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Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and the Theme of Material Happiness and Money

when seen in the context of relationships and the dreams of individual people. Considering the timeframe of the play and th...

Rasselas by Samuel Johnson and Clarissa by Samuel Richardson

In three pages this paper compares how happiness is pursued in each of these novels. There is no bibliography provided....

'Good Life' and Personal Ethics

not to take action. Self-defense is one defense of murder that has not only moral acceptability in our culture, but also excuses ...

Chapter 5 'Equality and Impartiality' in Utilitarianism by J.S. Mill

In five pages this paper discusses this work's concluding paragraph in an analysis of its meaning regarding equality and happiness...

Happiness and the Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

In six pages this paper considers Ralph Emerson's influence in terms of style of writing and his transcendentalist concept of happ...

Philosophical Perspectives on Passion and Human Happiness

In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...

Two Tolstoy Works Compared

Jealousy and marriage and how they drive the plot line and story in this paper, which compares Leo Tolstoys' Family Happiness and ...

Argument That Happiness Cannot Be Purchased with Money

he made suggestions that half of all consumption is wasteful (Lebergott as cited in Stabile 685). Veblen had good company as Adam...

Happiness as Interpreted by Aristotle

In seven pages Aristotle's view that happiness was a concept of being as opposed to being determined by external things is examine...

Goodness Perpetuated by Jesus

they were representative of all the various facets that rest within Christianity. One can surmise through Smith and Novaks ...

Philosophers on Happiness

In five pages the views of Sartre, Hegel, Marx, and Plato on happiness are examined in a comparative analysis of their writings. ...

Closure in The Films Double Happiness and Breathless

The writer compares and contrasts the narratives and the issue of closure in the films Double Happiness and Breathless. The paper ...

'Right Action' and Utilitarianism of J.S. Mill

(4). As he explained in Utilitarianism, this pursuit of the greatest happiness is not based on mere human selfishness, but rather...

Happiness and the Existentialism of Friedrich Nietzsche

In five pages this paper examines what conditions the German philosopher established pertaining to the human need for happiness as...

Happiness and 21st Century Ethics

In three pages this paper considers the Dalai Lama's Ethics of the New Millennium as it pertains to happiness and how this may be ...

Society and Nature

This paper examines the concept that society has lost much of its humanity and happiness due to loosing touch with nature. This f...

Tolerance, Freedom of Speech, and J.S. Mill

in his views. Freedom of speech should be given precedent over the reaction which that speech may cause. This precept has been u...

God, Understanding Morality, and David Hume

In five pages David Hume's definition of morality as a sympathy concept is applied to his contention that moral views do not stem ...

Happiness Perspectives of Langdon Gilkey and Mary Gordon

She realizes that she will have to "invent an existence for myself" (Gordon 5). Isabel falls in love with a married man, and event...

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert in a Thesis of 2 Parts

In five pages this 2 part thesis on this novel first considers Charles Bovary's role in his wife's adultery and depression and the...

Humanity and Its Efforts

which is the root of the word (The humanities: still vital, 2009). And humanism as we know it today grew out of the Renaissance, a...

Milton/Satan in Paradise Lost

who displays unconquerable courage. In this manner, Milton portrays Satan as a heroic figure, and elicits sympathy for him. As Sat...

A Sensory Perception of Happiness: The Beach

It too can visually vary in color. On sunny days it is bright and inviting. When a storm is on the way, however, the color turns...

Montessori - Reflection On Quotations

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

Why Be Moral?

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

Schultz's FIRO-B Theory And Leadership: Trait Theory - Work Environment

and how he or she is perceived by others" (Muller, 2005) that inevitably allows managers and staff alike to align perceived impres...

Royall Tyler/The Contrast

fianc? was away, Maria restricted her social contacts, read a great many books and focused on letters from Dimple. Letitia explain...

An Evaluation of Ethical Theory

get what they want. After all, sacrifice usually ends up creating martyrs. This theory is aligned with the current notion that cap...

Concepts of Contemporary Citizenship and Political Virtue as Viewed by Aristotle

the morality Aristotle speaks of is relative. While it is not relative from one individual to another perhaps, and there is certai...

Virtue in Utopia by Sir Thomas More

until the Cardinal spoke, indicating that he took Hythlodays suggests seriously. Then the entire company began to voice general ap...