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    Omaha Community Paper

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    Essay One: Community When I think of community‚ I think of a much larger concept. It becomes a large mess of interests‚ values‚ and sub-categories‚ which make it impossible to digest the large capacity the word community holds. Community is a mess and yet manages to maintain its wholeness and withhold larger amounts of diversity. Individuals in a community can be different ages‚ ethnicities‚ or come from different backgrounds‚ and incomes. The concept of being apart of a community goes beyond

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    CIVILIZATION AND BRITISH LITERATURE. SEMESTER VII March 18‚ 2013 BEOWULF: AN OLD ENGLISH ANONYMOUS EPIC POEM ABOUT AN OUTSTANDING WARRIOR. Beowulf is an epic poem written in Old English product of English literature from medieval times to remotely Anglo-Saxon times‚ roughly between centuries from 7 to 12. This poem originally in your manuscript does not have a title or name‚ but it is call Beowulf because this tells the story of a hero named Beowulf‚ Gautama protagonist of a series of events that are specifically

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    Though the code of chivalry was defined in the stories of “King Arthur” it can be argued that Beowulf was upholding the code hundreds of years earlier. The Code of Chivalry is the ideal standard behavior that all good knights follow. 3 elements showed by the code of Chivalry are courage‚ defend those who can’t defend themselves‚ and loyalty to the king. Beowulf illustrates these elements of the code by fighting several monsters‚ including Grendal‚ by sailing to the land of the Danes to fight for

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    Virtue Ethics

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    behaviors are virtue ethical as Aristotle states (Nash‚ 1999). This type of ethical theory will allow individuals to show more personality and reveal more of the person’s qualities. Aristotle’s ethics emphasizes the value of reason and virtue for good moral character‚ as I have to agree with him. Virtue Ethics After reading Aristotle’s work on ethics and thinking about it for a few days‚ I realized that everything action we take and word we say falls under Virtue Ethics. Virtue Ethics for me

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    the nature of virtue by a young Thessalian for which the dialogue is named; specifically‚ he asks if virtue is teachable or rather something that is the result of practice or if it is neither but an inherent trait of human nature. Socrates admits he is ignorant of what virtue is and it‚ therefore‚ Unable to answer the question Socrates and Meno seek out to find the form of Virtue and its teachability.. . The text does not give a definitive answer to Meno’s true question of how virtue becomes present

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    Ashley Harris D01B Monomyth Essay 2/27/2013 Beowulf Joseph Campbells idea of the monomyth and the hero is that there is stages of a heros journey. He states in Hero with a Thousand Faces‚ "A hero ventures forth from the world common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man" (Campbell 30). The three stages of the monomyth

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    Scandinavian Literature Authun and the Seven Virtues As long as there has been recognized sin in recorded history‚ there has been the virtuous equivalent by which good people live their lives. Before Christianity‚ there were the Pagan virtues‚ and when Christianity came into dominance in Scandinavia‚ it adopted these virtues and added several spiritual virtues of its own. Each virtue can be seen as a reflection of societal thought. The virtues tell how the ideal person lives their life‚ and this

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    Virtue ethics

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    Virtue ethics belongs to the branch of philosophy called ethics. Virtue ethics is also a sub branch of normative ethics and it contrasts with disteleology because normative ethics is more concerned about characteristics of a person rather than the moral duties and laws they must abide‚ so Natural Moral Law‚ Kantian ethics and Divine Command are usually dismissed by Virtue Ethics. This ethical theory also contrasts with consequentialism e.g. Utilitarianism which is more focused on results and outcomes

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    Solitude of Beowulf Beowulf is the classic tale of a mighty and heroic Geat leader who comes to an unpleasant and seemingly early end. Throughout his life‚ Beowulf had been an excellent leader and had led his army to many victories over many foes‚ of his land and of many others as well. At his peak‚ Beowulf was the mightiest warrior on all the earth: "There was no one else like him alive. In his day‚ he was the mightiest man on earth‚ high-born and powerful." (297-298). Eventually‚ Beowulf would come

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    Vincent Hornberger 6/1/12 Religion Community Service For my community service I had done a variety of jobs. All of them have definitely helped out my community greatly though. Doing these hours has also changed me spiritually and helped me become closer to God because most of my jobs have been for charity. The following will be a list of jobs that I have done and what I had to do during them. My first job was working the Halloween party and that was a very fun job. The only

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