February 2013 Ben Franklin and the Thirteen Virtues Ben Franklin was one of the most important of the Founding Fathers‚ and also contributed many things to society. He was an author‚ politician‚ scientist‚ musician‚ inventor‚ civic activist‚ and diplomat. One of the most important things that he contributed to society were the 13 virtues. In his late twenties he listed thirteen virtues that he thought were important to live by. These virtues were: temperance‚ order‚ resolution‚ frugality
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Virtue ethics is a concept that defines the role of virtue and character in the philosophy of morals. Virtue ethics does not mean that the human being should act in a good way towards others as if this was a duty to be accomplished or to behave in a good way to get a good quality or high quality consequences. The concept is more superior than this thought. The virtue ethics concept is built on the rule of acting like a virtuous individual might behave in the same situation or circumstance. The majority
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theoretical wisdom. He believed that moral virtue is a relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency and in general the moral life is one of moderation in all things except virtue. He believed that virtuous acts require conscious choice and moral purpose or motivation. Finally‚ he believed that moral virtue cannot be achieved abstractly – it requires moral action in a social environment. The drawbacks to adopting Aristotle’s ethics would be ….. Virtue ethics is an approach that deemphasizes
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Death of a Salesman The world is an oyster‚ but you don’t crack it open on a mattress! (32‚ 23-24) Death of a Salesman is a play written by Arthur Miller that represents the postwar American living. The protagonist‚ Willy Loman – a salesman – is a peculiar character which portrays the feelings and ambitions of a man of that time. Despite being a person that lives of dreams‚ he has a realistic idea about achievements in life. Talking to his son Happy after a daydream about his brother Ben‚ Willy
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Science Holiday Homework Aldo 10D The Rutherford’s Experiment and the Geiger Marsden experiment were both the same experiment‚ where Rutherford being the mentor of Geiger and Marsden in the investigation of the experiment at the University of Manchester in 1909. The experiment was so important because it changes our view and understanding upon the structure of the atom. Before Rutherford‚ there was a man named Joseph John Thomson who proposed the structure of the atom. He stated that the electrons
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Aristotle‚ one of the greatest philosophers of all time‚ had four main virtues. Moreover‚ these four virtues are courage‚ temperance‚ justice‚ and prudence. Furthermore‚ in Aristotle form of thinking he taught that courage was critical for the conservation of communities and the continuance use of ethics (Starling‚ 2002). He defined courage as willing to take risks and not be a coward. Moreover‚ the second virtue is temperance and Aristotle defines it as having restraints against something (Starling
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signed on to teach English at a core virtues school‚ I had no idea what I was in for. I nodded and smiled in my interview when the Headmaster explained the virtues curriculum‚ and I parried back with everything I thought she wanted to hear; how I could infuse my lessons on To Kill a Mockingbird with discussions about empathy and courage. I may have even quoted Atticus’ line about walking around in someone else’s skin. I figured I could tack on some of that quaint "virtue" stuff before getting to the real
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execution day arrived‚ he drank his cup of poison and died. Socrates was determined to force the people of Athens to accept responsibility for their choice of comfortable superstition over logic and reason. 3. What is the primary focus of the virtue of ethics theory? -The primary focus is one’s character‚ especially the personal disposition to act well in various circumstances. What really guides our behavior as humans is not ultimately self-centeredness or explicit commitments to moral rules
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The directors Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson‚ of the film The Invention of Lying suggest that honesty is not always the best policy. Gervais and Robinson support their suggestion by creating a society that has only relied on telling the truth and nothing but it. In this world‚ the superficial truth is told over and over‚ where one man‚ Mark‚ is told of people’s true feelings more often because of his size. Mark is facing several obstacles during this time‚ such as his mother dying and losing
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Honesty and integrity are two character traits that are sadly lacking in America today especially related to work. “Apart from eternal life‚ integrity may be the most precious possession I have‚ its violation my greatest loss.” There was a time in America where decent every man and women felt that their reputation and integrity was a thing of great value. Today many care about their reputation‚ but they also are more willing to use dishonest means to gain the things they want in life. The commandments
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