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Humility and Benjamin Franklin

of his accomplishments, many of which are successful. One of the problems in the writings of a man outlining his own accomplishme...

Implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

of the marketplace by big business (Bittlingmayer, 2002). Catanzaro (2000) accuses President Richard Nixon of using antitrust law ...

Critiquing Epictetus's Philosophy

what one wants, and visualizing it, that one will eventually be free from the gnawing desire. This is true either through attainme...

Virtue Critiques in Billy Budd, Sailor and 'Bartleby, the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

- he refuses to take nourishment or leave his place of business. Instead of taking a sympathetic view of his employee, the narrat...

Happiness and Virtue According to Boethius

reversals of fortune, illness, accidents and other events which contribute to their unhappiness. At the same time, the "evil m...

Moral Attributes and History of Balzac's Colonel Chabert

shocked when driving a short distance from the slums of inner cities to the world of wealthy suburbs?" But it is not...

Jesus Taught About Love, Compassion, Justice, Hospitality, Hope

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...

Do We Deserve What We Earn?

in Pojmans work he illustrates how people behave a particular way. "If someone treats us to dinner, gives us a present, teaches us...

The Virtues Of Love, Faith And Respect

see past all the trappings. We see the essence of the other person. We see their potential. We practice what St. Paul wrote: "Love...

Theories Of Ethics

Categorical Imperative and states that before we act we consider what the effect of that action would be if it became a universal ...

An analysis of Clarissa's speech in Pope's Rape of the Lock

lock of her hair, the background to the event imbues it with a completely disproportionate quality of the melodramatic. Clarissa, ...

Pleasurable Virtue in Laurence Stern's A Sentimental Journey

also indicates that he would much rather be known as a man who may have been ridiculous at times perhaps, or misunderstood, but th...

Morality Theory of Immanuel Kant

physical body to be sold, for the enjoyment of others, is tantamount to transforming the human body into a physical object. Kant...

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...

Virtue and the Good Life According to the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle

so morality, for Aristotle is defined by mans choices towards ethical virtue (1098a16). In Book II of "Nicomachean Ethics," Ari...

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 Interactive TV

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

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...

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...

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...

Standardized Testing: Article Overviews

consequences. In some levels, students cannot advance to the next grade level without passing the exam. From the outset, this pa...

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...

Nursing Practice and Classical Virtues

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

Virtue Ethics Case Analysis

half weeks pay. Sheila leaves a message on Wandas machine saying that she will pick up the dolls that evening, and a check for her...

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...

Concept Analysis: Aging

identifying the uses of the concept and its defining attributes (Walker and Avant, 1995). The steps involved also include defining...

Industrial Psychology; Explaining Enron

with several different players each able to avoid feeling personally responsible there was a lack of a real moral compass. ...

HRM Concepts

be supported not only with aspects such as commutation structures, but also with the way the staff behavior, they need to be trust...

Integrated Technology and Smart Business

is used, technophobes may be scared of the impact it will have; such as disempowering employees and eliminating jobs. Others may s...