respect the antitheses to my opinions while still have the courage to fight for what I believe to be correct. To Harper Lee’s protagonist‚ Jean Louise “Scout” Finch‚ in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ “holding two opposite ideas” can means discovering goodness in an evil person: it can also means
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To me‚ heaven means in ordinary human language - love‚ joy peace‚ patience‚ kindness‚ goodness‚ gentleness‚ faithfulness‚ self-control. In the Christian Tradition‚ they are referred to as the “fruits of the Spirit” (St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians 5: 22-23). Each one of us have experienced and expressed the fruits of the Spirit in different
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because if he escapes from the prison‚ he will conflict with his whole life’s work. Socrates says that “the most important thing is not life‚ but the good life” [Crito‚ p.51‚ 48b] which shows us‚ he will dedicated his life to the goodness and justice. Then he cites that in any circumstance “wrongdoing and injustice is in every way harmful and shameful to the wrongdoer” [Crito‚ p.52‚ 49b]‚ so although Athenians unjustly accused Socrates‚ as he is a true philosopher‚ he
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In the reading Nicomachean Ethics‚ by Aristotle‚ a well-known philosopher‚ wrote about what it is to be a good person and how being a good person‚ reflects our happiness. Along with writing by Aristotle‚ there was another writing by Immanuel Kant‚ called The Foundations of the Metaphysics of morals‚ that’s rights about the fundamentals of the moral duty. These two philosophers were very good and can very well go well with each other. Aristotle and Immanuel Kant can agree that‚ to be a moral person
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What is the significance of the title in The Crucible? The title of The Crucible effectively helps us to understand the play in a deeper and more thorough way as the definitions of the noun ‘crucible’ reflects the themes of the play such as moral‚ reputation‚ courage‚ righteousness‚ hysteria and truth. It also foreshadows the severe and unjust persecution of the upright characters who hold on to their beliefs and moral values‚ as the word ‘crucible’ comes from the Latin word ‘crucibulum’‚ which derives
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ethics is to explain how one achieves the good life for human beings. There are only two basic kinds of prescriptive moral theories: teleological theories‚ deontological theories TELEOLOGICAL ETHICAL THEORIES Teleological moral theories locate moral goodness in the consequences of our behavior and not the behavior itself. According to teleological (or consequentialist) moral theory‚ all rational human actions are teleological in the sense that we reason about the means of achieving certain ends. Moral
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Bob was walking in the woods one day when his life was put in great danger. He had just stepped over a log when he felt a sharp sting on the back of his leg. He looked down and saw two small puncture wounds on his leg. The stinging sensation instantly went throughout his body and that was when he saw a snake still laying beside the log he had just stepped over. Bob had many questions running through his snakes With it’s long slender body the snake’s probably the funniest shaped creature you will
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are certainly not as influential or manipulative as they have the ability to be. Nazi Germany is a place where the use of the immense power of combined letters is perfected. In the novel‚ The Book Thief‚ by Markus Zusak‚ words are used to create goodness‚ comfort‚ and sanity in a time of war. When wielded by the correct person‚ a strong vocabulary also has the chance to manipulate any man into changing his mind completely. Lastly‚ simple conversations can even give someone the ability to live‚ or
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but humans are the ones who have shown to have sophisticated ways of showing it. Without kindness in the world‚ we would be doomed to extinction. Being kind can get people very far in life. Being kind drives a person to achieve success‚ it leads to goodness and it accomplishes self-happiness. It can drive a person to be successful in a lot of different ways. Being kind to stranger can later on pay off and can get a person a job or can get the person on someone importants good side that will also lead
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hot summer’s day. As they walk swiftly through the vast crowd of drab children‚ they are struck with the realization that this no longer is the case. Instead‚ their lunch consists of the packaged “goodness” that is sweaty meat and sucrose-filled “fruit cups”. Although a lot of the gooey “goodness” isn’t healthy or in any way appealing it does serve a useful purpose; it is the perfect demonstration of what pure and utter filth looks like. There are many different lunches that a campus’ cafeteria
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