The Doctrine of the mean tries to find a balance in the various moral virtues (also known as the golden mean). Aristotle believed that virtue is linked to emotions and emotions have a cognitive part. Virtue is a choice‚ within a mean. To fully understand Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean‚ we need to understand what he thought about moral virtues. It is only then that we can fully grasp the concept of the Doctrine of the Mean and see if it can help guide us in morally relevant and difficult situations
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(a) Dressing (b) Manners (c) Speech (5) The bad effects (6)Conclusion Fashion is the prevailing custom in dress‚ manners‚ speech‚ etc. of a particular place and time‚ as established by the dominant section of society. Fashion is a means to look different in an indifferent world: so is the case with the students. There is a maddening race regarding fashion‚ everyone wants to look different. Society has a huge role to play in it. Whenever the two people meet
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Born Too Short Thirteen year-old‚ five-foot one Matt Greene has one problem. He also has many talents that go unnoticed. He is very intelligent and can play the guitar. But‚ he does not get the respect due to him because of his height. He does not play sports‚ and has gotten rejected by girls he wants to date. They do not want a boyfriend who is the size of a dwarf. Unlike Matt‚ his best friend‚ Keith‚ was the coolest most popular guy. He is everything that Matt is not. He stands a towering
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G 1 Gender Roles and Maturity Boys and girls‚ is a fictional short story‚ beautifully written by Alice Munro‚ about gender identity and stereotypes‚ as a young child moves into adulthood. The story takes place in the 1940s on a fox farm in Jubilee‚ Ontario. During this time women were viewed as second class citizens but the narrator‚ who is also the protagonist‚ desires to be more than “just a girl”. Through the conflicts of the protagonist‚ Munro depicts the challenges of growing up with gender
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Aristotle Essay Aristotle’s doctrine of the mean is concerned with how our virtuous actions or feelings are dispersed in the right amount toward others. Aristotle defines the mean as‚ “The “equal” part is something median between excess and deficiency” (42). Simply put the division of a part into two equal halves leaves an equal portion on the left and an equal portion on the right. The median does not allow one side to have more than the other side or one side to have less than the other side.
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THE GIRL WITH THE BEAUTIFUL FACE Pedro Pablo Sacristán Once upon a time there was a girl who‚ though of humble origin‚ was so incredibly beautiful that she was famed throughout the region. Knowing how much the young men of the Kingdom liked her‚ she rejected all her suitors‚ waiting for the arrival of some handsome Prince. Well‚ it didn’t take long for a handsome Prince to come by‚ and as soon as he saw the young girl he fell for her and showered her with compliments and gifts. The wedding was
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Yes Means Yes BY: ANASTASIA PROPHETE Los Angeles‚ California- “Yes means Yes” is a bill that was passed Thursday and signed Sunday morning by Gov. Jerry Brown (D). This law is the “confirmatory consent to engage in sexual activity”. California will be the first state to have this rape prevention law for college campuses. “It ’s about "making it clear that the responsibility for sexual violence should be placed on the perpetrator and people should have the right to be free from sexual impositions
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become one of our top social issues of all time. The latest estimates show that approximately 1 million teens become pregnant every year. At least 5% of young girls give birth and in 1997‚ at least 13% of the births in the US are of teenage girls. Becoming a parent permanently and profoundly alters a teenager’s life. Most of the girls forget about their dreams of happy marriage‚ college is almost always out of the question‚ graduating High School becomes a goal most teenage moms don’t achieve
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After leaving Reavis‚ I must attend college because it is definitely a requirement for becoming a veterinarian. In fact‚ a bachelor’s degree is necessary in order to even enter a veterinarian program. One must also possess excellent communication‚ leadership‚ public speaking‚ and organizational skills. I have put a lot of thought and consideration into college‚ and I have decided that I would like to go to the University of Illinois. It is a wonderful school‚ and they even have a graduate program
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both sexes inevitably exists in our education system and our minds. Many articles‚ news on social media and magazines are bringing attention to male students who have begun falling behind their female peers in an academic perspective. In the article “Too Cool For School‚” Edward W. Morris studies two different educational institutions. The educational institutions that were studied were made typically of white students and the other was primarily made up of African American students. Based on his observations
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