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Pride and Prejudice and its Aristotelian Concepts

points out that because magnanimous people have a proper set of values they frequently appear to have a "lofty detachment" to the ...

Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding

In three pages this paper examines how a good man's virtues are represented in the novel by Abraham Adams and Joseph Andrews. Two...

MacIntyre's Perspectives on Habermas, Foucault, Nietzsche, and Aristotle

In seven pages MacIntyre's perspectives on these men and their philosophies are discussed as presented in After Virtue. Four sour...

'The Sovereign Beauty' by Edmund Spenser

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...

Literature and Happiness Through Virtue

In five pages this paper discusses how happiness can be achieved through virtue as illustrated in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibil...

Community Policing and Ethics

In twelve pages community policing is considered from an ethical perspective in terms of virtue, Kantian ethics, utilitarianism wi...

Overview of the Honesty Concept

examine the answer before given. Will the effects of the honesty truly hurt the other individual? Before answering such a question...

US Moral Crisis According to William Bennett, Bob Avakian, and Jim Wallis

the "processes" or causes of moral decay in the United States. Jim Wallis "The Soul of Politics" presents his view that the signs...

Virtue and Meno by Plato

In six pages this paper discusses virtue and whether or not it is possible to teach in a consideration of the dialogue between Men...

Cicero and Niccolo Machiavelli on Virtue

In ten pages this paper discusses virtue and duty as viewed in On Duties by Cicero and The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli. Three s...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Nursing Practice and Classical Virtues

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

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...

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...

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 Mind by Linda Zagzebski

combining the areas of reform epistemology, philosophy and psychology, with the intent to prove that intelligent virtue is the tru...

Marijuana Legality and the Views of John Locke and Plato

In eight pages this paper discusses whether or not the government is justified in legally regulating marijuana use according to th...

Existentialism and Phenomenology

In nine pages this paper discusses how a philosophy class would teach phenomenology and existentialist theories by answering quest...

Five Short Essays on Bureaucracy

In five pages public administration is the focus of these five brief essays and includes topics of bureaucracies, contemporary pol...

Biology, Society, and Race

contrast to the salads crispy vegetables. When Americans have eaten avocado with a meal, they count it among the meals vegetables...

Alberta, Canada and Individual Political Perspectives

In six pages this paper discusses the various political perspectives of Alberta as they affect Native peoples and Canadians as pre...

Social Reform and Karl Marx

In six pages this paper compares the social reform theories of Karl Marx with those of Nancy Chodorow, Simone de Beauvoir, and Mar...

The Scandal of Bill Clinton

President Bill Clinton should have either been forced to resign, or failing that, impeached, according to the author of this paper...

Designation of Mild Mental Retardation

In three pages this paper discusses the definition of MMR according to special education criteria and the changes brought about by...

James Pennebaker and Studies on Emotional Disclosure and Inhibition

In ten pages this paper considers an expressivity verbal model among other topics in an overview of how trauma generates an emotio...

Dying, Death, and Bereavement Essays

In ten pages brief essays considering dying, death, and bereavement are presented in a consideration of terminal illness and child...