The White Lie The white lie perpetuates itself in our daily lives; in our relationships‚ in our homes and at our jobs. It is a poisonous seed that once set‚ can stem disastrous outcomes. Everyone has used the little white lie at some point‚ but it is however‚ the work of arrogance and deceit‚ and brings about distrust‚ self degradation‚ and pain. We think that white lies are harmless; nothing would come of them. The grave reality is that this seemingly harmless lie is the root of even more complex
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Truth or Lie? Admit it: You’ve lied. You told your boss you were at home with the flu when really you are spending the day going shopping at the mall. You told your friend that she looked fabulous in that new polka dot dress she just bought. According to the free online dictionary‚ a lie is defined as a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. There are several different reasons that a person might lie. For example‚ you might lie to keep yourself
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Plato‚ a Greeek philospopher‚ believes that Hedonism is false and forms an argument against it through the voice of Socrates. Hedonism refers to the view that says pleasure is intrinsically good and that pain is intrinsically evil. Also‚ that the goal of life is to achieve pleasure and avoid pain. Hedonism states: Pain = Evil Pleasure = Good Plato explains how just as health and sickness cannot occur together‚ as they’re opposites‚ evil and good cannot be present simultaneously. Someone
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1. The Four Noble Truths http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/beliefs/fournobletruths_1.shtml Within the Buddhist teachings comes The Four Noble Truths. The first is the truth of suffering‚ the second is the origin of suffering‚ the third is the cessation of suffering‚ and the fourth is the path to the cessation of suffering. The first Noble Truth of suffering or Dukkha shows a realistic view of life that one must first come to terms with. The second Noble Truth identifies the origin
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justice? I would definitely have to disagree‚ but by the same token‚ he had thousands of followers. The thought of this is heinous and ludicrous‚ but it is the truth. I think that a similar argument could be made against Plato. To me‚ Plato errs in his definition of justice. Plato comes up with the Kallipolis‚ his idea of a just society. In this society‚ he strives for perfection. However‚ he is definitely in contradiction. The problem with this "just" society that he fabricated is that many injustices
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Does a company need a noble purpose to be successful in the long run? In my opinion yes. There are many factors that plan in on whether a company will be successful or not‚ but having a noble purpose‚ I believe is the most important of all of them. Without a company having a noble purpose many things can happen‚ employees quit‚ lose customers‚ leaders may start heading down an un-ethical path. A company having a purpose can prevent many of these possibilities from happening. When a company does
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Euthyphro- Plato Alexia Manigault PHI 200 Mind and Machine Michelle Loudermilk October 2‚ 2012 In the writing called Euthyphro by Plato‚ Socrates is being charged with corrupting the youth and not believing in all of the Gods. He is being accused of this by a man named Meletus who feels as though he is guilty of not believing in the Gods of the states. Not only does he not believe in the Gods but he is accused of making up new ones. The crimes that he is being charged with go hand in hand
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The noble savage in antiquity is often characterised by the traits of the golden races accounted for by Hesiod in Works and Days and Ovid in Book I of the Metamorphoses. The two accounts mark the decline in human moral behaviour from the idealistic and peaceful Golden Age to their contemporary violent and competitive Iron Age world. Accordingly‚ the so-called noble savage is always discussed by the Graeco-Roman authors from an ethnocentric world-view wherein the spaces most familiar to them were
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The first noble truth is ‘suffering’ or ‘Dukkha’. On Buddha’s first adventure out of his palace he witnessed three main types of common suffering‚ old age‚ sickness and death. According to Buddha suffering goes much deeper than those three examples. He says that life is not ideal and constantly fails to live up to our expectations. Humans are full of desires‚ when you satisfy these desires the pleasure only lasts a small amount of time. When we are not suffering from illness or obvious suffering
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Plato’s book‚ “The Republic‚” expresses an argument or debate between Aristotle’s son‚ Glaucon‚ and philosopher Socrates. The argument defines the advantages and disadvantages of justice and injustice. Also‚ during this discussion the philosophers unlock the character of the inner soul by the analysis of justice. According to Book 1 of “The Republic‚” Socrates makes a clear rebuttal against Thrasymachus’ argument stating that “the strong” or “advantageous” make unjust decisions and therefore it
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