Can virtue be taught? Or is it something that we have innately? “At the right times‚ about the right things‚ towards the right people‚ for the right end‚ and in the right way‚ is the intermediate and best condition‚ and this is proper to virtue." This is a quote from Socrates defining virtue. “This is not simply splitting the difference between two extremes. For example‚ generosity is a virtue between the two extremes of miserliness and being profligate. Further examples include: courage between
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1 BUSINESS ETHICS :: Introduction to Ethics • • • • • • Course format Overview of topics Mode of assessment Background to Ethics History of Business Ethics Role of Business Ethics Today Course Aims and Objectives The aim of this course is to give a basic understanding of the major theories of ethics - including deontology‚ utilitarianism and virtue theory - and their application in the relevant fields of business and information technology. One of the main course objectives is to encourage
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Virtue and Ambition in Julius Caesar Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a play which displays the contrasting themes of ambition and virtue. The background of this renowned play is set in republican Rome‚ where the importance of virtue is at its peak. Virtue embraces honour‚ nobility‚ love and responsibility for their nation. The Romans believe that truly virtuous men are consistent in their private and public political life. Ambition‚ on the other hand‚ has no place in Romans’ virtues. In
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then is choice‚ or what sort of thing is it‚ since it is none of the things mentioned? It is obviously something willing‚ but not everything that is willing is something chosen” (Ethics‚ III‚ 1112a‚ 10). Leadership is something willing‚ but also something chosen. By making the choice to lead you are an embodiment of virtue. This thought does not start and end with Aristotle‚ but also with a more modern writer‚ C.S. Lewis. In his essay “The Way‚” the second essay in his work The Abolition of Man
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Pamela or Virtue Rewarded By Samuel Richardson “Pamela or Virtue Rewarded” is a book that describes an “unusual” love story‚ becoming with the passing of the time one of the classics of the universal literature‚ because of the way it is written and also by its main theme. Social classes are well distinguished‚ and any relationship between the rich and the poor is inconceivable. Pamela‚ as a character‚ is also different because she offers hope to young maids of that time in a romantic and
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Journal of Military Ethics‚ Vol. 9‚ No. 3‚ 245Á261‚ 2010 War and the Virtues in Aquinas’s Ethical Thought RYAN R. GORMAN University of Dallas‚ Texas‚ USA ABSTRACT This article argues that Thomas Aquinas’s virtue ethics approach to just war theory provides a solid ethical foundation for thinking about the problem of war. After briefly indicating some shortcomings of contemporary views of international justice‚ including pacifism‚ legalism‚ progressivism‚ realism‚ pragmatism‚ and consequentialism
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TMA02 W7534577 Why was arête (‘virtue’) an important theme in Homer’s Iliad? Select two characters with which to make your points. Virtue or arête was an important quality in Homeric society and one which features very heavily in the Iliad. Arête is achieved by one’s actions‚ generally in battle and is a combination of qualities such as courage‚ honour (‘time’) and sacrifice.([good] Homeric heroes possessed these qualities and they were recognised by the audience of the epics.( Outwardly
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way into hell. Through these beliefs and virtues Franklin created a plan to achieve moral perfection. Although finding the task somewhat more difficult than he first imagined he stayed with his convictions and deduced thirteen virtues to improve upon and follow. These virtues were: order‚ silence‚ temperance‚ resolution‚ frugality‚ industry‚ cleanliness‚ tranquility‚ chastity and humility. Now how did he come up with the virtues and what did the virtues consist of? After concocting this ingenious
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Summary of Christina Sommer’s Teaching the Virtues In Christina Sommer’s piece entitled Teaching the Virtues‚ she quickly states her position in thinking that ethics education in contemporary school’s need reform. Christina Sommer believes that in ethics classrooms in schools there is too much of a focus on social morality and not enough focus on private morality‚ and these students can benefit from a more balanced approach. Social morality refers to issues such as the death penalty‚ abortion‚ and
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1. INTRODUCTION Ethics has been perceived as one of the most important factors in establishing good corporate governance. Information Technology (IT) plays an increasing role in helping modern organizations to achieve their goals‚ and it has become critical in creating and implementing effective IT governance mechanisms. The increased use of information technology has raised many ethical issues for today’s IT professional.– Licensing of IT professionals – Internet communication – Intellectual
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