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    Knowledge Is Virtue

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    Knowledge is Virtue We define knowledge as the state or fact of knowing‚ familiarity‚ awareness or understanding‚ gained through experience or study and virtue as the moral excellence and righteousness. All of us have knowledge but not all the knowledge we have is the same‚ same with virtue. All of us have virtue but not all is practicing it. All of us have knowledge because it is a gift from God that we can keep and share to others. Through knowledge‚ one is also given the knowledge of understanding

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    The False Moon

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    The False Moon When you choose to put children into this world‚ when you choose to give birth to a little child. That little child becomes your responsibility. You cannot let it down because it will affect it when it grows up‚ when it has to make its own family. It is your responsibility to give love to this child‚ to show this child how to live a life. If you cannot cope with the task of taking responsibility of the child you have brought into this world. You have to forget your pride and speak

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    Five Virtues

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    Class Title Instructor’s Name Due Date The Five Constant Virtues The Chinese have brought the world possibly the most amazing of histories and wealth of culture to be found in the entire history of civilization. The moral code that was developed then to grow and propagate societal progress is still in effect and of massive social significance in today’s Chinese social structure. These precepts are what are known as the Traditional Virtues. They are widely credited in Chinese culture as intrinsic

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    Virtue Ethics

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    There are three major approaches in normative ethics including virtue ethics‚ deontological ethics‚ and utilitarianism. This paper is going to compare the similarities and differences between virtue theory‚ utilitarianism‚ and deontological ethics. It will include a description of the differences in how each theory addresses ethics and morality and it will also discuss an experience to explain the relationship between virtue‚ values‚ and moral concepts as they relate to one of the three theories

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    the virtue of temperance

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    THE VIRTUE OF TEMPERANCE Pope John Paul II Virtue is not something abstract‚ detached from life‚ but‚ on the contrary‚ it has deep "roots” in life itself‚ it springs from the latter forms it. Virtue has an impact on man’s life itself‚ on his actions and behavior. It follows that in all these reflections of ours‚ we are speaking not so much of the virtue of man as a living and acting “virtuously”; we are speaking of the prudent‚ just and courageous man‚ and finally‚ precisely today‚ we are speaking

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    Coriolanus Virtues

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    Coriolanus’ virtues of valour and integrity make him extremely unsuitable to fill the role of Consul in Rome. By exploring Coriolanus’ pure martial virtues‚ distinctive character and godlike status‚ it can be seen that to a very certain extent his is not Consul material. Coriolanus has been raised to behold only martial virtues and because of this he excels in battles. His warrior nature makes him fearless‚ dangerous and brutal‚ leaving him with no ability to be patient‚ humble and considerate

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    Virtue of Generosity

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    Selfness is a virtue of humanity and generosity is an offshot of selfness. It is the virtue of bringing a smile onto other peoples faces. For the most part‚ it is good to be generous. In the Prince‚ Machiavelli argues that there are boundaries on when and to what extend a prince should be generous before his people take advantage of him or are no longer satisfied with his generosity and expect more from him. Through his text and my understanding of Machiavelli perspective on generosity you will be

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    The article “Tyranny of Tradition: How information paradigms limit librarians’ teaching and student scholarship” by Carrie Donovan and Sara O’Donnell‚ goes into deep discussion of the traditional paradigms for education changing and how it is impacting the learning of students. The article discusses how everyone is entitled to a higher education and one of the main principles of higher education is democracy. Democracy focuses on the actual content of study and how the instruction is delivered. I

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    Is Patriotism A Virtue

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    Yet if everyone presumes their country is above all others‚ then at most only one can be correct (Nathanson 537). In the essay “Is Patriotism A Virtue‚” MacIntyre brings up an effective example of this. Consider a scarce resource that all countries need such as oil. Since patriotism encourages a people to put their own country’s interests first‚ they would want to keep their oil within their country

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    Human Virtues

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    Human Virtues and Character Strengths Virtues consist of a set of character strengths‚ these strengths represent good character. They are wisdom‚ courage‚ humanity‚ justice‚ temperance‚ and transcendence. Wisdom and courage are two virtues that my Grand Father encompassed. He was a very strong and knowledgeable man. His life revolved around going against all odds‚ he truly believed in beating whatever he was at battle against. His perseverance was with him till the day he died.

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