Set in 1950’s France‚ Chocolat is a film centred on the Catholic virtue of temperance‚ or rather the struggle to achieve temperance when the church is faced with the temptation of a 2000 year old chocolate recipe. Temperance is defined in the catholic encyclopaedia as “the righteous habit which makes a man govern his natural appetite for pleasures of the senses in accordance with the norm prescribed by reason”‚ and in Chocolat it is the Comte de Reynaud‚ the major and self appointed moral authority
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recommendation. Plato Plato’s moral theory consisted of the concept of the soul and the concept of virtue as function. To Plato‚ the soul has three parts; reason‚ spirit‚ and appetite. The reason we do things is to reach a goal or value‚ our spirit drives us to accomplish our goal‚ and our desire for things is our appetite. The three virtues that must be fulfilled to reach the fourth‚ general virtue are temperance‚ courage‚ and wisdom‚ which correlate with the three parts of the soul. In order to achieve
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Aristotle was correct when he said that “moral excellence comes about as a result of habit”. Religions and many successful people of the world have made a habit of committing moral acts in order to achieve their moral excellence and sense of virtue. Anyone can achieve moral excellence as long as they develop the habits that can take them to the level that they wish to reach. In the religion of Christianity Aristotle’s beliefs are intact. In the bible Christians are told of commandments that they
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adultery‚ stealing‚ etc.‚ have root causes‚ like Pride. Pride was the devil’s great sin‚ as he wanted to be like God‚ and rebelled. There are 7 basic kinds of sin that lead to all others‚ known as the Seven Deadly sins. It takes heroic virtue in most cases to overcome these. Most of us are afflicted greatly with at least one or two of these. And once you give in to one of these sins‚ the spirits of the other 6 will be only too glad to come into your soul also. All of these sins will
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inherited sense of what justice is. Virtues are said to be qualities of character which help us make sound judgements. The tradition of virtues‚ which we inherited through scripture and philosophy‚ included the cardinal virtues of courage‚ temperance‚ prudence and justice. These cardinal virtues are said to have to be used together in the right balance‚ not in isolation. (Messer‚ 2006) The theological virtues of faith‚ hope and love were later added to the cardinal virtues based on 1 Cor 13.13. According
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According to Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics‚ a life of excellence is the ultimate objective. He who aspires to achieve this life of excellence must understand the good‚ happiness‚ and morality. He must also understand how to live a life of temperance‚ without giving in to the pleasure of the extremes. If achieved‚ this life of excellence will ultimately lead to eudaimonia‚ which translates to happiness‚ success‚ and fulfillment. Aristotle states that every activity aims at some good. Although
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morality in his version of virtue ethics accepts a conservative approach to sexuality yet is not burdened with the same problems as the traditional view. Rather than looking at the act itself‚ this philosophy analyzes the traits of human character that will determine good choices. Using the theoretical formulations of Aristotelian virtue ethics‚ a one-night stand is not morally acceptable. Furthermore‚ when challenged by a Kantian view of virtue‚ Aristotelian virtue is a favorable definition in
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Title: The Divine Comedy Author: Dante Alighieri Type of Work: Poem Time and Place Written: Italy; Dante wrote the Divine Comedy from 1308 to 1320‚ completing the work the year before he died. Setting: Place Inferno – Hell; The Valley of Evil Purgatorio – Pugratory; The Mountain with Seven Cornices Paradiso – Paradise; Dante’s imaginative conception of Heaven Time: The evening of Good Friday through the morning of Easter Sunday in the year 1300 Characters: Dante - The author and protagonist
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ThisismyName PS 201 – 03 10/19/2012 The Polis and the “Just City” vs. Modern American Democracy It is common to refer to the Greek city-state as the Greek polis and in order to understand ancient Greece one must have an understanding of what the polis was to the Greeks. First‚ let’s consider the physical characteristics and dimensions of the Greek polis. The single most striking feature of a Greek polis is its small size. It can be easy to overlook this fact because the classical sense
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The Seven Deadly Sins‚ the Cardinal Virtues‚ and The House of the Seven Gables In the book‚ The House of the Seven Gables‚ many readers believe that Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the novel so that the seven gables of the house represent the seven deadly sins‚ and that the characters had to live with these sins. Some also think that the Cardinal Virtues‚ the opposite of the seven deadly sins‚ were present as well. Let’s take a look at these sins and virtues‚ shall we? First off‚ the Seven Deadly Sins
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