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Essays 211 - 240
2004). John Stuart Mills, in his book Utilitarianism, further stated that not all forms of pleasure were of equal value (Free-Defi...
and deficiency (McCartt, 2003). Moral virtue also follows this pattern, although in this regard Aristotle refers to it as the "Go...
well as] hard physical work and unhealthy lifestyle" and most donors are sent home after only five days (Tomiuc, 2003). While the ...
narrator restores the sight of the Greek love god Cupid, and he subsequently flees (Donaldson 154): "And (withal) I did untie / Ev...
when the Beowulf poet writes "Fate always goes as it must" (43) and "Fate often saves an undoomed man when his courage is good" (...
also indicates that he would much rather be known as a man who may have been ridiculous at times perhaps, or misunderstood, but th...
physical body to be sold, for the enjoyment of others, is tantamount to transforming the human body into a physical object. Kant...
what one wants, and visualizing it, that one will eventually be free from the gnawing desire. This is true either through attainme...
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 ...
shocked when driving a short distance from the slums of inner cities to the world of wealthy suburbs?" But it is not...
are eventually reintroduced to the "regular" world and everyone finds out that John was born of Linda (his mother) and they become...
- he refuses to take nourishment or leave his place of business. Instead of taking a sympathetic view of his employee, the narrat...
reversals of fortune, illness, accidents and other events which contribute to their unhappiness. At the same time, the "evil m...
the buying and selling of human beings. How would a Kantian analyze the ethics of slavery? How might a utilitarian, a social con...
Still, most Americans see themselves as free and voice their opinions loudly. What does this mean exactly? Is it the same freedom ...
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...
existing moral standard. This fact should be kept in mind in understanding that for Aristotle whether a certain kind of behavior w...
self-destruction. Socrates proposes many people in the simple city would not be satisfied forever with a simple way of life (Pla...
having inherent familiarity and truth, and others as alien in the sense of irrevocably different, and tempting in the sense that o...
warning regarding change: "Changes in estate also issue from this, for if, to one who governs himself with caution and patience, t...
chastity and humility. He listed them subjectively, in what he regarded as their order of importance. But out of all these lauda...
and the construction of "local forms of community within which civility and the intellectual and moral life can be sustained" (19...
various formal, stated ethics codes of nursing associations; nurse education programs; health care organizations; and certainly he...
directors. Because of the intimacy between stage performers and the audience, Shakespeares prose is able to serve as a feature pe...
this child is not identified in the book (Fairbanks, 2002). It seems as if in this book he doesnt necessarily chastise himself fo...
as it applies to moral virtue is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connotation to its concept; howeve...
Kantian ethical system as an impartial viewpoint: however, when one considers virtue ethics, it is evident that these come from ev...
(Marquand, 1997, p. 1). Dennis Pigman, a minister of the Assembly of God and a former chaplain on the Arkansas death row, believes...
navy of the Confederate States of America. Roughly one-fifth of US naval officers resigned and joined the Southern rebels. In hi...