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    You are repeating ’’leader" so often that your essay don’t sound good. Just read it aloud and you’ll understand what I mean. A positive attitude is another essential quality a leader must have in order to do well in office. A leader must see things in a positive light or else everything will not go as planned. For example‚ if a huge crisis was going on and a leader had a mind of a pessimist‚ he would scare "his people" into thinking the situation is way worse than what it really is. On the other

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    Happiness and the Good Life for Siddhartha The good life for Siddhartha is happiness. Siddhartha is able to live the good life by finding happiness as described by Richard Taylor in the chapter “Happiness”. In his chapter “Happiness” from An Introduction to Virtue Ethics‚ Richard Taylor discusses things that can confused with happiness and says that “happiness is a kind of fulfillment” (“Happiness”). Siddhartha’s main goal is to be happy by fulfilling his longing to find his inner self or Atman

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    Death frightens us. Therefore‚ acknowledging one’s wish to willingly end his or her life is difficult for the average person to understand. Though we are aware that our days are finite‚ we live with the false hope that technology may advance by the time we reach the end of our lives to substantially extend them. However‚ what about those people who have reached the end of their lives? For them‚ choosing to commit suicide‚ or willingly end their lives‚ is simply accelerating the inevitable. Although

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    The Good Life: Various Views and Ways to Achieve It PHI200: Mind and Machine The Good Life: Various Views and Ways to Achieve It Money‚ clothes‚ cars‚ houses‚ and even marriage – these are all things that some may consider to determine whether or not they are living the “good life.” Others may view the good life as being able to enjoy nature every day‚ being able to run and jump‚ or even being able to read as many books as they please. Whatever one’s view of having or living the good life

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    Socrates statement‚ “the unexamined life is not worth living”(Plato‚ Apology Part 38) emphasizes the importance Socrates placed on self-awareness and seeking knowledge. Only by doing this are we are able to understand the difference between right and wrong‚ have true purpose and direction in our life‚ and live “The Good Life.” Socrates refused not to live his life in pursuit of truth (philosophy) even if it meant death as the penalty. He would rather die than be forced to stop seeking knowledge.

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    In Six Myths about the Good Life‚ Kupperman argues that it is wrong to keep believing that pleasure is the main factor in living the “good life”. Many people intertwine pleasure and happiness which is causing this belief that pleasure coincides with our optimal level in life. Two arguments that I found interesting was his argument on the dependence of pleasure on frustration and the inability of pleasure to increase. The first argument is that pleasure is too dependent on frustration (9). Simply

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    us‚ and their behavior influences our daily life. Good neighbors can make us feel comfortable and give us many help‚ and everyone will benefits from a good relationship among neighbor. In my point of view‚ these are three conspicuous aspects of the qualities of good neighbor. One of the most important characteristics of good neighbors is that they have a good living habit and are friendly to others. A person with bad habit will affect your daily life. For example‚ children are most likely to be

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    than mere property‚ for “the end of the state is not mere life; it is‚ rather a good quality of life” (127). The pursuit of the good life–eudaemonia–undergirds every action the polis takes. Thus‚ while the polis constructs laws to prevent injustice and ease exchange of property‚ it extends beyond them. The polis springs into existence because of friendship‚ but that social life gives way to a higher form‚ wherein all members pursue the good life together. This pursuit drives each member to practice self-government

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    A Platonist Assessment of the Epicurean’s view of the Good Life Epicurus developed a philosophy with human happiness as its goal. In his view‚ all humans desire to be happy. Sadly‚ humans are not very proficient at determining what will make them genuinely happy. Epicurus thought that all one really needs to be happy is to live a self-sufficient life without pain‚ surrounded by loving friends while not fearing God and/or death‚ in a peaceful society. Plato‚ on the other hand‚ believed that a person’s

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    from the theology of Socrates‚ Kant‚ or various other philosophers to reason what is good or bad‚ whether morality is universal‚ and what it means to have a full life. I prefer an Aristotelian approach. Aristotle believed that voluntary action is characterized by a rational choice‚ where the person determines the best course of action by reasoning how to achieve the desirable end goal. In layman’s terms‚ a good life is based on the ideas belonging to that person how they themselves feel about it.

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