According to the Oxford English dictionary, a parable is a simple story that is used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson. ... It is an extremely rude and disgraceful action in Jewish culture that usually would deserve a severe punishment (Barry Wilder). ... The younger son finally thinks to himself, "I will rise up and go to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against the heaven and in your sight, I am no longer worthy to be called your son. ... He has injured his father's love and is not "worthy to be called " a son of his father. ... A party would be frowned upon by th...

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Each setting is constructed such that it exhibits physical, historical, social, and moral attributes, and resultantly each has a different effect on the main characters of the text psychologically. ... Tasmania, which lies outside of the protagonist Ellen's comfortable setting, is described from Ellen's point of view as being "by turns cultivated and wild" and violent. She describes the landscape as having a cultural feature, "An occasional stone cottage or hut built of wattle-and-daub", which is dominated by a wild feature, "the tiered forests towering above them". ... Similarly, sh...

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Hawthorne's novel is a story of adultery, social judgment, and moral redemption. ... In Chapter 17 Hester tells Dimmesdale about his so-called friend "Thou hast long had such an enemy, and dwellest with him, under the same roof!"... But, with what a wild look of wonder, joy, and horror!" ... By confessing, Dimmesdale redeems himself in front of his own inner moral suffering. ... Whether we are to judge and lay blame on sinners is up to the moral values of each of us. ...

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Creon calls the rotting of Polyneices' body an "obscenity- because he believes that burial of the dead is a necessity of human law and not of a citizen. . ... Haemon calls Creon stubborn and proud. ... In consistency with his pride, he insists on staying with his views, so that he would not be called a liar. ... Both Antigone's and Socrates' argument discuss and uphold moral goodness in the eyes of the gods. ... Her accusations are wild and reckless, and she seems to be trying to seize the glory in her "heroic- actions. ...

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Mitchell, Freud and Beyond) He recognized that each person is born with various natural drives that he called instincts, such as the need to satisfy sexual desires and the need to be aggressive. ... The Superego is the moral part of one's self. "It develops with the moral and ethical restraints taught to an individual by their care givers." ... (Golding, Pg 125) In an absence of popper moral institutions such as the church or family, the boys made their own society. ... It became apparent to him that the social values of British society had been forgotten and replaced...

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For example, early signs of Tilikum's behavior occurred at a park called "Sealand" where his aggression began due to tight confinement and punishment enforced training; after his first incident of drowning a trainer the park closed down and Seaworld then purchased Tilikum (Blackfish). ... Seaworld advertises false knowledge of their whales in order to protect their multi billion dollar company, stating false information to their visitors to disguise the truth behind a happy orca in the wild compared to the captured whales in Seaworld's pools. It is a known fact that Orca...

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During his youth before he was crowned King, Henry was known to be wild and reckless. ... At the English camp of Agincourt, two soldiers are discussing the war and if it is being executed for the correct moral reasons, "Brother John Bates, is not that the morning which breaks yonder? ... During this speech, Henry calls his comrades his "band of brothers", implicating that he considers himself equal to his common soldiers. ... By being called the king's equal, the soldiers feel more encouraged and confident to continue with their fight. ... An important part of being a king...

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It gives the imagination a wild and amusing ride, but it doesn't allow you to relate the plot to everyday life. ... In the book, Twain depicts a realistic attitude toward slavery through Jim, the runaway slave, while simultaneously giving the reader a wild ride of the moral growth of the orphaned boy Huck. ... His friendship with Jim is a big part in his moral growth throughout the novel. ... This was a rare moment for young Huck and an huge step in his moral growth. ... He knows nothing more than to answer and cater to a white man's call. ...

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Even though helping a runaway slave is a crime, Huck makes his first moral decision here. ... People would call me a low down Abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum-but that don't make no difference. ... While Huck still calls him a nigger and thinks of himself as smarter, he recognizes Jim as a friend and looks beyond his skin color. ... Huck had a lot of moral conflict and made many choices. He was usually unaware that his decisions were more moral then society's. ...

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Evolution is a natural occurrence that one would think is unselfish and completely moral, however in reality the process of evolution is very selfish. ... This leads to the thought that there is no such thing as a purely moral person. ... Another reason people are moral is to prepare for the afterlife. ... The reason for being moral in life is so that when a person dies they can be reincarnated into something worthwhile. ... When reverting back to human nature, however, people cannot produce this type of pure altruism that technology calls for. ...

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Evolution is a natural occurrence that one would think is unselfish and completely moral, however in reality the process of evolution is very selfish. ... This leads to the thought that there is no such thing as a purely moral person. ... Another reason people are moral is to prepare for the afterlife. ... The reason for being moral in life is so that when a person dies they can be reincarnated into something worthwhile. ... When reverting back to human nature, however, people cannot produce this type of pure altruism that technology calls for. ...

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Silas Marner: What do you think George Eliot wanted to illustrate through the pattern of Silas' moral journey in Silas Marner'? At the start of the novel, Silas Marner is a valuable member of the community in a village called Lantern Yard. ... Following the theft of the gold Silas has nothing left in his life until a child called Eppie enters his house. ... When Silas discovers the theft he gives a wild, ringing scream, a cry of desolation, for he is now utterly alone and at his very lowest point. ... Elliot uses this contrast between Silas and Godfrey in order to demonstrate th...

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The example set by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert was one of great moral standing which families living at this time tried to emulate. ... We are told by Nelly Dean, the narrator in chapter 5, that Cathy is "a wild, wick slip" this mono-syllabic alliterative noun phrase describes Cathy as spontaneous, impulsive and full of life! ... This connection implies that the wind and voices are both of a wild nature. ... This gives the impression of an uneasy family life, if he cannot even call his parents his own. ... In summary, it is clear that in Wuthering Heights the family relationsh...

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" The following will attempt to justify the perspective that torture, when used exclusively for information gathering purposes vital to the well-being of a large citizenry, is justifiable, even if its moral and ethical justification isn't nearly as soundly rationalized. ... If cost-benefit analysis and utilitarian calculus is so pervasive that it is even drawn from our psychological biology, and can be found in the very confines of the wild, this of course then shirks the argument that aggression in the form of "torture" can be considered "inhumane.... Another factor...

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" The following will attempt to justify the perspective that torture, when used exclusively for information gathering purposes vital to the well-being of a large citizenry, is justifiable, even if its moral and ethical justification isn't nearly as soundly rationalized. ... If cost-benefit analysis and utilitarian calculus is so pervasive that it is even drawn from our psychological biology, and can be found in the very confines of the wild, this of course then shirks the argument that aggression in the form of "torture" can be considered "inhumane.... Another factor...

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They would call to each other, "Do you see that woman with the embroidered badge? ... These had been her teachers-stern and wild ones-they had made her strong- (136). ... He never takes a firm stance in the ever-changing meanings of the scarlet letter, yet it is related to his moral vision with the idea of "atonement." ... Hawthorne's tragic moral vision is illuminated in his beloved character and the letter she bore. ...

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The reverend Hale asked Abigail "Did you call the Devil last Night?" Abigail response "I never called him! ... She soon realized her ability to usurp her new found power to gather support for her wild accusations. ... Another character who tried to live by moral standards was Giles Corey. ... They believed everything Abigail told them so were willing and eager to support her wild bid to rid them of witches. ...

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One of the earliest accounts of capital punishment was in 1749 when Peter Carteel, a sailor aboard the ship Beaufort in Halifax harbor, ran wild with a knife and killed the boatswain's mate. ... The moral issues and expenses would be placed behind one's mind if capital punishment was a deterrent but researchers say that it is not (www.progress.org). Moral issues played a strong role in the abolishment of capital punishment in Canada. ... It does something almost worse than lowering the state to the moral level of the criminal: it raises the criminal to moral equality with the soc...

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His ultimate goal is to get a moral response from the public, stating that it's their moral responsibility as people of this earth to help save it. ... These are powerful statement that reason with the reader that Global Warming is a true danger, and it's a "moral and spiritual challenge" (13) to overcome it. People as social creatures have a lot of pride and tend to never pass a challenge, so Gore is sort of baiting the reader to accept this task, in order to call people into action. ... We should also look toward the opportunity that arises with this danger, such as a cha...

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(Sutton 3) Most critics and reviews of the novel agree that the work shows corruption of some sort, whether it be social, moral or ethical. ... The title comes from his neighbor, Jay Gatsby who owns the mansion across the street in which wild parties are thrown every weekend. ... Nick is used as a dynamic character in the story as he goes from being a "thoughtful and moral human being" to being a witness to what money, greed and power can do to a person. ... Early in the novel the reader is made aware that Nick is the moral center of the story as compared to the out-of-control corruptness...

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The human race is one with a wild imagination, and this wild imagination, though a great strength, can, like all great strengths, serve as a potential weakness. ... Like all myths, the stories these ads tell have a moral to them. ... You could almost take such an ad, remove the name "Chevron," and call it a sermon on the Good Samaritan. ...

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The human race is one with a wild imagination, and this wild imagination, though a great strength, can, like all great strengths, serve as a potential weakness. ... Like all myths, the stories these ads tell have a moral to them. ... You could almost take such an ad, remove the name "Chevron," and call it a sermon on the Good Samaritan. ...

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Even on the money, they printed their moral" In God We Trust". ... Such as in 1989, there was a movie called the Last Temptation of Christ. ... That's why we call the western world the Christian world. ... It was the spirit made the pioneers found wealth in the wild ground. ...

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He begins by comparing the two different manners of human understanding, which fall under the broad category of Moral philosophy. ... This form of perplexing philosophy can also be called metaphysics, and throughout the greater portion of the text, Hume attempts to defend it against the critics who always belittle it and consider the "easy and obvious philosophy" the ideal and more acceptable one. ... Even when an idea at first seems completely wild and excursive, there is always a principle of connection between all ideas of the mind. ... In an attempt to further defend his claim...

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For example, according to James Rachels, the most common argument in support of euthanasia is one that we may call "the argument from mercy". ... Courts and moral philosophers alike have long accepted the proposition that people have the right to refuse medical treatment they find painful or difficult to bear, even if that refusal means certain death. ... Our reflexes and responses fit us to fight attackers, flee wild animals, and dodge out of the way of trucks. ...

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