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commandment "thou shalt not kill", for example, are forced to re-examine their views in the light of military service in wartime, ...
2003). Restating that: sentiment is beauty and virtue; and if the sentiment we feel when we see beauty is instinctive approval, ...
suggest that both love and hate can be taught (Plato). We can further extrapolate from that to conclude that if a nation is in har...
Aristotle manages to come up with a provisional definition (Book II, Ch. 6, 1107a): Aret? is a state or condition of soul that is ...
has purpose and meaning. The second profession that Folly castigates as they weave "six hundred laws together" in order to contr...
like knowledge itself, is secure. Indeed, according to Plato correct opinion is a guide to knowledge. To be correct, opinions th...
allow the young Emperor, age 8, to fall into the hands of Genji warriors, a "Nun of the Second Rank," instructs the boy to make h...
and Aristotle are philosophers who discuss virtue. Yet, Yu (1998) claims that when it comes to virtue, neither Aristotle or Confu...
also something that is easily masked. Bad people can appear good and vice versa. Making a determination about an individuals tru...
further examined by comparing the moral reasoning with the stages laid down by Piaget, with more complex and mature reasoning only...
happiness may not be found during our earthly lifetimes, rather, it is in our eternal life that our happiness will be gained. In ...
In six pages this explication of Spenser's poem argues that it serves as a celebration of Queen and country in terms of 'virtue' a...
Categorical Imperative and states that before we act we consider what the effect of that action would be if it became a universal ...
The ways in which male and female virtue changed in terms of the attitudes of Ancient Greece are examined in 6 pages in a consider...
code will represent, and who is to say that all cultures and all communities must follow it? Clearly, defining ethics is to defin...
In seven pages this paper applies Christine Sommers' edited text Vice and Virtue to an analysis of the ethics represented in the f...
In seven pages this research paper discusses how the philosophy of good and evil is analyzed in Christina Sommers' edited essay co...
agree that the most significant debate Jones had with himself concerning virtue and vice was when he decided to marry Sophia, one ...
In seven pages this paper discuses Socrates' philosophy in an overview that includes his soul concept, what constitutes 'true' kno...
see past all the trappings. We see the essence of the other person. We see their potential. We practice what St. Paul wrote: "Love...
the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...
In five pages this paper discusses happiness and virtue as these concepts relate to Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant. Three...
In six pages this paper discusses the 'new prosperity' as discussed by Dinesh D'souza in The Virtue of Prosperity. There is one s...
In eight pages this paper examines the Athenian doctrine or thesis in a consideration of Athens' and Sparta's motivations and virt...
they could utilize embryos that are not in use. Tens of thousands of embryos are stored in clinics in the United States and some a...
In five pages this paper examines a moral life in a consideration of the significant cardinal virtues of justice and temperance. ...
In an essay that consists of five pages Aristotle's lofty view of pride as the ultimate virtue is discussed within the context of ...
art is directed at a woman with whom he so desires to have a romantic affair. In his attempts to persuade her to consent, he pain...
In ten pages this report discusses how moral theories address contemporary life issues with such ethical concepts as virtue, care,...
In eight pages the issues considered in Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life by Sommers and Sommers are discussed as they relate to al...