Instinctive - Natural Law’s rules are in line with our instincts and intuitions. | Agape - Jesus was opposed to legalism‚ and broke rules in order to do the most loving thing. | Virtues - Focuses on human virtues and excellence – the cardinal virtues of prudence‚ justice‚ temperance‚ fortitude‚ and theological virtues of faith‚ hope and charity | Too optimistic - It has a too optimistic view of human nature. Augustine disagrees (original sin)‚ as does Calvin (total depravity). | Thriving - Helps
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Stramel 2942 Response to Questions; Philosophy Plato very much wanted to answer the sophists’ skepticism about morality and reason. To do so‚ he spent much time studying epistemology (knowledge). He realized that to answer sophists’ doubts‚ he had to first solve three problem that the earlier philosophers had failed to answer. The problem of the “one‚ and the many‚” of change‚ and the problem between reality and appearance. Heraclitus had said that everything is constantly changing‚ and Parmenides
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ESSAY ON BEN FRANKLIN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography is an inspiring tale of his personal‚ as well as public achievement throughout his life. Franklin’s life embodies the exemplary model of a life composed of discipline‚ self-reliance and self improvement. From his humble beginnings as an apprentice candle and soap maker in his father’s business to a successful business man‚ author‚ philosopher‚ civil activist‚ politician scientist‚ inventor‚ and diplomat‚ above all Benjamin
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Application of Positive Psychology to Substance Use‚ Addiction‚ and Recovery Research Amy R. Krentzman (2012) hypothesized that the application of positive psychology could be filtered into the methods of recovery and rehabilitation from substance abuse. Krentzman (2012) defines positive psychology as being “dedicated to the rigorous scientific study of “strengths‚ well-being‚ . . . optimal functioning” (Duckworth‚ Steen‚ & Seligman‚ 2005‚ p. 631) and flourishing (Keyes & Haidt‚ 2003). Flourishing
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attributed to a just person. According to Aristotle‚ a just person must follow the law and refrain from greed. In the opinion of Socrates‚ greed consists of taking more than what is required to survive. He stresses the importance of prudence and temperance in the lives of a just person. Aristotle‚ however‚ states that a greedy person is someone who does not understand the difference between taking what is good and what is not good. A wealthy person can also be just. Aristotle provides two different
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creatures and humans. Justice helps us keep a healthy balance with society. It allows us to know what is going on in our community and how we can help if it is needed. A wise person is able to control impulse and excesses which means they obtain temperance. Transcendence means one is able to rise above the ordinary and succeed very well and healthy. There is a person in my life that I feel is very wise. She has always been there and has taught me how to obtain wisdom and control the wisdom that
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the Declaration of Independence‚ famous writings and helping develop young America were possible because of his 13 virtues which he developed at age 20. Benjamin writes he chose “13 names of virtues all that at that time occur’d to me as necessary or desirable‚ and annexed to each a short precept‚ which fully express’d the extent I gave to its meaning.” The 13 virtues were temperance‚ silence‚ order‚ resolution‚ frugality‚ industry‚ sincerity‚ justice‚ moderation‚ cleanliness‚ tranquility‚ charity
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informed consciences. There are also seven virtues that help us combat vices‚ bad habits that lead to an immoral character and sin. Kyle faced two vices; pride and gluttony. Most likely he thought too highly of himself to hurt his image by staying home from parties and thought that he knew what was best for himself. The virtue of prudence could’ve helped him to make the responsible choice to stay home and not get involved with drugs or alcohol. Temperance‚ control over wants‚ would have
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Explain virtue ethics – Virtue ethics is agent-centred not act centred. The theory is that practicing virtuous behaviour will lead to become a virtuous person and contributing to a virtuous society. A virtue is habitually doing what was right – being good requires practice of a certain kind of behaviour. This is different from very other ethical theories because it looks at the characteristics of a person (agent-centred) rather than the actual act (act centred). There are a few scholars that
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Ethics Tawana Fielder ETH/316 08/30/12 Frank Dawson Ethics The ethical system is built from many theories. Utilitarianism teaches to “do” the right things in life. Deontology follows dictations and commandments from the bible. The virtue theory contains the development of personal characteristics. It is interesting to know how a person develops morals and values and why everyone is different. Utilitarianism in ethics is the theory that the rightness or wrongness of an action is determined
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