He added further that people do think highly of piety, honor, generosity, and courage but most of them do not display these virtuous values themselves. ... He defines virtue as qualities admired by men like, compassion, generosity, courage, and pity. ... In conclusion, Hobbes and Machiavelli don't believe in moral principles. The only moral concept they are considering is "survival" and "keeping power". ... They both agree that morality do not exists, and it doesn't matter to them the way a leader achieve his power if its moral or immoral. ...

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Adequate intellectual and moral development is necessary to fulfill these standards of virtue. ... Moderation between two extremes of self-necessity and desire is what Aristotle defines as moral behavior. ... During an age of constant warfare, the virtue of courage was very highly valued. The state of courage can be found between the extremes of rashness and cowardice. Courage is most commonly viewed in a warrior's fearless behavior in the face of certain death. ...

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In the essay, "Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem," Ericc Fromm discusses the seductive comforts of obedience, and he makes distinctions among varieties of obedience. ... Man must be broken from the ties of his family and be his own person and have courage to be able to say no to the power. ...

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However, the question is should people obey all the orders that are given to them, despite having moral or ethical problem(s) with the order(s) given to them? ... These questions, and many more, are further observed by psychoanalytical historian Erich Fromm in his literary essay "Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem". ... Fromm reasons that in order for a person to disobey, courage and the power to think for yourself is needed. ...

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The main idea the intrinsic racists hold is that they neglect the deep difference of intelligence, courage, or honesty between various races. ... However, intrinsic racism is a moral destruction. ... But with race, it lacks the development of connections and moral obligations. For example, if a white male is starting his first day at an all African American school, the white male will not have the same race connections and will lack moral obligations because his moral obligations are committed to the white community. ... Both Appiah and I believe that the family model of intrinsic racism was ...

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There lies a moral of distinction in all of us; a sense of ethics if you will. ... -Moral choice has been discarded in favor of promiscuity; how could you possibly be sexually satisfied with the same partner for over a month! ... During the Roman times and Middle ages, defining the perfect male warrior was his bravery on the battlefield, the enormous amounts of courage as he fought and stabbed his way into the minds of his followers and into the pants of his admirers. ...

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For such people "good" refers to whatever leads to self-fulfillment with values such as nobility, strength, courage, power and pride. ... The part of the slave moral that I think is sour grapes is people who are not independent, look at others and follow, lack self respect, and people who waist their talents. ... It would include such virtues as personal power, strength, courage, pride, independence, patience, kindness, charity and compassion. ...

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In the entire play, the characters personify moral abstracts and qualities. ... The play is not majorly about death, but to admonish humankind to uphold a moral living in preparation for the eternal life. ... Everyman trades moral principles for wealth and material things. ... When Everyman confessed, he gained the courage to call God and even enjoy the welcome of Angels. ... The author also treats and represents Death as moral death. ...

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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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This would be the central idea behind Plato's depiction of an ideal society, in which the individual hoped above all else to practice virtues, such as wisdom, moderation, courage, and justice, in order to preserve a sustainable and prosperous society. ... He does this as a "political animal"," which possesses the supreme ability of speech and communication for the main purpose of conveying sound moral judgment and decision making....

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Religion was especially impacted by the development of literature, as epic poems and myths, such as Atrahasis began to be contrived, which sought to provide their readers with explanations of the unexplainable, establish moral guidelines to be meticulously followed and illustrate the human race's place in the universe among a torrent of fuming gods. ... Likewise, the character of Atrahasis illustrated that amidst the many wrongdoing, ignorant humans, one will show courage and selflessness, as even the gods approve of his valor, "How we sent the flood. ... In addition, the work illustrat...

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Additionally, their terrorist messages of annihilation are preached to children in a series of stories to "give our youth a better understanding of the Jewish problem" and to "foster in children the courage to do what must be done to ensure the supremacy of the white race" (878). ... But, this proposed amendment is illegitimate and doing society a disservice because it is restricting one's individual freedom based on moral judgments. ...

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Additionally, their terrorist messages of annihilation are preached to children in a series of stories to "give our youth a better understanding of the Jewish problem" and to "foster in children the courage to do what must be done to ensure the supremacy of the white race" (878). ... But, this proposed amendment is illegitimate and doing society a disservice because it is restricting one's individual freedom based on moral judgments. ...

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"The building of this system has depended on the struggle and courage of many, and was fundamentally founded on the Biblical assumption that human beings are the children of God. ... This occurs when a moral claim, (in this case stated as an 'ought') is derived from factual premises.Based on the factual premises justifying that "those who advocate easy abortion in the name of women's rights are at the same time unwittingly undermining the very basis of rights" our authors morally claim that "everybody should be properly protected by carefully defined rights....

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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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