusses interactive television's benefits such as distance learning, telemedicine, and videoconferencing...

Utilitarianism and Aristotelian Virtue

then, where does one go? Which way is correct? Going back to ancient times, Aristotle had a lot to say about virtue. In the Nicoma...

Virtues, Morals, and Ethics of Bill Clinton and the Monica Lewinsky Scandal

In ten pages various philosophical methods are applied to the Monica Lewinsky scandal in terms of what might offer the best instru...

Society, the Individual, and Christina and Fred Sommers' Vice And Virtue in Everyday Life

In seven pages various readings featured in this collective volume consider topics of self respect, self interest, dignity, and ch...

Virtue Defined in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and in The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

In five pages this paper discusses what these authors think constitutes a virtuous person as presented in their texts. Three sour...

Nursing Practice and Classical Virtues

various formal, stated ethics codes of nursing associations; nurse education programs; health care organizations; and certainly he...

Ethics, Justice, Love, Virtue and the Death Penalty

(Marquand, 1997, p. 1). Dennis Pigman, a minister of the Assembly of God and a former chaplain on the Arkansas death row, believes...

Book of the Three Virtues by Christine de Pizan

of women in medieval society, De Pizan wrote two of her most significant works, The Book of the City of Ladies and The Book of the...

A Fifty Year Old's Commentary on the Late Twentieth Century

(Bradley, 2002). While housing was growing, however, so were fears of atomic warfare, especially in light of the Korean conflict a...

The Year 2050 and The Greenhouse Effect

moment, the indications are far more likely for a bleak future. Ironically, it was roughly one year before the Antarctic ice shel...

Components of a Tuna Sandwich and its Physiological and Ecological Relevance

which are equally as fascinating in terms of its makeup and relation to humans. Several of these aspects will be discussed in the...

Pentateuch as Interpreted by T.E. Fretheim

can be seen as counter-productive: it is necessary to look both at the validity which the compilers accorded to their sources and ...

Black Odyssey The African American Ordeal iIn Slavery by Nathan Irvin Huggins

a primary component of the transformation to African-American status, Huggins delves deep into the historical and cultural foundat...

Moral Freedom According to Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill

for a time when people often thought of God as the determining factor in their fate. With philosophers like Kant and Mill saying ...

Abolishing the Right to Remain Silent

of checks and balances. The system was seen as sound as if a defendant was guilt the prosecution should be able to build a strin...

Foreign Policy Successes and Failures for Bill Clinton

help integrate the newly democratic Russia into the West but Clinton did nothing but antagonize Russia by supporting the expansion...

Alfred Adler, Carl Jung, and Sigmund Freud on Hypnotherapy

"His clients expected to experience relief from their problems by entering a convulsive state after which they would feel released...

Rothman and Huntington on the Israeli and Palestinian Conflicts

this war between the two peoples were just about land, the Arabs have many surrounding Arab nations to which they could turn to fo...