Essays on temperance

This paper "Temperance and the Alcohol Prohibition" briefly describes a history of the Temperance movement in the US and the alcohol prohibition in the history of the US in particular. Additionally, author talks about factors of Temperance movement appearance.... In the 1830s, the idea of alcohol ban had begun to pick up in the United States. The idea was gaining prominence because significant number of people believed that alcohol was connected to numerous evils in the world such as poverty and...

The paper "The Temperance Movement in America" describes that the nineteenth century was a period of reforms including religious, political, and social reforms. It was also a period marred with many challenges such as the two World Wars, the civil war in America, and the Cold War.... The most prominent movements included: abolitionism Temperance, educational reforms, prison reforms, and women's rights. The focus of this paper will be to discuss the objectives sought by reformers in those reform movements...

The Temperance Movement in Victorian England Introduction Scholars of international history have identified both Temperance and Teetotal movements as remarkable social occurrences urging reduced consumption of alcoholic beverages. The exponents as well as the followers of Temperance movement strictly argued that spending money on alcohol would cause only for one's own ruin and the ultimate deterioration of one's own family.... It is generally accepted that drunkenness is not a crime. However, public...

The paper "The Temperance Movement in Victorian England" makes it clear that the Temperance movement marked a great role in Victorian society in preventing alcohol abuse. They severely criticized the excessive alcohol consumption among the working-class men during the Victorian period. ... Scholars have identified both Temperance and Teetotal movements as remarkable social occurrences urging reduced consumption of alcoholic beverages. The exponents as well as the followers of the Temperance movement...

The essay "Prohibition and Temperance Movement in the US" focuses on the prohibition and Temperance movement in the US. Alcohol consumption in the United States was very high in that the total cost the government incurred was more than the total expenditure of the federal government.... Young people at very early ages started neglecting their families and deprived them of food and shelter. People started worrying that the US is a nation of drunkards. Fellow drunkards started taking the initiative,...

The paper "Temperance, Education, Prison, Women's Rights, and Antislavery Movements" tells that the second quarter of the 19th century was characterized by the emergence of several institutions and some social movements that were dedicated to the improvement of individualistic and social morals.... The emergence of the idealistic philosophy led to the idea that fate was not in any way predetermined and that an individual had to strive so as to live a blessed life. The reform in the institutions was...

Were there any similarities between the Temperance Movement efforts and those of state and local levels of government who sought to control opium use among the Chinese?... Name: Institution: Date: How can the efforts of Temperance movement in response to alcohol be explained? Basically Temperance movements are social movements which foster prohibited or reduced alcoholic abuse. They typically promote complete abstinence, condemn excessive alcohol use, and push the government to endorse anti-alcohol...

Name Instructor Course Date Part 1 of the Assignment Significance of Abraham Lincoln's Reelection For several years, the western expansion had led America into serous and deadly differences between slavery and none slavery states. During the same period, the northern part of the United States was under laissez faire capitalism, what was considered as a doctrine of equality as per the laws of the United States.... The north was as well considered to being a progressive reign of supremacy. On the...

Many Christian churches began to evangelize and became involved in social issues such as the Temperance movement, abolition, women's suffrage, and public education.... This is especially true of Temperance societies.... In this way, the battle for Temperance and women's suffrage carried on together, often with one society for Temperance being almost indistinguishable from societies that advocated women's suffrage.... They believed that Christian principles should be applied to all aspects of culture, so they became involved in causes, such as Temperance and women's suffrage because the current state of the nation did not reflect good Christian principles and values (Sutton, 1992)....

This paper will use the virtues of honesty, Temperance, and generosity amongst their workers in order to solve the problems facing the Mattel toy company.... Temperance The virtue Temperance can be explained as the state by which a person posses the character of moderation and self-restraint in his or her behavior.... The virtue of Temperance mainly revolves around the desires of humans on their greatest pleasures, which are resulted from their normal activities in life....

obert S Brumbaugh, analyzing Plato's work, comments upon the philosopher's ideas referring to Temperance- which is defined as “harmony among the parts of the soul”.... tarting from Plato's idea of Temperance, Brumbaugh also analyses the relationship technology-Temperance.... Thus, technology becomes worse than it was ever achieved, if it undermines Temperance.... “If a society allows prosperity to make everyone want more comfort and commodities and if advertising profession has found a way to create new wants, Temperance is in jeopardy....

The "Comparison between Aristotle's Excellence of Character and Excellence of Thought" paper states that from Aristotle's treatise, all human beings have the capability of acquiring the excellence of character and thought through the constant practice of constructive behaviors such as Temperance.... hesis Statement: From Aristotle's treatise, all human beings have the capability of acquiring the excellence of character and thought through the constant practice of constructive behaviors such as Temperance and duty....

Some of the most influencing factors include Temperance movements lead by religious denominations, campaign led by woman's Christian Temperance Union and Anti-Saloon League, implementation of local alcohol prohibition laws by different states and countries throughout America, the 18th amendment, and the Volstead Act.... The Temperance movements were the most influencing factors behind alcohol prohibition.... “The Temperance movement blamed alcohol for many of society's ills, especially crime and murder” (Rosenberg)....

Her family followed Quaker religion and had numerous strong political and social beliefs and was supporters of the Temperance and abolitionist movements.... Having attempted and not succeeded to secure equal salaries for women teachers at her school, she moved to Temperance.... She became engaged in the Temperance and antislavery movements, buts a woman she came across several barriers, including being denied the right to give a talk at a Temperance conference in 1852 as a result of her gender and was told that female shad only been invited to learn and listen and not to contribute (Gale Cengage Learning, 1996). ...

Canada Temperance Federation [1946] AC193, 2 DLR, provided for an exemplary display of judicial independence.... The issue that brought conflict was the constitutionality of the Canadian Temperance Act.... In addition, Russell v The Queen had declared the Canadian Temperance Act as constitutional when it was challenged at the SCC....

This kind of an agent does not use any particular rules in ethical decision making, but moderate efforts to come up with decisions which are in line with the need to find a precise form of excellence which involves making sound moral judgement steered by virtues like wisdom, fairness, consistency, integrity Temperance and courage (Carr and Steutel 2005).... ristotle is an initial designer of Temperance morals.... Aristotle sated that the Temperance of man additionally will be the condition of personality that makes him decent and which compels him do his own particular function admirably (Brülde 2010)....

The Temperance movement was, essentially, a philosophical belief with deep roots in religion.... Miron, and Zwiebel 2) The Temperance movement is historically linked to the suffrage movement.... For this reason, the Temperance movement was primarily supported by women, who were finally standing up for themselves, saw the consumption of alcohol with adding to the mistreatment of women and the breakdown of family morality.... His strategy was to take the movement on the road and go state by state, spreading the principles behind the Temperance movement....

The United states Prohibition of Alcohol The era of 1920 to 1933 was the period of prohibition of alcohol in the United States (Albanese 136).... During this time period, the constitution of the U.... .... declared the alcohol production, transportation, buying and selling illegal and punishable....

In the report 'American Alcohol Prohibition' the author discusses the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution which prohibited Americans from manufacturing, selling, or transporting alcoholic beverages.... This decision, also known as the Noble Experiment.... ... ... ... The author says that the demand for alcohol only led to the illegal sales of alcohol and bootleggers soon emerged creating additional problems while the sales of alcohol continued in spite of the legality....

Temperance movements which enforced spread of equal opportunities to all attempted to help women and children whose lives had been worsened by the drinking fathers and husbands.... Movements like Temperance, abolitionist and natives to public schools and better living conditions were some movements which were pursed with democratic ideals (Greer, 1949).... The Temperance and public schools movements joined the Whigs (Murrin, 2012).... The Temperance movement wanted to end the alcohol problem since the annual per capita consumption of alcohol had exceeded seven gallons....

These, he relates to faith, hope charity, prudence, justice, fortitude and Temperance.... The Temperance of a person determines the ability to take charge and respond to a situation properly and whether hot or cold, it must be controlled.... Tom Brown provides a list of seven sins which he states are the source of all other sins and perhaps the most deadly to any spiritual progress namely: pride, lust, anger gluttony, covetousness, sloth and envy....

Unfortunately, it produced many unintended social problems the supporters in the Temperance movements could not foresee.... But because the Temperance movement worked democratically to obtain its objectives, it is a moment in American history to be proud of.... Unfortunately, it produced many unintended social problems the supporters in the Temperance movements could not foresee....

Socrates and his companion then discuss the four fundamental virtues that include justice, wisdom, Temperance, and courage.... Temperance is seen amongst all other classes that exist in the city when they argue who to rule and to be ruled.... The following paper tells an important information on book IV of the Republic....

Such, having the right quantity, including moral qualities, is to be desired and this can only be acquired through Temperance.... Temperance in everything should be exercised because this is wise and anything that is deficient and excessive should be avoided for this destroys Temperance and the preservation of the mean.... Such, having the right quantity, including moral qualities, is to be desired and this can only be acquired through Temperance....

Cicero, a popular Roman statesman, and writer listed the cardinal virtues that all persons should strive to fulfill, namely: justice, courage, prudence, and Temperance.... Introduction Cicero, a popular Roman smen and listed the cardinal virtues that all persons should strive to fulfill, namely: justice, courage, prudence, and Temperance.... The 13 virtues included: moderation, sincerity, order, silence, tranquility, frugality, cleanliness, industry, resolution, chastity, Temperance, justice, and humility (Kurtus par....

The paper tells that the main arguments presented by Burns and Novick persuasively include the concerns that the Temperance reformers showed and had towards the European immigrants who drink excessively.... In the segment, the main arguments presented by Burns and Novick persuasively include the concerns that the Temperance reformers showed and had towards the European immigrants who drink excessively.... This drinking according to the Temperance reformers created anger and sorrow, which eventually resulted to the destruction of many families and marriages....

It is impossible, therefore, for a person to be virtuous with respect to courage but also lack the virtue of Temperance.... Individual concepts of virtues, like courage and Temperance, merely serve to differentiate between certain applications of sensitivity to what virtue requires, under this view.... Phrasing it in this way, McDowell means that recognizing what virtues requires is not different for courage, kindness, Temperance, and the like....

It is impossible, therefore, for a person to be virtuous with respect to courage but also lack the virtue of Temperance.... Individual concepts of virtues, like courage and Temperance, merely serve to differentiate between certain applications of sensitivity to what virtue requires, under this view.... Phrasing it in this way, McDowell means that recognizing what virtues requires is not different for courage, kindness, Temperance, and the like....

Such, having the right quantity, including moral qualities, is to be desired and this can only be acquired through Temperance.... Temperance in everything should be exercised because this is wise and anything that is deficient and excessive should be avoided for this destroys Temperance and the preservation of the mean.... For Aristotle's standard, this is the ultimate virtue for this compels an individual to act with utmost Temperance by acting at the right extent at the right time for the right reason in the right way....

Social issues such as Temperance, abolition, education, and health care are all issues that have been impacted by Anthonys work in gaining the womens right to vote.... Grant, and the perceived injustice of the Fifteenth Amendment" as well as "dress and health reforms, Temperance, domestic abuse, and the limits of the womans sphere" (Harrington-Lueker 130-131).... Anthony would link the womens rights movement to the early Temperance movements that would later manifest as the 18th Amendment prohibiting the sale and consumption of alcohol....

Compare and contrast the goals, strategies, and achievements of the Womans Christian Temperance Union and the National American Woman Suffrage movement in the 1890s.... omen's Christian Temperance Union aimed to receive higher votes, as they thought that without political power they cannot achieve their goals.... f compared, then the former party that is ‘Women's Christian Temperance Union' is more effective champion for women's issue.... During and immediately after World War I, both the woman suffrage movement and the Temperance movement finally achieved the goals they had sought for decades....

In the nineteenth century, the Temperance movement argued that alcohol inevitably provoked a loss of control.... This idea of progressive, irreversible, inevitable exacerbation of the habit, causing loss of control of personal behavior and of the ability to make moral discriminations, actually retains strong elements of both colonial and Temperance moralism....

Socrates Table of Contents Introduction 3 Thesis Statement 3 Explanation of the Argument 4 Analysis 5 Conclusion 7 Works Cited 8 Introduction Socrates and Protagoras hold dissimilar philosophical views about different aspects of teaching and learning virtue.... ... ... ... According to the viewpoint claimed by Plato with his dialogues in Protagoras, there exists an undeviating interrelation between moral truth and ordinary common sense....

Gorgias and Phaedrus are detailed studies on virtue founded upon the examination of the nature of rhetoric, power, art, Temperance, justice as well as good versus evil.... Topic: The art of rhetoric Introduction Gorgias and Phaedrus are detailed studies on the virtue founded upon the examination of the nature of rhetoric, power, art, Temperance, justice as well as good versus evil.... n Gorgias, Socrates is given the character of a selfless personas he does not consider excessive power thus believes people with Temperance do not have self actualization....

Similarly, author plays down temperate behavior if there is an accompanying desire to achieve sensual pleasures because of such Temperance (Plato (b) 7).... According to Socrates, they are ‘Temperance,' ‘justice,' ‘courage,' ‘quickness of apprehension,' ‘memory,' ‘magnanimity', and the like.... Socrates opines that the same logic of applying sense can be stretched to other good qualities like ‘Temperance' and ‘quickness of apprehension'....

These are prudence, Temperance, justice and courage.... This Christian attitude of self-control has been related the cardinal virtue of Temperance, which refers to the degree or extent to which a person can exercise restraint.... However, knowing the biblical principle and requirement for self-control, the leader exercised Temperance in most of the cases.... It was unfortunate however that there were people who took the leader's Temperance to be his weakness and continued repeating their wrongful acts....

I want to embody the virtues of hope, justice, and Temperance.... esides justice, I also want to be a person of Temperance and I am aware of my vices.... Temperance means things in moderation.... The author of the paper "Code of Ethics and Virtues in the Workplace: Ethics through Kant's Categorical Imperatives" argues that he/she learned how important ethics is in having a moral framework in choosing his/her actions....

Reform in the 19th Century/Fredrick Douglas The issues in the 19th century America were varied, ranging from the issues of slavery, alcoholism, poverty, and women's rights.... The very first issue, admittedly, was slavery.... The narrative by Frederick Douglass reveals the hardships slaves had to undergo in the 19th century....

According to Socrates, an understanding of good and evil could enable a person to demonstrate justice, courage and Temperance.... Socrates suggests that different virtues have some extent of unity in the Protagoras by the statement “will you then explain whether virtue is one thing and justice and Temperance and piety are parts of it, or whether all of these that I've just mentioned are different names of one and the same thing.... In Vlastos understanding, wisdom/understanding of good and bad is a component of virtue just like bravery, fairness Temperance and holiness in the Protagoras....

This paper ''Justice in Greek Philosophy'' tells that Greek philosophy is a philosophy that many concede has shaped the whole of Western philosophy ever since its inception.... Alfred Whitehead noted this fact albeit with exaggeration when he stated that Western philosophy is nothing, but a string of footnotes attributed to Plato....

Christian Temperance Union, a group that was campaigning for alcohol prohibition.... The Temperance movement became closely associated with women's suffrage because without the vote women realized they could do little to influence political policies about alcohol.... It started with Nelli McClung's involvement with Women's Christian Temperance Union, a group that was campaigning for alcohol prohibition.... The Temperance movement became closely associated with women's suffrage because without the vote women realized they could do little to influence political policies about alcoh....

It started with Nelli McClung's involvement with Women's Christian Temperance Union, a group that was campaigning for alcohol prohibition.... The Temperance movement became closely associated with women's suffrage because without the vote women realized they could do little to influence political policies about alcoh.... And they got this support from the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the Grain Growers' Association and the Young Women's Christian Association....

The point of Temperance is to keep the balance between two extremes.... This essay discusses the Aristotelian theory of virtue and the rule of the golden mean.... As far as the Aristotelian theory of virtue is based on the rule of the golden mean, it is important, according to Aristotle, to adhere to what is not too much to neither good nor bad extent....

The museum's theater which got known as the ‘lecture room' got used by Barnum in providing Temperance reforms and Shakespearean dramas.... Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Phineas Taylor Barnum's American Museum 1842 to 1868 Phineas Barnum Taylor was an American born in 1810 in Connecticut, and died in 1891....

The citizens under the influence of alcohol formed Temperance leading to a nationwide cry of alcohol prohibition.... The rise of a drinking problem in Texas led to the formation of various groups known as Temperance movements.... Name of Tutor Prohibition in Texas Introduction Having toured countries across the world, it is no doubt that Texas is a state full of many prohibitions regarding the way of life....

Book Review of Punched Drunk, Alcohol, Surveillance and the LCBO Introduction This review discusses the evolution of administrative surveillance by regional experts in Ontario alcohol control, and concerns with the classes employed in a vast social sorting process of drinkers, started from 1927 into the 1975....

rancis Willard was the president and one of the organizers of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (formed in 1874).... She introduced her so-called Home Protection argument to the ladies of the Women's Christian Temperance Union “as a wedge argument, a way to break through the walls of prejudice an ‘average woman' would likely bear toward suffrage and women's political work” (Slagell, 2002: 10).... Instead, she helped strengthen women's faith by helping them rediscover “scriptural passages that supported women's activism and as they experienced a calling from God to work for Temperance and for Home Protection” (Gifford, 1986: 111)....

hat was the Temperance movement, and why did it attract so many followers in this period?... he Temperance movement was a movement that was formed to fight against alcoholism.... For instance, in the 1830s, most American painters started depicting famous personalities and memorable events to portray everyday life....

While he has fortitude and courage, he lacks other ingredients of a great hero like magnanimity, a sense of justice, prudence, or Temperance.... This lack of Temperance which is also referred to as Achilles' rage is his most tragic of flaws that resulted in thousands of death for the Greeks when he left the battle with the Trojans (Homer & De Jong, 16)....

Francis Willard was one of the organizers of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (formed in 1874) and also worked to redefine the traditional concept of women to a have a larger, more public responsibility.... In addition, she helped strengthen women's faith by helping them rediscover “scriptural passages that supported women's activism and as they experienced a calling from God to work for Temperance and for Home Protection” (Gifford, 1986: 111)....