The good man and the good citizen are not one and the same. What can be said about one cannot be necessarily said about the other. It is essential for the good man to be a good citizen. It is not, though, vital for the good citizen to be a good man. This distinction is important to make, because it helps one understand that the qualities a good man possesses far supersede those of a good citizen. A good citizen does what is best for the community, his city. As long as he is no harm to his surroundings, and cares for the improvement and betterment of his city, he is a good citizen. Who a person is doesn't greatly affect what kind of citizen he will be. What if a man is a secret murderer? If we were to say that he only kills people outside of his city, would he be affecting the city in any way? If he was a great politician and lived this secret life as well would he still be a great citizen? The answer is yes. This is because the good citizen doesn't have to care about others. He can allow his desires to overpower his calculating. He doesn't have to have a well-ordered soul. In other words, he doesn't have to be a good man. Aristotle chooses to search for the difference between the good man and the good citizen by examining and analyzing their virtues. He concludes that, "Hence, the virtue of a citizen must be suited to his constitution. Consequently, if indeed there are several kinds of constitution, it is clear that there cannot be a single virtue that is the virtue-of a good citizen. But the good man, we say, does express a single virtue: the complete one. Evidently, then, it is possible for someone to be a good citizen without having acquired the virtue expressed by a good man" (1276b). What Aristotle doesn't tell us is who is better off. Is it sufficient to be the good citizen or is it definitely more satisfying to be the good man? The good man is recognizably superior to the good citizen.
Nature vs. Nurture: Do They Mold Who We Become? When it comes to Nature vs. Nurture there are two words that come to mind: Heredity and Environment. Scientist and experts believe that these two subjects are the main ingredients to making us who we are and who we become. When scientist and exp...
Julius Caesar - Brutus vs Antony In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, two characters speak at Caesar's funeral. ... Although he did a very good job at explaining to the confused crowd that murdering Caesar was for the good of Rome, he still hadn't won them over yet. ... Although he mentions that Brutus is an honorable man, he means the opposite. ... Also, Antony makes good use of Caesars will and the dead body. He tries to intice the crowd by referring to the will, which offered seventy five drachma to each citizen as well as Caesar's land to be used for a public par...
Or maybe it's because they are respectable and law abiding citizens. ... In "A Good Man is Hard to Find ", Flannery O'Connor uses a unique and almost morbid irony to contribute to her major themes of good vs. evil, the characteristics of a "good " person, and the transformative effects of grace upon a person. What can be described as a road trip gone wrong, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find " is a tale full of irony and wit. ... The first mention of a "good man " is when the family is at The Tower. ... The Misfit is the other character that the Grandmother deems a "good man. " But she is...
Socialism vs. ... This appreciation for the fellow man is displayed from the socialist hierarchy of values, which demonstrates to be far superior. It is also true that socialism creates a much better, well-rounded citizen. ... The values teach the citizens that being a kind, honest person is good and right, while capitalism is quite the opposite, in which greed and manipulation are seen emphasized each day on TV, internet, politics, etc. ... Capitalism creates the kind of society in which it is normal for the citizens to be money-grubbing rats. ...
Erik's biological father, an unnamed Danish man, abandoned his mother, Karla Abrahamsen, before he was born. ... In 1939, Erikson became a U.S. citizen and removed Homburger from his name to put in Erikson, which to this day nobody knows where it came from (Slater, 2002). ... Throughout his life span, Erikson wrote and published over ten books including, Childhood and Society, Young Man Luther, Youth: Change and Challenge, Insight and Responsibility, Identity: Youth and Crisis, Dimensions of a New Identity, and The Life Cycle Completed. ... The infant's task, for example, is call...
Erik's biological father, an unnamed Danish man, abandoned his mother, Karla Abrahamsen, before he was born. ... In 1939, Erikson became a U.S. citizen and removed Homburger from his name to put in Erikson, which to this day nobody knows where it came from (Slater, 2002). ... Throughout his life span, Erikson wrote and published over ten books including, Childhood and Society, Young Man Luther, Youth: Change and Challenge, Insight and Responsibility, Identity: Youth and Crisis, Dimensions of a New Identity, and The Life Cycle Completed. ... The infant's task, for example, is call...
Next I looked at the differences between pure citizen journalism and media lead citizen journalism. ... Which will lead me on to my studies toward citizen journalism. Citizen journalism was once a costly and demanding role. ... It also gives the writer chance to remove negatives, taking the word out and replacing it with a positive fitted with a prefix "good and bad " becoming "good and ungood ". An example would be "Big Brother is ungood ", sounding completely out of place the mind would resort to "Big Brother is good ". ...
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Since the beginning of time man has come across temptation and has given into it, it was the sole reason man was kicked out of paradise in the beginning of the universe. ... While seeminglydecent citizens they could have such an urge to be as diabolical as to destroy thousands of lives with a single explosive while their neighbors seem to devote their lives to the service of others. The sides of man are there however invisible one side might be. ... In us all we have two sides the good and the bad but what if we were able to indulge in our evil desires of our darker...
