creatures and humans. Justice helps us keep a healthy balance with society. It allows us to know what is going on in our community and how we can help if it is needed. A wise person is able to control impulse and excesses which means they obtain temperance. Transcendence means one is able to rise above the ordinary and succeed very well and healthy. There is a person in my life that I feel is very wise. She has always been there and has taught me how to obtain wisdom and control the wisdom that
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the antebellum years. A major event that influenced people was The Second Great Awakening. This event changed people’s perspective on how society should be and the benefits it will undergo if they change. Reforms that took place were anti-slavery‚ temperance‚ and women’s right movements. The antebellum period was marked by an outbreak of religious revivalism that spread throughout the United States. The Second Great Awakening gave a renewal of interest towards religion. Many people along with
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courage is complemented by prudence and temperance. I am able to have foresight of the virtuous things in the company that can be suitable as well as profitable. Prudence helps me to know what decision to implement and what decision to put a hold on in the company. Through my temperance‚ I am able to practice moderation‚ balancing the competing interests. I do not use this value to search for evenness in order to support my status quo. I apply the value of temperance in balancing things in the company
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The Second Great Awakening played a crucial role in the history of the early United States. It was a reform period during the early 19th century that encouraged women’s rights‚ temperance‚ and abolition through forms of activism and religion. American society was drastically affected after these historical events because‚ most importantly‚ the Second Great Awakening encouraged important moral values in society. It was the sudden awareness of morality through religion that altered political perceptions
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The Second Great Awakening can be credited with the creation of many social reforms. The Temperance Movement‚ the abolition of slavery‚ mental health‚ and a better society for the disabled were all reforms during the Antebellum period. The reforms attempted to enhance American society and make it equal and fair to all. One of the very first ideals that America tried to reform was it’s citizen’s alcohol use. Many large cities lacked clean water and milk‚ so they resorted to drinking alcohol to quench
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springing up all over the United States. Especially in upper New York or the “Burned-Over District”. These revivals encouraged an effervescent evangelicalism that bubbled up into a number of areas in American life‚ including prison reform‚ the temperance movement‚ the womans rights movement‚ and the cause to abolish slavery. These revivals encouraged people like Dorthea Dix to help get the mentally ill and woman out of the same prisons and get their own and to also have better living conditions
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inability of a man to teach the art of citizenship. It is also important to show that Socrates in no way said that ideas of virtue‚ and its other branches‚ are not learnable. These branches – along with those already mentioned – include temperance and piety. ‘Temperance’ refers to self-control of physical desires‚ while ‘piety’ refers to one’s sense and appreciation of the gods. In no part of the text does Socrates state that all of these virtues are not teachable. They are collectively known – when
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Why was prohibition introduced in America in the 1920? When federal prohibition was introduced in America with the 18th Amendment to the constitution in 1919 and the Volstead Act in 1920‚ it was often termed ‘The Nobel Experiment’. It didn’t take long for most people to recognise that the experiment had gone terribly wrong and that it was fostering what it was supposed to eradicate‚ crime‚ excess and corruption. But the question is why it was introduced in America in 1920 and to understand this
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Courage/Fortitude Charity / The Golden Rule – Treat others as you would like to be treated Seven Heavenly Virtues‚ which oppose the Seven Deadly Sins: Chastity‚ Temperance‚ Charity‚ Diligence‚ Patience‚ Kindness‚ and Humility. From the Ten Commandments we can add: Respect and Honesty Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Virtues: 1. TEMPERANCE. 2. SILENCE. 3. ORDER. 4. RESOLUTION. 5. FRUGALITY. 6. INDUSTRY. 7. SINCERITY. 8. JUSTICE. 9. MODERATION. 10. CLEANLINESS. 11.TRANQUILLITY. 12. CHASTITY. 13. HUMILITY
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have already heard about. First of all‚ being a person that goes to the gym and watches what they eat‚ I was able to relate to a lot of these topics. The topics that I learned about at the health fair were nutrition‚ exercise‚ water‚ sunshine‚ temperance‚ air‚ rest‚ and trust. In the first station‚ nutrition‚ I was able to learn the basics of a well balanced diet which should consist of fruits‚ vegetables‚ grains‚ and nuts. What is best is known as a balanced vegetarian diet which helps prevent
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