SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Concept of Virtue

Essays 31 - 60

Book 4 of Plato's Republic, 'Justice of the City'

what it is that you "can do," and then doing that for the good of the group - in this case the city. The unification of the virtu...

Plato's Republic and Five Essay Questions

self-destruction. Socrates proposes many people in the simple city would not be satisfied forever with a simple way of life (Pla...

The Happiness Key According to Aristotle

it" (Aristotle, 350 B.C.E., p. PG). Here he brings up the subject of lying, a principle in society that seems to be upheld. Certai...

Ben Jonson's 'A Celebration of Charis in Ten Lyric Pieces' Explicated

narrator restores the sight of the Greek love god Cupid, and he subsequently flees (Donaldson 154): "And (withal) I did untie / Ev...

Teaching Virtue

who live with us and present themselves in abundance, as far as is possible. Wherefore we must keep them before us1." Here, it see...

Virtue, the Soul, and the Philosophical Processes of Inquiry by Plato and Aristotle

VI of "Nicomachean Ethics", goodness under the concept presented by Plato suggests almost an unattainable element, and it was Aris...

Friendship and Marriage According to Barbara Whitehead and Aristotle

In a paper consisting of seven pages the concept of marriage rooted in friendship is a view shared by Barbara Whitehead and Aristo...

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...

Questions On Medical Ethics

further examined by comparing the moral reasoning with the stages laid down by Piaget, with more complex and mature reasoning only...

How Aristotle Defines the Good Life

philosopher, would aid in curtailing discord while broadening the trust that must exist between peoples. Using the Myth of ...

Republic by Plato and its Concepts

importance and children were to be guarded from superfluous information to come from for example poetry and literature. Rather, th...

Virtue in Plato's Protagoras and Meno

In five pages Plato considers whether or not virtue is a concept that can be taught in Protagoras and Meno. Twelve sources are ci...

Contemporary Slavery and Philosophical Concepts

the buying and selling of human beings. How would a Kantian analyze the ethics of slavery? How might a utilitarian, a social con...

'The Mean' Meaning According to Aristotle

In five pages Aristotle's concept of 'the mean' is discussed in terms of a balanced universe comprised fo form and matter and the ...

Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle on Virtue

subdivided into passions and reason (Yu 323). So, too, was his moral character, which explained how man could exist as both a soc...

Soul, Piety, Virtue, and Socrates' Philosophy

In seven pages this paper discuses Socrates' philosophy in an overview that includes his soul concept, what constitutes 'true' kno...

MacIntyre, Dependent Rational Animals

the fact that humanity discounts its relationship to the natural world, but then MacIntyre shows how "even someone as perceptive a...

Information Warfare (IW) and Cyber-Terrorist Activities

The concept of information warfare is not new, it has been around for centuries, while cyber-terrorism is new. Despite this the tw...

Does Dramatic Play Enhance The Concept Of Sharing For Three-Year-Old Children?

which can represent some of the most trying times in a childs development of self-esteem. The energy put forth by a curious three...

Investment Risk

the potential of the company. In addition to the financial performance measured by ratios such as profit margins, the investors wi...

Self-Concept Maintenance

Self-esteem and self-concept have always been controversial in the fields of psychology and sociology but the self became an accep...

The Utilization of Financial Concepts When Looking at the Case of Guillermo Furniture Store

investment may be assessed to determine which would have the highest and the lowest opportunity cost, so that Guillermo may maximi...

Historical and Economic Effects of Lean Manufacturing

was that great amounts of capital were invested in parts and product that no one was certain would sell. PC manufacturers learned...

Assessing Fortitude An Operational Proposal

9 pages and 6 sources. This paper considers the concept of fortitude and the ability of hospital personnel to assess fortitude. ...

Accounting Using a Principles Based System with Supporting Concepts

This 4 page paper discuses the important of concepts in principles rather than rules based accounting system, why they are importa...

Tasks for a Citizenship Course

the main source of conflict in the future will be cultural. The idea is based on the concept that in the future the main clashes w...

The Role of New Public Management (NPM)

The writer looks at the concept of NPM along with the way it has been described and assessed in a range of literature. The concep...

Aristotle and the Idea of the "Good Life"

it mean for a person to be functioning well-or in this case, to be functioning to his highest capability? Its more than acquiring...

Haunted America by Patricia Limerick

people who eventually fought each other had prior history together. "Before whites and Indians would feel inclined to fight each o...

Social Institution, Ethnocentrism, and Id Concepts

conscience thoughts and counteracts the ID (Ego, 2006). Freud stated that the Superego is the moral agent that links the consciou...