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    Virtue and Respect

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    It is something everyone wants‚ not many have‚ and few want to give. Some people would appreciate having a little bit of respect from others‚ and some should make efforts to show some more respect. Unfortunately‚ this does not happen all the time. Maybe this is because respect is not clearly understood. What is respect? The dictionary defines it as an act of giving particular attention or high or special regard. Another definition shows respect as a feeling or attitude of admiration and deference

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    Virtue Ethics

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    ‘The Moral Landscape’ – Sam Harris‚ published in 2010 Albanian’s have a tradition where if a man commits a murder the victim’s family can kill any one of his male relatives in reprisal. If a boy is born into a family where his brother/son was a murderer he has to go into hiding; leaving proper education & adequate health care. Can we argue that Albanians are ‘morally wrong to have structured their society in this way?’ and ‘are their values are inferior to our own?’ Can we argue whether or not

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    Four Cardinal Virtues

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    NOTES for “The Four Cardinal Virtues” Prudence: The virtue of prudence is the mold and mother of all the other cardinal virtues‚ of justice‚ fortitude‚ and temperance. For Pieper the fact that people feel strange when they hear the discussion of prudence occur indicates that they are genuinely lost in terms of the relationship to Western culture. “…there is a larger significance in the fact that people today can respond to this assertion of the pre-eminence of prudence only with incomprehension

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    UNIT 5001 – PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AS A MANAGER AND LEADER EA Unit 5001 v01 Page 1 of 4 | LEARNING OUTCOMES |ASSESSMENT CRITERIA | |1. Be able to assess and plan for personal professional development |1.1 Explain the importance of continual self-development in | |800 words |achieving organisational objectives

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    people have different ambitions in life so the word ambition would have different definitions‚ depending on whom you ask. To me ambition is an urge desire to achieve your goals or succeed. Ambition leads you to dedication‚ motivation and time. I have many ambitions to achieve in a set period. Time motivates me to achieve my ambitions. Ambition in other words is the motive force needed to propel all of us to work towards our set cherished goals. . In this essay‚ I will define "ambition"‚ write about the

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    Importance of Ambition In the play‚ Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ it is evident that ambition plays a very important role in the play. Ambition is when someone has a strong desire for success‚ achievement‚ or a goal. It is a motivating factor that drives one towards success. This is a big part of this specific play. Without ambition‚ there would be no play‚ everything started with ambition. Ambition is important to the play because throughout the play Macbeth does everything to secure

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    Ambition brings the strong desire to obtain something or achieve a goal. The outcome of deciding to kill King Duncan‚ gaining the drive to commit a crime‚ and not following Banquo advice was fueled by ambition. Macbeth was driven by his ambition for power that concluded in a very negative outcome. In act one‚ Macbeth had gathered thoughts about killing King Duncan when he learns about the prophecy that will be king. Macbeth’s greed overwhelmed him‚ from acquiring this new knowledge his ambition

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    AMBITION: Every person has his own dream or ambition in life. Someone wants to become a soldier‚ someone a doctor‚ some an engineer or a politician and so on. Some others aspire for the careers of authors‚ actors or singers. But my ambition is to become a police officer in my future life. In the drill class in my school‚ I was very serious‚ and always tried to follow and learn the rules of parade as perfectly as possible because I wanted to become a member of the police force. A police officer

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    Macbeth Ambition Analysis

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    his desire to be the King of Scotland. The essential theme of this play is ambition‚ as it is shown through the actions and dialogue of the characters. To start off‚ the characters‚ Macbeth and Malcolm are two men who portray ambition and determination throughout the entire play. For example‚ Macbeth showed drive‚ and motivation when he murdered King Duncan to obtain the position as the King of Scotland. This shows ambition because it proves he is persistent‚ eager‚ and a cold hearted killer who will

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    Ambition In Othello

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    In Othello‚ written by Shakespeare‚ tells tale of how dreams and goals will affect an individual in their live. The influence of dream and goals are important to everyone‚ not just one person. It how far ones willing to go in order to met their goals or have their dreams comes true. Unlike dreams goals are what people aim for. That implies doing so out coming thing or putting someone’s life at risk. Due to jealously‚ when Cassico had the same goal as Iago and he ended up achieving his goal‚ iago

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