Introduction Explores the ethical works of Hannah Arendt What Guides Ethical Decision Making A processor manufacturing company who are currently facing financial troubles completed an order about three months ago for newly designed high-powered processors that are smaller than and four times as powerful as its predecessor. These processors are to be placed into cutting edge cellular phones by a leading cellular phone manufacturer whose release date is a mere month away. A design inconsistency was
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The Soul And Ethics The philosophies of Plato and Aristotle differ on many issues. The most important thing is the examination of their differing views on ethical theory‚ and how the soul is connected. We could find many conflictions between the ethical theories of Plato and Aristotle. But‚ the most important points are their differing views on the human souls function and its role in ethics. Each philosophy contradicts eachother and provides a variety of arguments to which we will explore. The
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Aristotle’s Virtue Theory • The extent of Aristotle’s role in philosophy is outlined‚ including his concept of teleology and causation. In particular his theory of virtue is examined with examples. The lecture concludes with an overall discussion of virtue theory. Main Points Empirical Knowledge and the Realm of the Senses • • Aristotle rejects Plato’s notion that the Forms exist separately from the world; he envisions Forms existing in the world of the senses. This shift enables Aristotle to
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much more difficult than he imagined. He proposed 13 different virtues he wanted to master for conducting the examination. Benjamin soon came to realize that arriving at moral perfection would be very challenging. Benjamin Franklin wanted to get in the habit of executing each virtue throughout his daily routine. However he wanted to master them one by one until he excelled in all thirteen. His plan was not flawless‚ however‚ because he would perfect one virtue but would slip on that first virtue when he began to work on the next
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of strength and virtue‚ and finally to the peaks of lasting fulfillment: meaning and purpose (Seligman 2002‚ p. 61). According to Seligman‚ we can experience three kinds of happiness: 1) pleasure and gratification‚ 2) embodiment of strengths and virtues and 3) meaning and purpose. Each kind of happiness is linked to positive emotion but from his quote‚ you can see that in his mind there is a progression from the first type of happiness of pleasure/gratification to strengths/virtues and finally meaning/purpose
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immoral in itself‚ over rule temperance‚ a cardinal virtue‚ in our desire for a concupiscible passion without sin. Rosen contends a scepticism of the ability to blame another for voluntary ignorance‚ as the blamer has to know whether or not they were voluntarily ignorant . As the ability to positively blame someone for ignoring their epistemic procedural obligations due to a habit or passion as voluntary ignorance requires one to will ignorance because of a lack of virtue‚ and we cannot simply know
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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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Nowadays‚ people have heard various stories depicting the licentious and debauched lives of ancient Roman aristocrats‚ among which the story of the Roman emperor‚ Caligula‚ is one of the most famous. Caligula had four wives and countless male lovers; in addition‚ he raped one of his sisters and made prostitutes out of his other sisters. He also forced sexual intercourse with the wives of his friends‚ and then publicly humiliated them by issuing a divorce. Empress Valeria Messalina‚ the wife of Claudius
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Benjamin Franklin and the American Dream Allan Kulikoff‚ University of Georgia Americans refer to their Founding Fathers (Benjamin Franklin‚ George Washington‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ James Madison‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ John Adams) with extraordinary frequency: a July 2006 Google search turned up 61.4 million references to Washington‚ 24.8 million to Franklin‚ 20.4 million to Jefferson‚ 19.2 million to Madison‚ 10.8 million to John Adams‚ and 4.6 million to Hamilton. They call upon them in to settle
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see‚ and we could live on just this man’s virtues everyday of our lives. Benjamin‚ by the age of 20‚ established his own list of 13 virtues he would live by every day. He was so set out to be as perfect as he could‚ that he carried around a small book with 13 charts in it. Within these charts were columns for each day of the week and a row for each virtue‚ each day he would mark which virtue he had violated. The 13 virtues he lived by were: “Temperance‚ Silence‚ Order‚ Resolution‚ Frugality‚ Industry
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