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

and bring the concept back to reality, most people know someone who gets wonderful grades in school, but does not have a lick of c...

the personality traits by which he will be governed his whole life. Habits, then, can foster a good life by directing the person t...

womens lives were a measurement in comparison to these male priorities and values. The life of a woman, in other words, was that ...

to heart disease and diabetes (Webster, 1999). Thanks to biogenetics, in fact, researchers can grow human cells in the laboratory ...

with pleasure, which is why they "love the life of enjoyment" (Aristotle). Considering this stance, the next development in the m...

therefore the foundation for human behavior and motivation. Expressivism as a moral philosophy is however flawed, as are m...

end. The tragic nature of the story does rely on the supposition that Othello is indeed propelled to do something because he is ...

and other shows have introduced a world of learning to toddlers and the preschool set. There are educational shows for adults and ...

a larger than life figure. He is perfect. He is a leader as well as a handsome and delightful mate for Desdemona. Because Othello ...

any era. Certainly today there is ordinary life and political life. One can see the difference in lives between politicians?whose ...

and non-rational elements. Of the non-rational, the autonomic responses (breathing, sleeping, digesting, and reproducing) is commo...

hand, argued that people would be attracted to others and be willing to help others, if they are virtuous (Lorenz, 2003). Virtue i...

support for the notion that people must obey the laws of the place in which they are born. How is this accomplished? Aristotle d...

and it was on this that Plato based his philosophical oeuvre (1994). He was not only a disciple of Socrates but a diehard adversar...

Psychiatry is a relatively new discipline yet its roots can be traced back to philosophers such...

tumbles into despair. All the while, he treats his wife and sons quite negatively. This is not an uncommon scenario. A man has tro...

Hobbes believed that people, when left to their own governance, that is, without official laws and government, live in continual...

audience feel watching a tragedy" ("Greek Theory of Tragedy: Aristotles Poetics"). The audience has to feel something significant ...

the primary location where policy is derived. There are myriad ethical considerations in the daily world of business, and each on...

this sentiment and states that it is good when each individual realizes their talents and abilities to their fullest. Speaking in ...

role in eloquent speech. Another similarity is that Cicero, like Aristotle, believes that an effective orator is a person of high ...

the same way it does to other phenomena is related to the freedom of the will, a controversy that is still unsettled (Mill, 2003)....

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...

when it is expressed as a love of virtue, and justice when it is considered as one of many virtues. For Hobbes, self-interest "ta...

what is not. Descartes method of systematic doubt is to "reject as if absolutely false anything as to which I could imagine t...

me to the airport as an appropriate use of your resources (your time and your car), given our relationship and the circumstances i...

is aligned with the fact that people are alone all of the time because no one can experience what they are experiencing exactly. I...

virtue by the wayside. Virtuous men and women are well behaved. Aristotle makes a good point. For this theorist, virtue is learned...

plague wreaks death and despair onto the Theban people, Oedipus pride motivates him to make a deal whereby he reveals the identity...