MoniMed did not follow its obligation towards society and practiced no social responsibilities to its employees and shareholders. The following examples are compared to‚ The Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility: (Carroll‚ 1991). The vertex‚ Voluntary responsibilities; define a company to be a good corporate citizen‚ which contributes resources to the community and improves the quality of life. (site) In the end‚ MoniMed did contribute to the community with quality monitoring devices; however
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Categorization of Friendship In this essay I will be discussing Aristotle’s different types of friendship. “By friendship (philia) Aristotle typically means the mutually acknowledged and reciprocal relation of good will and affection that exists among individuals who share an interest in each other on the basis of virtue‚ pleasure and utility.” (Sherman‚ 1987) In my opinion Aristotle’s friendship of virtue is the most respectful relationship of every mankind. I will first explain Aristotle’s
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Aristotle’s theory of the four causes is impossible to apply to everyday life and cannot be applied to the real world. Aristotle believed there are four causes that determine what things are and their purpose and claims this is how we differentiate one thing from another. These four causes are known as the material cause‚ the efficient cause‚ the formal cause and most importantly for Aristotle‚ the final cause‚ and these together describe how ‘things’ transform from the state of actuality to potentiality
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Aristotle – Nicomachean Ethics Book I 1. What does it mean to say Aristotle’s ethical theory is “teleological?” In Aristotle’s world‚ nature‚ which is made up of matter and form‚ is teleological‚ meaning it has an end or goal. For example‚ the telos of an acorn is to turn into an oak tree. At first something has its potential and then it makes the choice in life to actualize that potential‚ by virtue‚ and be the best it can be. There is an aim and purpose to everything and a purpose to everything
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Book review Trumpet Voluntary The novel‚ "Trumpet Voluntary"‚ was written by Jeremy Harmer. This story is about unhappy love. One day when Derek came home he discovered that his wife had disappeared. He offended the members of his music quartet by leaving them to follow his wife to Rio de Janeiro. It was especially difficult for a cellist Rachael‚ who had fallen in love with Derek when they were students. Having arrived in Rio de Janeiro he met a Cuban detective Oswaldo‚ who
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Essay Question #1 Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote the Nicomachean Ethics‚ portraying the significance of studying the realms of ethics and political science. In his work‚ Aristotle focuses on the theme of how human beings can attain the chief human good—happiness—at which everything aims. Aristotle argues that ethics‚ the study of moral character‚ and political science‚ the branch of knowledge and analysis of political activity and behavior‚ must be closely studied together in order
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Aristotle Paper- Distinguishing the Definition “A definition is an account‚ and every account has parts‚ and part of the account stands to part of the thing in just the same way that the whole account stands to the whole thing” (Aristotle 1034b20-22). This quote is how Aristotle defines a definition. So a definition is the statement of the essence of something. Defining something consists of starting with a genus and then breaking it down into species. A genus is a kind of a thing. A species is
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Distinction between Social/Economical Classes The Magna Carta provided the first recognition of individual rights for the people of Britain. It recognized that the law applied equally to everyone‚ even the king. Through the Magna Carta’s statements of liberties‚ it sought to prevent the king from exploiting his power in arbitrary ways and it made clear that the king was subject to the law‚ not above it. This limited the king’s power‚ protecting the rights of the citizens. It was a revolutionary
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2419657 Mr. Zimmerman Philosophy 201 Aristotle Paper 1 Moral virtue‚ according to Aristotle‚ is formed by habit. This means that you begin to decide your moral virtues in the early years of your life‚ and continue to form them as you age‚ depending on the habits you form during your lifetime. In Aristotle’s mind‚ moral virtues are a characteristic not decided by nature‚ but by the individual himself. In Aristotle’s‚ Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle states‚ "This shows‚ too‚ that none of the
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(Bonhoeffer); knowing that when he wrote this it was inspired by the Holocaust‚ I believe he was saying he may be doing evil to rebel against Hitler‚ but for good reason. Therefore‚ Hitler is evil‚ because his actions are not concerned with the wellbeing of others‚ whereas Bonhoeffer’s actions were. He also wrote‚ “Better for a lover of truth to tell a lie than for a liar to tell the truth” (Bonhoeffer). He tells his cell guard that if a teacher asked his student if his father came home drunk the night
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