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Virtue as Perceived by Epictetus and Aristotle

In five pages this essay contrasts and compares the views of these ancient philosophers regarding the patience virtue. There are ...

Modern Human Behavior and Theory of Classical Virtue

perceived as many as a disruptive social group, but for the members, there is no greater ethical or virtuous element than the dedi...

Human Cloning and Virtue Ethics

Kantian ethical system as an impartial viewpoint: however, when one considers virtue ethics, it is evident that these come from ev...

Aristotle on Nonrelative Virtues

In five pages virtues and their relativity are debated by Aristotelian philosophy and an argument by Martha Nussbaum featured in ...

Virtue: A Comparison of the Views of Aristotle and Confucius

and Aristotle are philosophers who discuss virtue. Yet, Yu (1998) claims that when it comes to virtue, neither Aristotle or Confu...

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...

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...

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...

Implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

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

Boeing Company and Theories of Ethics

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

Honesty and Ethics in Philosophy

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

Contrasting and Comparison of the Virtue Philosophical Perspectives of Aristotle and Confucius

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

Trade Goods and Their Impacts

This paper points out that cultures can change in unexpected ways just because of our adoption of some seemingly harmless material...

Life and Death Ethical Decisions

man without getting help from the fire department or EMS. One is faced with an ethical challenge that requires weighing two sets o...

Aristotle, Plato, and the Influence of Socrates

as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...

Three Essays on Philosophy and Ethics

made to render the greatest happiness for the greatest number. That is all that utilitarianism is equated with. There are differen...

Nursing Ethics in December 2002 AORN Journal

Washington Medical Center, Seattle, and a clinical instructor, bio behavioral nursing and health systems, at the University of Was...

Sickness Unto Death by Soren Kierkegaard

he sought to bring truth to others. Does Socrates Do Evil? From Kierkegaards position it is perhaps truth that all people do e...

CSI Personal Code of Ethics

1. the best in the moral philosophy of all ages and places; 2. the moral standards of Christendom; 3. the ethics of the Christian ...

Ethics

are a small minority (we hope). It is important for scientists to not get so intent on proving one thing or another that they vi...

Comparing Aristotle and Plato

the immortal soul so that man can survive (PG). The mortal and the immortal soul were each housed in different areas in the body (...

Character Ethics and the Film 'L.A. Confidential'

cost, even when it calls for doing things against his or the departments ethical code. His golden boy status within the police fo...

The Year 2050 and The Greenhouse Effect

moment, the indications are far more likely for a bleak future. Ironically, it was roughly one year before the Antarctic ice shel...

Two Articles Compared Regarding Business Ethics

business ethics. The first, they maintain, was launched in the defense industry during the 1980s, when reports of military contrac...

Aristotle and Greek Tragedy

Poetics by Aristotle is used as a springboard for this topic. Aristotle's take on tragedy is the focus of this paper. This five ...

Theories of Forms According to Aristotle and Plato

In five pages this essay contrasts and compares the views on forms held by Plato as critiqued by Aristotle with references made to...

Politics According to Plato and Aristotle

In five pages the differing political views between Plato and his one time philosophy student Aristotle are discussed with Plato's...

Philosophical Essay Applications

defines it as sort of a liveliness of vividness that accompanies the perception of a new idea. A belief, he says, is more than an...

A Kantian View of The Helene Hegemann Plagiarism Case

representative of a different generation, one that freely mixes and matches from the whirring flood of information across new and ...

A Personal Code of Ethics

tied to either philosophic or religious thought. In developing a unique, personal system, questions emerge. Should a code be c...