YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Concept of Virtue
Essays 151 - 180
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...
In an essay that consists of five pages Aristotle's lofty view of pride as the ultimate virtue is discussed within the context of ...
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...
the foot of power!/Nothing care I for Zeus" (Aeschylus). In other words, Prometheus will not succumb to tyranny and a power that r...
Categorical Imperative and states that before we act we consider what the effect of that action would be if it became a universal ...
happiness may not be found during our earthly lifetimes, rather, it is in our eternal life that our happiness will be gained. In ...
also something that is easily masked. Bad people can appear good and vice versa. Making a determination about an individuals tru...
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...
points out that because magnanimous people have a proper set of values they frequently appear to have a "lofty detachment" to the ...
In seven pages MacIntyre's perspectives on these men and their philosophies are discussed as presented in After Virtue. Four sour...
In five pages this paper discusses how happiness can be achieved through virtue as illustrated in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibil...
In seven pages this paper discusses how this preeminent religious philosopher defined virtue, justice, and the common good. One s...
In three pages this paper examines how a good man's virtues are represented in the novel by Abraham Adams and Joseph Andrews. Two...
way to be part of the community.3 Each person had a role - the host would extend a graceful welcome to the guest and the guest wou...
in Pojmans work he illustrates how people behave a particular way. "If someone treats us to dinner, gives us a present, teaches us...
see past all the trappings. We see the essence of the other person. We see their potential. We practice what St. Paul wrote: "Love...
lock of her hair, the background to the event imbues it with a completely disproportionate quality of the melodramatic. Clarissa, ...
In six pages this paper discusses virtue and whether or not it is possible to teach in a consideration of the dialogue between Men...
them involved. We have the opportunity to educate parents about how the environment affects their childs learning and development....
todays society, but the search for contentment goes back centuries. For many searchers, happiness comes and goes, but it is a popu...
get what they want. After all, sacrifice usually ends up creating martyrs. This theory is aligned with the current notion that cap...
fianc? was away, Maria restricted her social contacts, read a great many books and focused on letters from Dimple. Letitia explain...
directors. Because of the intimacy between stage performers and the audience, Shakespeares prose is able to serve as a feature pe...
one is virtuous, and that their actions are virtuous, but that might be illusive. Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right o...
Virtuous action was defined by Aristotle as what a person with practical wisdom would choose. The golden mean, as defined by Ari...
Aristotle manages to come up with a provisional definition (Book II, Ch. 6, 1107a): Aret? is a state or condition of soul that is ...
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...
and the construction of "local forms of community within which civility and the intellectual and moral life can be sustained" (19...
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...