Business Environment Q. Use virtue matrix framework to analyze Water Tank Industries. A. The virtue matrix depicts forces that generate corporate social responsibility. In the case of Water Tank Industries‚ instead of giving something back to the society‚ the company pollutes the local residential area which makes the people very unhappy. Talking about the civil foundation of the matrix‚ the company does not follow simple norms and ethics. The laws governing the activities are also very weak‚ as
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Essay on Virtue For most religious people it is one of the main goals in their life to live after the guidelines of virtue and show behavior with high moral standards. Virtue means goodness‚ morality‚ integrity‚ dignity… Everything that Randle McMurphy is not at the first instance in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”. His character opposes all classic characteristics of virtue and roughly speaking he fails to survive in the end. Therefore is it important to be virtuous? I believe that although
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claimed to be friends to Socrates are all useless! How could you have been so cowardly‚ or lazy‚ or stingy‚ as to allow you ’friend’ to die? Surely‚ with a little courage‚ energy‚ and money‚ you could have saved him."<br><br>Those are strong accusations coming from someone who obviously did not know Socrates as well as his other students or me. Although‚ I expected that people would react this way to my actions‚ or lack of actions‚ regarding Socrates death.<br><br>For Socrates‚ being executed was the
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Socrates and Achilles: the Martyr Heroes Madelyn Vogel ILS 205 By comparing himself to the Greek hero Achilles before the jury in Plato’s Apology‚ Socrates attempts to portray himself as a hero of equal merit to Achilles and others of similar standing. By selecting the greatest of the Classical Greeks to compare and contrast himself to in his argument‚ Socrates surreptitiously urges his audience to view him as being of the same caliber as Achilles. This not only authenticates Socrates’ claims‚ but
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best sources of information about Socrates’ philosophical views are the early dialogues of his student Plato‚ who tried to provide a faithful picture of the methods and teachings of the great master. The Apology is one of the many-recorded dialogues about Socrates. It is about how Socrates was arrested and charged with corrupting the youth‚ believing in no god(s) (Atheism) and for being a Sophist. He attended his trial and put up a good argument. I believe that Socrates was wrongfully accused and should
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Socrates‚ the philosopher credited with forming the very bedrock of Western thought; whose very name is synonymous with the classical period in Greek philosophy surprisingly never actually wrote a single word. His works continue to live on in his teachings alone. He founded no school‚ taught in no classroom and accepted no fee‚ however his pursuit of truth‚ his intellectual methods and most importantly his incessant questions have survived the ages in the minds‚ and on the lips of his students. In
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and Socrates Classical Greece in the 4th and 5th centuries BC was a period in which some of history’s greatest philosophers lived. The relationship between Plato‚ and his mentor Socrates was‚ for Plato‚ one of reverence. Plato viewed his teacher as an inspiration and as a philosophical model to emulate. Plato was a student of Socrates. Plato is the main eye-witness source for the life of Socrates and we know from his account of Socrates’ trial that Plato was a student at the time. Socrates was
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Socrates: Guilty or Not? Socrates is one of the founders of Western philosophy. The dialogues‚ written by many of his students‚ such as Plato‚ represent a unique way of questioning how we should live our lives‚ and who do we aspire to become. He was a very intelligent man who was very concerned about ethics‚ being a good Athenian‚ and doing what is just. In Plato’s Apology the reader experiences all of Socrates characteristics as if they where sitting right there with
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What did Socrates Stand for? 1. What are the needs of the political community? What must all political communities do to insure their survival? What about Philosophy? What does philosophy seek? How does it go about this process? Before we get into what are the needs of a political community‚ lets define politics. What comes to your mind when you think of politics? For the purpose of this class‚ politics is the identification‚ maintenance‚ and transfer of the communities’ core values that are
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against a dragon to save a beautiful princess. I‚ Sir John Falstaff‚ say that’s stupid. Honor is a pointless virtue; it shouldn’t be sought after by anyone that is halfway intelligent. I know you must be thinking‚ ‘that man is a fat old drunk! He’s not intelligent!’‚ but if it weren’t for my understanding of the pointlessness of honor‚ I wouldn’t be where I am today. Honor is also a powerful virtue that can change the outcomes of men’s lives. Many men stupidly strive for honor‚ which is a complete waste
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