Running Header: CHARACTER‚ DIGNITY and SELF-RESPECT 1 Character‚ Dignity and Self-Respect Linda Muse Ethics PHI2000 – u05a1 Summer 2012 LMUSE@CAPELLAUNIVERSITY.EDU Professor Wentz Running Header: CHARACTER‚ DIGNITY and SELF-RESPECT 2 Introduction The movie I chose to watch was Glory (1989). Glory is the story of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry‚ the first formal unit of African American men‚ led by Colonel Robert Shaw‚ whom I have
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friends are true and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce Future‚ True‚ Friends Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action. Benjamin Disraeli Without‚ May‚ Action Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle Ourselves‚ Depends‚ Upon The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. Benjamin Franklin Yourself‚ Catch‚ Pursue Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you
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Earliest Beginnings Greek Philosophy • Philosophy began when human beings tried to understand the world through the use of reason‚ rather than through religious myths or accepting the authority of others • The earliest philosophical questions were things like…. • “What is the world made of?” • “What holds the world up?” A brief overview of persons and doctrines • The first known philosopher was Thales‚ who lived in Miletus‚ in southern Asia Minor. • He thought that the world was all made
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“The Enchiridion‚” by Epictetus is a very interesting piece. This piece emphasizes the different aspects of our lives that we do have control of contrasted to the parts of our lives that we do not have any control of. “Things in our control are opinion‚ pursuit‚ desire‚ aversion‚ and‚ in a word‚ whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body‚ property‚ reputation‚ command‚ and‚ in one word‚ whatever are not our own actions.” (Epictetus 1) This quote lists and incorporates some
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much that every child should be taught‚ as that every child should be given the wish to learn. John Lubbock Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents‚ for these only gave life‚ those the art of living well. Aristotle What office is there which involves more responsibility‚ which requires more qualifications‚ and which ought‚ therefore‚ to be more honorable than teaching? Harriet Martineau By learning you will teach; by teaching you will understand.
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have contemplated for thousands of years the purpose of reason and what it is good for. Three philosophers specifically have tried to prove that their theory is the best they are Descartes‚ Epictetus‚ and Leibniz. Descartes believes that reason is good for proving God exists and reason shows us we exist. Epictetus believes that reason is useful for proving what good actually is and that reason gives us freedom. Leibniz believes reason is good because it proves the existence of God and helps prove that
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Christian Dold 8 June 2015 Free Will and Determinism in Run Lola Run Perhaps one of the most pressing questions that philosophers have attempted to answer throughout the years is the debate between human free will and determinism. Free will is the idea that human action is unhindered by fate‚ and that the actions we take are directly responsible for our future. Conversely‚ determinism argues the opposite of this‚ that our actions are not free but are merely a result of preceding events. The film
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A good number of philosophers stressed that happiness is essential to the human existence‚ they see the sense of human living in triumph of different contentment. Condemning Epicureans‚ Stoics proposed another view and their concept included ethical and moral laws that denied the leading role of happiness but established the principle of logic and rational mind in the life attitude. They prove that sufferings and pain can be used for reaching important knowledge and‚ what is more‚ are the normal
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Can we be Slaves to our Desires? Epictetus argues that we can be slaves to our desires. In one example‚ a man clearly desires power and thinks he gains it by becoming Caesar’s friend; though in doing so‚ he becomes more like a slave. Although he may have increased his social status‚ he proves to be worse off and more enslaved than when he started. He now has to pay attention continuously to Caesar’s every word. He has to agonize constantly over whether the great Caesar views him favorably‚ and
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In The Manual of Epictetus‚ Arrian described the beliefs held by Epictetus and the Stoics. Arrian explained the aspect of power in terms of thoughts‚ impulses‚ actions and our will‚ in addition to existing things not in our power. Arrian also discussed behavior and actions to a great extent‚ focusing on attitude‚ compassion‚ your character‚ (bodily) limitations‚ and obedient piety. The Stoics according identified a happy life‚ according to Arrian‚ through contemplation of nature without pride
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