Which Character in Changing Lanes was truly the most moral? ... I do believe one of the characters was the most moral however, and that is Gavin Banek. ... According to Plato, the soul is made up of three parts: rational-wisdom, spirited-courage, and appetitive-temperance. ... We all know the saying, "Think before you act" don't let desire and courage get in the way of being rational. ... Gavin had a moral character all along, it just needed to be brought out from underneath all his immoral behavior. ...

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In the beginning of section one, Kant considers several qualities that Hume has called praiseworthy -- wit, judgment, courage, resolution, perseverance, moderation -- and deems them ambiguous at best, certainly not worthy of esteem by themselves. ... In Kant's view, qualities such as courage, resolution, and perseverance are not worthy of esteem by themselves because they can be harmful and used for evil if the individual that possesses these qualities also possesses a will, or character, that is not good. ... Under what conditions does a generous act have "moral content" for Kant? ......

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Specifically, Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Immanuel Kant's What is Enlightenment?... Adam Smith's "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" was the first of these three works, having been written in 1759. ... followed Adam Smith's "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" when it was published in 1784. ... Kant describes that man already obtains that tools necessary to break from this tutelage, but he is prevented from doing so by a lack in courage and confidence to act based on his own knowledge. Kant argues that this lack of courage is created by social and authoritative r...

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Introduction Stoicism was first practiced as a philosophical movement during the Hellenistic period. It is unknown as what started the origins of stoicism. Stoicism is a very complex philosophy, which many ideas and concepts can be explained by their theories of philosophy, religion, logic, ethi...

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Socrates was a man who did not believe that Greek philosophy should only focus on the nature and origin of the universe, but instead in moral problems and how people should best live their lives. ... His examination of such moral ideas and courage were the leading sources to what the population of Athens thought of him and voted against him because of his questioning of the gods and of holiness. ... Socrates reminded me of the fact that being true to your own moral code is the most important thing in life. ... Though I do believe that people should still go for the best option that they can ...

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He believed that this moral virtue, of which happiness comes from, is a matter of avoiding extremes in behavior and finding the mean between them. ... Aristotle felt that through the four qualities of wisdom, courage, temperance, and justice, could a person be led to happiness. ... Moral decisions are ultimately made on the basis of what God commands, not what reason tells us. ... Perhaps God's will is revealed in sacred texts of great moral caliber - but which ones? ...

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They are educated from earliest childhood to act in harmony with the four excellences of human nature: wisdom, moderation, courage, and justice. ... Courage appears through their understanding that death should not be feared because they know that the essence of things, like human souls, is eternal. ... Because of their wisdom and moral character, philosophers cannot enter the political arena. ...

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Since virtue, knowledge, justice, and courage resemble holiness and vice versa, as with holiness, virtue, knowledge, and justice must exist outside the human condition. "... ... Ayres The Central Questions of Philosophy pp 266) However, this does not mean that all moral standpoints are to regarded as equal to one another. "... one can argue ad hominem. ... When transversing from an idea ,a priori, to a moral decision the vehicle used can be logic and pure reasonning. ... Ayres criteria , from the absolute which can be derived from the emperical laws, to make moral decissions. The medical ethic...

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And, for Pieper, God's role in the life of every individual and the cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, courage, temperance, and love are the ways by which human beings understood truth. ... Of equal importance is the fact that it also makes one moral. ...

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Beginning with children's stories that; although they are false, teach the children values, literature shapes the moral system of the guarders. ... The power of the people will come from courage. ...

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As a lover of ancient history, going to a museum is the only way to fill my experience of the artwork because art gives me a feeling of relaxing and calm. Also, by looking at a painting or sculpture in a book cannot fully experience the artwork until I really see the real painting held within its wa...

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The suffering or (passio) he says cannot be sheer passivity alone but it should come into contact with courage and resistance (both Mod and Modstand quite respectively) so as to confront the disease of acting in avoidable suffering His understanding however, was that how can a person survive the debilitating and numbing effects of suffering itself when the situation comes that it only belingers a harsh judgmental mood for a person and renders him to mental frustration. ... By this, it could only propose that in so doing, the person is always in charge of his moral obligations and what he cho...

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