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

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

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

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

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

further examined by comparing the moral reasoning with the stages laid down by Piaget, with more complex and mature reasoning only...

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

the fact that humanity discounts its relationship to the natural world, but then MacIntyre shows how "even someone as perceptive a...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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