Citizenship is often classified as a form of national identity. Being a citizen entails fulfilling one’s duties to the state and to the country in which they reside. Conversely‚ the state has certain responsibilities and obligations to their citizens. When the rights of a citizen intersect with people’s biological identities it is called biological citizenship. Essentially‚ biological citizenship is the demand for compensation‚ action or intervention from the state‚ on the basis of shared biological
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Aristotle was born the son of a doctor in northern Greece. He entered Plato’s academy in Athens when he was eighteen years old and continued to study there for twenty years until Plato died in 347. Throughout this time Aristotle adhered to the belief that moral excellence or virtue (arête) will lead to happiness (eudemonia). It is in my opinion that Aristotle was correct in his beliefs that being a moral person and having virtue will lead to happiness. One reason that I believe that Aristotle
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Poetics by Aristotle Aristotle’s Poetics is the earliest-surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory 6 Constituent Parts * plot (mythos) Refers to the "structure of incidents" (actions). Key elements of the plot are reversals‚ recognitions‚ and suffering. The best plot should be "complex" (i.e. involve a change of fortune). It should imitate actions arousing fear and pity. Thus it should proceed from good fortune to bad
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Calmness is defined by Aristotle as he opposite of anger and as the characteristic of meek people. Any mature person will remain calm in front of those who show serious behaviour and do not confront him with contempt‚ but express their respect. Fear is discussed by the philosopher from the point of view of those who may provoke fear and of whom one should be cautious. Worse are the persons who have the power and behave unjustly to the weak and poor. One becomes courageous after having
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Control assessment – Stage 1: Inform Yourself 1.1) What is the citizenship issue you have chosen? What is the reason and why do you think it’s important? As a group‚ the first thing we needed to decide on is which task to choose‚ at the end we democratically concluded to choose task 1‚ which requires us to “Select a voluntary organisation or a pressure group‚ investigate their work and take action to advocate their aims” For this task we had to choose a particular organisation and advocate
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actions are such Their life‚ therefore‚ has no further need of pleasure as a sort of adventitious charm‚ but has pleasure in itself." Ethics‚ I.8 Aristotle was a student under Plato‚ and although he did not believe in the metaphysical Forms that Plato so firmly believed in‚ he did apply an element of the theory behind the Forms. Instead‚ what Aristotle postulated was that there was some ultimate‚ some final goal to which we all reach‚ but instead of being some unattainable goal‚ it was very simple:
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Euthyphro- Plato: Defining Socrates in your own words. Socrates during a session….. Untia Daun Bigelow PHI 208 Ethics and Moral Reasoning Patricia Addeso October 21‚ 2013 It seems that in the reading both Socrates and Euthyphro are both dealing with legal issues and they are discussing the differences and the similarities of their cases with one another. Socrates is a defendant in a suit accusing him of impiety which was brought against him by no other than Meletus who was not
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Analysis of Aristotle’s Rhetoric Aristotle’s Book 1 makes known the meanings of rhetoric and provides a look into the various elements that rhetoric entails. Aristotle starts out Book 1 by defining a few terms. Rhetoric is described as “the counterpart of Dialectic‚” (Aristotle‚ 3). These are both forms of argumentation‚ although rhetoric is persuasive‚ and dialectic the more logical. They have many similarities that can be seen from an emotional to a factual stance. All men possess both‚ but
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Organizational Citizenship Behavior 1. Introduction In the last 20 years increasing attention has been drawn to the concept of Organizational Citizenship Behavior by academic researchers and‚ more recently‚ by managers. Organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) are employee behaviors that go beyond role requirements‚ not formally rewarded or punished by the organization‚ which in the “aggregate” facilitate organizational functioning and benefit the organization by improving efficiency (Organ
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three types of good: goods of the body‚ external goods‚ and goods of the soul. One conflict comes between leading a courageous‚ brave life and desiring happiness. To explain the aforementioned I feel it necessary to define true courage. It seems true courage revolves around death. Not every kind of death is considered noble‚ for example death from drowning or death from disease. Aristotle feels the noblest death is death in battle because man is faced with the greatest dangers. To die a noble
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