2. The friendship of utility Aristotle’s second type of friendship is the friendship of utility. In a friendship of utility‚ “people love one another because they are useful and only in so far as they are useful” (116). A damaged friendship of utility can be repaired with monetary compensation for the damage that was done – since all utility eventually amounts to money anyway. A friendship of utility will naturally end when one or both members stop being useful to the other. Aristotle says that
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Natural and Divine Law When examining the ideas and relations of divine and natural law many variables must be taken into consideration. Social norms‚ evolution‚ and religion must all be taken into account. When examining natural law we need to examine not only what laws come from morality‚ but at what point did morality come into existence‚ and how that morality came to be. Evolution is the key factor in determining what is considered moral‚ and what is considered necessary. Looking at the state
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conflict. In Antigone divine and state law are incompatible forcing the characters to make difficult decisions. Antigone’s personal obligation to following religious rites and traditions puts her at odds with Creon’s insistence on enforcing his will as the king. Sophocles examines the conflict between rules and order to illustrate how adherence to the law of the state can be mislead. Through the conflicts between characters in the play‚ Sophocles exemplifies that in his best world divine or religious law
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George and Lennie’s friendship Our first impressions of the relationship between Lennie and George come in the opening chapter when they enter‚ ‘ they had walked in single file down the path‚ and even in the open one stayed behind the other’‚ this shows that one of the characters is more of the leader and the other is a follower. Our second impression is after they drink from the pool‚ when they are sitting on the hill and Lennie is imitating George’s actions “he pulled his hat down a little
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While Dante was writing The Divine Comedy‚ the Catholic Church was very corrupt and the popes that led the Church were more interested in making monetary gains rather than being spiritual leaders. One purpose of The Divine Comedy is to express Dante’s disgust with the Church of the time and to suggest what the reformed Church should look like. Dante‚ by creating his own version of the afterlife‚ is able to indicate the sins he finds to be most heinous in his own structure of Hell and celebrate the
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In this article‚ “Of Friendship and Competition”‚ Peter‚ the author‚ states very clearly that competition plays a major role in life. Several websites disagree and even conclude that competition should not exist. Peter overstates the health of competition in his thesis. He states “it [competition] is the most important aspect of human life” (Peter). While competition does play a major role in life‚ its origin contains unhealthy aspects that Peter fails to see. People compete over land‚ money‚ food
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different. In friendship or in love‚ the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone” (“Quotes about friendship” 4). Just like in The Kite Runner friendship is something needed in life just like Amir and Hassan needed each other. Their friendship just like many other friendships will go through their ups and downs. Firstly‚ Amir shows some of the negative sides that can happen in a friendship. On the other hand Hassan shows the positive sides of a true friendship. In the
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Could a Friendship Save a Life? "Friendship is unnecessary‚ like philosophy‚ like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival." This quote by C. S. Lewis is indeed true in that friendship gives us a purpose in life‚ helping many of us wake up and get out of bed in the morning. Without companions in our life there wouldn’t be anyone or anything to share the great and not so great moments that occur in our lives. But is Lewis right about friendship not
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A High Wind in Jamaica is set in The Caribbean during the mid-1800’s. The book is about a group of children living on a pirate ship‚ and gives insight into the world that children live in. Over the course of the book‚ the children do many bad things‚ without feeling any guilt: Emily murders a man; Rachael drops a marlin spike from the mast almost killing Emily‚ and Emily condemns the captain and crew that she had come to love to death or deportation without seeming to care at all. At the beginning
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Financial Disparity and Friendship Most people hold a similar view that a true friendship will last long disregarding the distance and status in the society. It is an undeniable truth throughout thousands of years. However‚ many cases in real life are not the same. Financial disparity does affect friendship to some degree‚ especially for adults. People who have the same financial status or a similar on may have common experiences and interests. For example‚ people who both are from the middle
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