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    Bibliography: The World Book Encyclopedia‚ WXYZ‚ Volume 21‚ Page 493‚ Chicago: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation‚ 1967. Joseph Goebbels‚ Wikipedia‚ (Online) April 2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Goebbels‚ (Visited March 30‚ 2010) Altman‚ Linda Jacobs‚ Hitler ’s Rise to Power and the Holocaust‚ Berkeley Heights‚ NJ: Enslow Publisher Inc.‚ 2003. The pictures used in

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    On May 3‚ 1748‚ I‚ Abbé Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès‚ was born in southern France. Five years later‚ France was on the verge of revolution; it split into three estates. But in my early life‚ I was educated for to become a Jesuit‚ people who specialize in debate to defend the Church. Though‚ when I grew older‚ I began to embrace the works of writers and philosophes such as John Locke‚ and I accepted the ideas of the enlightenment even though I had joined the Church. While in the church I rose to be an abbé

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    Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Ambition and power were two qualities that‚ collectively‚ did not bring about Macbeth’s downfall. Macbeth most definitely had a thirst for power‚ his ambition was strong and ruthless and the world inevitably reciprocated such ruthlessness. Although he had that thirst‚ it was never quenched‚ power never did befall Macbeth. Instead of the power and ambition destroying him‚ it was instead his conscience creating such a fear of absolute power that clashed with his ambition to create such

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    Virtue ethics is a theory used to make moral decisions. It does not rely on religion‚ society or culture; it only depends on the individuals themselves. Aristotle is the main philosopher of Virtue Ethic. Aristotle’s writings have been read more or less continuously since ancient times‚ and his ethical treatises continue to influence philosophers working today. Virtue‚ according to Aristotle‚ is equivalent to excellence (Hutchinson‚ 41). A man has virtue as a guitarist‚ for instance‚ if he plays

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    their motives unsound. This is what draws the reader to these rogues: connections are sought and found. In Hamlet‚ Claudius is an ambitious king with no legitimate reason to be on the throne. In Macbeth‚ Macbeth is a devious general who‚ through ambition‚ steals the throne. The actions of each are both fueled by their lofty aspirations. Claudius is unusual in that he is a two-sided character. He seems throughout Hamlet to be an effective king‚ dealing with all political and military problems that

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    Virtue Ethics asks the decision maker how the people affected by the decision can achieve happiness. This value states that there is no formula to find a correct decision‚ but the decision maker should consider what behaviors their virtues require in the situation and what impact their behaviors will have on their virtues. Luke must make a decision based on whether telling his brother about the development or keeping the information confidential will uphold his virtues and ensure the

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    Virtue and Fortune in Machiavelli’s The Prince Throughout The Prince‚ Machiavelli outlines the characteristics needed to be a strong and admirable leader. He explains that personal characteristics such as courage and compassion‚ both being aspects of virtue‚ will earn him praise. However‚ he feels that this expectation is unrealistic and a prince’s first job is to protect the state‚ and having “bad” characteristics is sometimes necessary to reach that goal. That being said‚ in order to protect the

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    At the beginning of Meno Socrates and Meno are discussing what they think the true definition of virtue is. They debate over this matter for quite some time and Meno continues to throw definitions‚ of what he thinks virtue is‚ at Socrates. It seems like every time Meno would come up with what he thought virtue was Socrates would shoot it down. Socrates would not come out and say this is not right‚ he would merely ask him a series of questions in order for Meno to realize it on his own. One after

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    differences between Hume’s ’natural’ and ’artificial’ virtues. I will first give Hume’s explanation of why there is a need for a distinction or classification of virtues‚ and the basis on which he makes the distinction‚ before describing the two categories and their criteria. I will look at the problems with Hume’s account of the distinction‚ particularly justice. Finally I will describe how the various problems cast doubt on Hume’s distinction. Hume’s Virtues and the need to distinguish In discussing the

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    Psychotherapy followed the tradition of medicine as it understood itself as a healing profession. That implies psychotherapists followed a psychic/biological model of man as a machine who needs curing. After being thoroughly diagnosed‚ the client needs intervention and re-education to heal‚ to perform again‚ to be fit again‚ to become normal‚ to become sane. The pathology orientation of the medically-based psychotherapists for example often did not fit the needs of the people and the therapeutic

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