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Vices and Passions
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The essay "Vices and Passions" presents ambition, seduction, excess, wastefulness, and fear to be the top Vices I am vulnerable to. Since Descartes considers the aforementioned conditions as Vices, I understand that he implies that these things are good and essential to life.... They can be addictive and when done or practiced in excess, they can form to become Vices. Therefore, I should take them in balance just like other activities so that they can benefit me instead of destroying my life. For...
Impact of Vices on Human Character and Importance of Self Love
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The author examines the human character and states that every human being exhibits some traits of virtues and Vices. The term virtue refers to positive traits that are considered to be morally upright while the word vice refers to the repeated habit of committing wrongs.... A vice is an immoral behavior and unlike virtues, Vices destroy one's character. Examples of Vices include pride that makes one think he or she is better than others. Also, anger which makes one act irrationally and jealousy which...
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The Relativity of Virtues
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Vices refer to behaviors that are deemed immoral or evil.... On the other hand, Vices are 'forms of old age' that we cast away so as to conform to society's definition of virtues.... Contrarily, Vices refer to behaviors that are deemed immoral or evil.... On the other hand, Vices are ‘forms of old age' that we cast away so as to conform to society's definition of virtues.... merson states that “the virtues of society are Vices of the saint” (Emerson 163)....
Analysis of Twitter and Facebook
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The advantages of these sites were not alone as some Vices were also in inclusion.... The advantages of these sites were not alone as some Vices were also in inclusion.... These Vices did reduce the morale and freedom of users of the sites.... Though they are of advantage of bringing people together to share constructive views and news, social sites have been in criticization for bringing up bad Vices to the community.... Social Vices were also in notification during the study....
Discuss the difference between Aristotle and Kant
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According to Aristotle, actions and thoughts that lead to happiness are called virtues, while contrary actions and thoughts are Vices.... Aristotle and Kant made substantial contribution on philosophical areas of ethics, logic, metaphysics and social theory among other disciplines....
Happiness Versus Pleasure
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According to Aristotle, the virtues are actually a balance between two Vices which could also be called the extremes of those virtues.... The balance point between the two Vices is called the golden mean which may lie in the middle, or near to one of the extremes.... There are eleven virtues as defined by Aristotle each of which is supposed to lie between two Vices....
The Cape by kenji nakajami
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People engage in Vices such as drinking, smoking and sex.... All Vices were extensively depicted in the novel.... Despite the poverty striking their neighborhood, they still have time for Vices and the bad habits are unstoppable.... They use the Vices as scapegoats for their problems.... Great rehabilitation must be done for the members who are addicted to Vices and reduce crimes by free access to higher education....
How Self-Discipline Creates Society
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On many occasions, self-discipline and integrity have been excluded as Vices in society.... With years the Vices of integrity and self discipline are been eroded in society.... However, the erosion of these two Vices cannot be fully blamed on individuals but also to the fact that the world and society are changing.... With the realization of these promises, my Vices of self discipline and integrity were fully tested and I realized that with the will to achieve everything might be possible....
Parental Communication Initiative as An Answer to Most of the Social Issues
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Another one is teenage Vices.... ame goes for those teens with different forms of Vices and abusive habits which can affect not just the physical aspect but also the mental and social aspects of life.... Sometimes children see parents having Vices.... When they reach their teenage years and more independence is experienced and practiced, these teenagers may have the perception that these Vices are allowed and can be done which should not be the case....
The Road to Global Prosperity
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However, such social Vices as human trafficking remain a fundamental concern to the various stakeholders such as governments, politician and global conglomerates.... Such Vices are the few impediments to globalization the author explains require effective remedies in order to enhance the growth of international trade.
... Besides economic prevalence, the author discusses the rapid spread of social Vices owing to the enhanced integration among countries....
Please discuss the following question with philosophy knowledge and ethics
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Insecurity gives rise to Vices such as theft, rape and violence.... This is the reasoning behind the occurrence of most of these Vices.... The perpetrators of these Vices do not care whether what they are doing is right or wrong.... It is imposed upon a culture by society, religion, government or by an individual person....
Analysis of the Book Bitch and the Movie Based on the Book
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Both a book and movie take into account how girls and women were perceived in the past, how they are perceived today and how prevailing attitudes towards women result in Vices.... Both the book and the movie take into account the following: how girls and women were perceived in the past; how girls and women are perceived today; and how prevailing attitudes towards women result in Vices (such as human trafficking and prostitution).... The way girls and women are perceived today has been played out in the media such that these attitudes reveal themselves in the Vices of prostitution and human trafficking of women, which is discussed further in the next point....
Sex Offenders
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rrespective of the participating parties, and the description of the shared union, the occurrence of these Vices is usually considered a crime once the assault margins expressed on the child are considered.... This assists in the elucidation of the increased role that is anticipate to be exercised by the authorities that offer platforms for the exercising of these Vices.... These include the theories that seek to explain on the causatives of aggressive behaviours as well as the eventual reactions that amount from the continuous exercising of such Vices....
Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
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That is, if one acts generally toward a mean of two Vices, this will lead to a better outcome than acting toward Vices.... Our language is broad enough to encompass all possible middle grounds between Vices that we might consider excesses.... He writes, “Now it is a mean between two Vices, that which depends on excess and that which depends on defect; and again it is a mean because the Vices respectively fall short of or exceed what is right in both passions and actions, while virtue both finds and chooses that which is intermediate” (NE II:6, 1106a25-29)....
Aristotle's Theory concerning Moral Responsibility
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Name Instructor Course Date Aristotle's Theory concerning Moral Responsibility According to Aristotle's theory concerning moral responsibility, there is neither hard nor fast rule for ascertaining whether a person who has acted due to coercion is blameworthy.... ... ... ... Coerced acts tend to be strictly voluntary; therefore, they never get automatic disqualification from responsibility (Echenique 14)....
Media Portrayal of Sex and Violence
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A more subtle approach towards portraying these Vices is necessary to secure a bright future for children.... However, incorporation of real life social Vices adds spice to the quality of films.... Such overuse of these Vices in the entertainment and information industry is resulting from the effort of maintaining reality effect.... Media's effort to perpetuate social Vices reduces the moral sensitivity and ethical standards of the young viewers.
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The Development of Free Trade
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Such immigrants take advantage of the weak immigration laws in both the United States and in Canada to settle in such territories thereby contributing to crime among other social Vices in such territories.... Illegal immigrants cannot obtain any social security service in the United States a feature that compels such individuals to live in the streets peddling drugs and perpetuating other crimes and social Vices such as robbery and prostitution.
... The two are serious social Vices that the government of the three countries have invested billions of dollars to solve but have not succeeded in doing so owing to the complexity of the problems....
Aristotles Classical Theory on Ethics
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He explained that the personality of an individual is determined by elements such as individual agents, virtues, Vices, and the mode of attaining happiness in life.... There are various characteristics of Vices which include boastfulness, meanness, shyness, envy, vulgarity, rashness, and self-indulgence....
From your perspective: What do you consider good and what do you consider view as evil
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Such Vices include rude, unruly, disrespectful, Good and Evil Different people usually have diverse perspectives of what is good and what is evil.... Such Vices include rude, unruly, disrespectful, hatred, mean and selfish just but to mention a few.... n my judgment of what is evil, I usually look for the Vices that most likely might have been the cause of such deeds.... On the other hand, evil is full of Vices like selfishness, harshness, rudeness and inhuman deeds....
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Csec
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There are however many factors that inhibit ease of identification of victims of such social Vices hence rendering the efforts to curb it fruitless.... It is an initiative that resulted from concerted efforts by a humanitarian foundation (California against slavery) whose main purpose is lobbying for comprehensiveness in legal frameworks meant to safeguard women and children against the Vices of sexual exploitation as well as human trafficking within California....
Morality in Henry Fielding's Tom Jones
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The overarching virtue in the novel is prudence while the principal Vices featured are vanity and hypocrisy.... For instance, if one is driven by monetary gains, selfishness and greed are marrying another person, then the Vices that they depict as a result would prevent them from being happy.... The predominant is Henry Field's novel “Tom Jones” ismorality and it is largely manifested through the use of virtues and Vices.... The overarching virtue in the novel is prudence while the principal Vices featured are vanity and hypocrisy....
The Religious and Scientific Methods in the Society
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One may argue that the two Vices are directly dependable on one another if a person is to understand them.... However, considering the fact that both are abstract in nature, a person cannot be able to prove the effectiveness or the nature of existence of the two Vices.... One may argue that the two Vices are directly dependable on one another if a person is to understand them.... However considering the fact that both are abstract in nature, a person cannot be able to prove the effectiveness or the nature of existence of the two Vices....
Human Sexuality and Relationships in Today's Culture
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When children engage in sexual Vices such as masturbation without parental condemnation, this vice end up being a habit.... First and foremost, it leads to Vices in terms of addiction to pornography.... Evidently, those people in the society with the tendency of indulging in hard drugs also face the challenge of high sexual drive and thus engage in sexual Vices like rape, homosexuality leading to the spread of the STD's in the society.... To curb these Vices, the society needs to come up with stringent rules and regulations that deal with sexuality....
The 2006 Movie Take the Lead
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The use of drugs among youths has been shown to characterize much of social disorders and Vices such as violence.... Drug and substance use have equally been a social vice that the film exhibits and the Vices that are associated with drug use such as violence and operating in rowdy gangs.... The resources committed to management of these Vices by the authorities have detrimental effects to the economy and the outcome is retarded growth to the economy and failure to offer basic services to the citizens....
Improvement of My Language and Grammar Skills
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This involves words such as bad Vices yet there are no good Vices.... In this case, using the word Vices only would give the reader the intended meaning.... In the paper 'Improvement of My Language and Grammar Skills,' the author describes how he has written several essays, which has helped him improve his writing....
The History of Crime in North Kentucky
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The paper "The History of Crime in North Kentucky" discusses that the author focuses on the justice system in its quest of eliminating historical and worse Vices that had characterized Kentucky for long including gambling, prostitution and others earlier supported by the government.... I do concur with the content outlined in this study, which ranges from prostitution, bootlegging operations to other Vices that enhanced crime like corruption on the part of government officials....
Dante and the Youth in the Society
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Dante inferno has highlighted numerous Vices within society.... Social Vices within the society can be corrected vibrantly using literary work.... Dante inferno has highlighted numerous Vices within society (Puncher 2012).... This paper presents the book Dante Inferno....
Main Ideas of Romanticism
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Radical Romantic-age politics were overly optimistic concerning human nature, always reasoning that human beings are vitally good and their Vices are raised through poor education.... Republican and democratic movements always advocated for mass education and equal wages as a way of freeing the human heart, as well as the mind from ignorance and poverty — and the ills and Vices, which materialize from these evils (Tekiner, 79)....
Is Self-Compassion More Important Than Self-Esteem
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Just like virtues have a positive impact on human character, Vices have a negative impact.... The impact of such Vices as lack of punctuality reflects in the poor academic and professional performance of an individual.... This paper 'Is Self-Compassion More Important Than Self-Esteem?...
Diaz explores relationships in poverty
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The children from the family stricken with poverty reminiscence on their past and wish for change, but most of the parents have little time with their kids, so they end up in crime and other Vices.... The Vices that the children involve themselves include prostitution and robbery.... This results into crimes and other Vices that mislead them instead of encouraging them.... The lack of time to parent the children and derailed relationship results in the parent-child relationship results in Vices, such as robbery and illegal gun possession illustrated by many families in poverty....
The Genius of Mad Men
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This is portrayed in the Vices he committed such as excessive drinking, smoking and womanizing.... However, he still managed to solve the problems many people considered as Vices against him.... The following paper under the title 'The Genius of Mad Men' presents Don Draper who is the creative and genius playmaker of the company....
My Own Private Idaho Critique
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In my viewpoint, Gus Van Sant's film majorly focuses on societal Vices such as prostitution, homosexuality, and drug abuse, which defy fundamental principles and norms of ethics.... Instead, it majorly focuses on societal Vices such as prostitution, homosexuality, and drug abuse....
Internet Censorship Laws
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The internet has come with other social Vices whose propagation should not continue unchecked.... One good example of such Vices is pornographic contents available in different websites.... Such internet websites have been used by pedophiles to advance their social Vices.... Censorship becomes the best options in curbing the spread of such Vices therefore; there should not be opposition from anyone who stands for moral responsibility.
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Religion and Psychology
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I also engaged in Vices albeit it was only temporary during the process of my coping up.... That made me very guilty because religion prohibits us to engage in Vices.... The guilt ridden Vices that I temporarily engaged in albeit very contradictory to religion became my coping mechanism with the pain that I felt....
Subsidized in the city
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Client's Name: Course: 20 July 2011 Subsidized in the city is quite an article which sheds light upon how adults depend on their parents for money, the financial dependence of several adults has been comprehensively highlighted in the article.... It is a pity that several adults do not have any source of stable income, let alone stable income, most hardly have a source of earning....
The Virtue of the Human Soul
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Discipline not only ensures that one is able to do good deeds but also prevents one from falling into the clutch of Vices.... In this, it enables an achievement of goodness that also keeps her away from Vices.... The author of the paper "The Virtue of the Human Soul" will begin with the statement that the person described, Amaly Yossef, is able to achieve the Aristotelian notion of virtue through adhering to certain codes and also by doing so voluntarily....
Imperfections in Audit Outcomes: Fraud & Corruption
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However, their potential to completely weed out the Vices only reaches a certain level beyond which huge expenditure is not worth the efforts.... Employees' ethical behavior defines the ability of the organization to withstand Vices that precipitate fraud and corruption (Alleyne & Howard 2005, p.... However, corruption at the higher level and at the international level makes the culture of greed, capitalism, uncontrolled interests, among many other Vices drive corruption over the limits of control....
Technological Innovation and Organizational Dynamics
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n other words, the negative effects of technological innovation require one to again innovate or build a certain product or service which can help in lessening or curbing the Vices.... To cut this short, people are resorting to technological innovation to solve the Vices occurring due to this.... Although technological innovation has led to the immense development of humankind; it has also led to a lot of Vices....
Ethical theory of abortion
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According to it, abortion should be considered to be an unethical action since it features more Vices than virtue.... aving examined all the points which were brought up in the paragraphs above, one will be able to come to the following logical conclusion: Virtue Ethics is a sub-type of character based ethics will condemn the act of abortion, suggesting that it reflects Vices in a person....
The Effects of Negative Societal Norms in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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The novel, 'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley discusses many themes that show the negative effects of social Vices such as revenge.... This article explores different examples Shelley uses to exemplify different Vices and their negative effects in Frankenstein's and the creature's lives....
Thomas Paine's theory (in Common Sense)
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Conversely, the government refers to an institution with a sole purpose of protecting the people from their own Vices.... Thomas Paine's theory (in "Common Sense") Name: Institution: Thomas Paine's theory (in "Common Sense") Common Sense was a philosophical writings of 1776 written Thomas Paine to challenge the royal monarch and the British government's authority....
Friendliness as a Moral Value: Political Science
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They are viewed as intermediates between two Vices, one of deficiency while the other of excess.... Though, virtues are difficult to achieved, Aristotle perceives that being conscious of Vices one is likely inclined to and avoiding of Vices that are the direct opposite of virtues offers a better chance of being virtuous.... Friendliness is discussed alongside two Vices which constitutes its extremes but as an intermediary it is laudable than the two extremes....
Environmental Project Borough the Bronx
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he residents who could not afford such activities and could not acquire decent jobs were forced into joining social Vices and other crime-related activities.... In the event of avoiding the Vices youth engage in, different projects are undertaken by the students, and the teenagers generally change their lives.... Overpopulation has led to the place has some of the social effects such as inadequate housing, congestions leading to poor sanitation and social Vices mostly among the youths....
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans - Plutarch Crassus
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Moreover, sometimes it is necessary to take into account inappropriate behavior of the great ancient leaders and it would be better to focus on their strengths and not on their Vices.... Moreover, this vice was dominant over all other Vices, because the other Vices could be crossed by the vice of avarice (Plutarch, The Life of Crassus).... Nevertheless, the greatest attention of the society paid to his works can be explained by his representation of morality as the highest virtue, which is dominant above different Vices....
Reflection paper on the capstone
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In an inter-linked and progressive society, it is somewhat off putting, and in fact, downright saddening, to see that the Vices of the likes of prejudice and discrimination are still prevalent.... After much effort, research and forethought I came to the conclusion and thus derived the Topic Portfolio Assignment In an inter-linked and progressive society, it is somewhat off putting, and in fact, downright saddening, to see that the Vices of the likes of prejudice and discrimination are still prevalent....
Allen Ginsbergs poem A Supermarket in California
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These Vices have continued to persist in the contemporary world.... The first image used in the Allen Ginsberg's poem “A Supermarket in California” Allen Ginsberg's poem “A Supermarket in California” The poem ridicules two main Vices in American society that were prevalent in the American society in the 20th century.... These Vices have continued to persist in the contemporary world....
Virtues of the Mind by Zagzebski
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According to this paper, in the article 'Virtues of the Mind', the author attempts to provide a clear idea of how virtues and Vices are developed.... In Zagzebski's article “Virtues of the Mind”, the attempts to provide a clear idea of how virtues and Vices are developed, suggesting that they are strongly linked to the processes of the mind.... This begins with a lengthy quote from Hobbes in which it is argued that virtues and Vices are a product of “the different constitution of the body and partly from different education” (445)....
Virtue Ethics and Its Opposition to Kantian and Other Ethical Theories
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This is why character traits like patience, benevolence, and courage are termed as virtues, and so characteristics like miserliness, cowardice and laziness as Vices.... He discussed morality as a quality of mind, and also tried to separate the same from Vices as the opposing qualities.... Hume created a catalogue of Vices and virtues and defined virtues as "qualities of mind useful to or approved of by self or others".
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African American Studies Paper
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Such emancipations indicated the progress which had been made in seeking to eliminate these Vices from the society (Ruffin 26).... The author speaks of elements of racism within colleges and describes a revolution that resulted in the changes regarding racism aimed at black people in Santa Clara....
Novel The Pond Critique
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The rural society in The pond is embodied with ideas of human degeneration, corruption, and other unimaginable Vices.... The rural society being criticized by Manuel Zeno Gandia in The pond is embodied with ideas of human degeneration, corruption and other unimaginable Vices.... Most of the main characters die as a consequence of their Vices or the Vices of others.... This make use of images and ciphers to portray and disparage Puerto Ricasn the social order at that time, although in a number of way divergent to realism (an ever-present influence in the novel), allows us to sense that personal and elegiac zest in Zeno's novel The extensive representation of society as a sick social organization is also the most important metaphorical piece of equipment in the novel, stressing the need for enlightening society's Vices through psychoanalysis (Gandia1970)....