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    What was life like for people living in Nazi Germany? In Nazi Germany life for the Germans was terrible. You had to know who you could trust‚ as trusting the wrong person may cause you to loose your life. The Nazis and mainly Hitler really disliked Jews and anyone else that was not their perfect ’Aryan’. Hitler and the Nazis came up with the Nazi Racial Policy‚ in 1933 to try and persuade Jews to emigrate there was the Boycott of Jewish shops. Shop windows got Jewish symbols painted on them‚ members

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    The Greatness of Socrates

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    The Greatness of Socrates Socrates was born in Athens‚ Greece 322-399 before the Christian era and was politically indoctrinated under the cultural influences of Athena‚ Goddess of wisdom‚ skills‚ and warfare. (Loomis p. 5) He is well known for his philosophy of the “good life” in which he believes involves the pursuit of intellect as well as morals. His theory in this is to not focus so much on choosing what is always necessarily right in a situation‚ but to be the kind of individual who refrains

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    What is the good life

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    The Path of Permanent Paradise There is one question that has been debated by many: what is the good life? In fact‚ what is good? Good is often associated with objects or events that bring about positive emotions. Since these emotions are invoked by different things for different people‚ the good life is different for each and every single person. Some believe in material objects that bring about temporary happiness. Perhaps moderation is key‚ bettering the body and mind better through strict

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    According to Plato’s Socrates in the Republic‚ justice in the ideal city consists in the fact that each ‘individual of the city should practice a single role to which their nature is most suited‚ among those relative to the city’(433a). For brevity‚ let us refer to this definition of justice as the principle of specialization. Socrates motivates this theory of justice with four clear arguments: (1) The theory fits with their society’s typical ways of thinking about justice: ‘minding one’s own business’(433ab);

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    Evaluating Socrates

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    Owing the Government Our Obedience: Socrates’ defense for Not Doing Injustice When Injustice is Done to You In the dialogue of “Crito” by Plato‚ a person by the name of Crito has come to try and persuade Socrates to escape from jail as he feels he is being wrongfully accused. Socrates basically asks Crito to plead his case and if he can come up with enough good reasons then Socrates will escape‚ if not he will stay. As Crito begins attempting to persuade him‚ Socrates ends up stating two main premises

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    Socrates & Ethics

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    Socrates – An Ethics Philosopher In the world of business accounting‚ ethics plays a major role in the daily operations of a business. Not only are businesses responsible for incorporating ethical standards into their operations‚ but accountants are also responsible for ensuring they perform in an ethical manner. So often‚ there is a thin line between what is considered ethical and what is considered unethical‚ especially when a company is considering profit over ethics. However‚ top level professionals

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    Socrates Argument

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    In this paper I will explain Socrates’ agreement at 50 a-b of the Crito‚ and explain my reason why would not cause his fellow citizens harm by breaking the law. Specially I will show that people can actually create a positive. I will explain that Socrates argument and show how depends on how what the unjust causes. Then I will argue that this assumption is to be questioned under the fact that citizens are not necessarily affected by the law breakers‚ and that by doing something unjust can be moral

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    Elenchus and Socrates

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    the use of the Socratic method by Socrates himself. The problem is two-fold. Speaking to the first point‚ Socrates is not very much of a teacher. By that I mean that he is either unwilling or unable to lead his students (for sake of clarity I will refer to the various interlocutors in the dialogues as being “students” of Socrates‚ in so much as that is the way in which Plato seems to have framed the discussions) toward any specific lesson or definition. Socrates himself makes a point to admit his

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    Socrates The Apology

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    Plato thinking was highly influenced by Socrates as evidenced in his book‚ “The Apology”. It depicts Socrates as one who was extremely interested in morality‚ living a good life and mostly caring for the soul. To him‚ there are no better blessings than those of God. Therefore‚ he was an ambassador of ethics (Plato & In Richards‚ 1966). In his writings‚ Plato brings out the aspect of general knowledge as being what people believe without need for foundational proof. Any act of believing otherwise

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    When Does Life Begin?

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    Life Jeremiah chapter 1 verses 4 -5 state‚ “Now the word of the Lord came to me‚ saying‚ “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you‚ and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” These lines from the Bible show that God‚ being omniscient‚ knows children even before they are conceived. Thus‚ this would be inarguable proof (for any true Christian) that life begins at conception‚ for God knows the human being that will come from the pregnancy. The full and

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