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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...

one is virtuous, and that their actions are virtuous, but that might be illusive. Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right o...

and the construction of "local forms of community within which civility and the intellectual and moral life can be sustained" (19...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2004). John Stuart Mills, in his book Utilitarianism, further stated that not all forms of pleasure were of equal value (Free-Defi...

spoke of virtue as something equated with wisdom. Yet he also "spoke more expansively of justice, courage, temperance, magnificenc...

are eventually reintroduced to the "regular" world and everyone finds out that John was born of Linda (his mother) and they become...

both politically as well as personally. For Brutus, virtue was a trait that could never be compromised for it was synonymous with...

2003). Restating that: sentiment is beauty and virtue; and if the sentiment we feel when we see beauty is instinctive approval, ...

commandment "thou shalt not kill", for example, are forced to re-examine their views in the light of military service in wartime, ...

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

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

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

correct them by illustrating how values are an integral component of personhood. Indeed, it can readily be argued how the concept...

is not that everyone just does what they think is right or what society tells them is right, but they sense that something good co...

has purpose and meaning. The second profession that Folly castigates as they weave "six hundred laws together" in order to contr...

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...

navy of the Confederate States of America. Roughly one-fifth of US naval officers resigned and joined the Southern rebels. In hi...

like knowledge itself, is secure. Indeed, according to Plato correct opinion is a guide to knowledge. To be correct, opinions th...

todays society, but the search for contentment goes back centuries. For many searchers, happiness comes and goes, but it is a popu...

them involved. We have the opportunity to educate parents about how the environment affects their childs learning and development....

Aristotle manages to come up with a provisional definition (Book II, Ch. 6, 1107a): Aret? is a state or condition of soul that is ...

course, many will argue with this precept, suggesting that the people should rule regardless. Yet, I believe that the people would...