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When we think of patience, we often think of it as a passive quality – the ability to endure hardship or setbacks without becoming angry or agitated. But patience is actually a very active virtue; it is the choice to maintain our composure and refrain from reacting in a way that will only make the … Read more
What is a hero? What is a villain? These are two important questions to ask when considering the characters in any story. A hero is someone who embodies virtue and is admired for their courageous acts, while a villain is someone whose actions are evil and cause harm to others. There can be many different … Read more
This document describes the values behind the ethical approach that the leadership team of One Group Incorporated is committed to developing and maintaining in our business. The leadership team is made up of Christian professionals who possess vast, combined business management and supervisory experience. Consequently, the team agrees that an integrated, values-based approach to the … Read more
My core values consist of autonomy, equality, and rationality. When compared to my top five values from the Clarifying your Values exercise, I felt they aligned fairly well. In my work and personal life, I have always strived to be autonomous which requires a minimum level of self-discipline, initiative, and responsibility to be successful. When … Read more
As generally defined in today’s society, happiness would be described as an emotion that brings about feelings of pleasure and joy. However, Ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle, had a different take on happiness and how one achieves it. Aristotle believed happiness is an “activity of the soul in accordance with virtue and excellence” and goes further … Read more
Question 3: Watch one of the videos (detailed below) on whistle blowing and critically analyze it using the ethics toolkit. Choose one of the videos to discuss critically with reference to ethical frameworks. The video “The totally avoidable a tragedy” (ABC 2009) are chosen to study. The video ‘A totally avoidable tragedy’ (ABC 2009) presents … Read more
Many scholars offer different interpretations to the meaning of the poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Several of them interpret the poem as a test of knighthood virtues and believe the first failure of Sir Gawain’s knightly virtue happens during the green girdle test. A particular journal, “The Meaning of ‘Sir Gawain and the … Read more
Plato’s “Republic” is a seminal text, that explores; the definition of justice, the character and order of a just city and the minutiae of human experience. Specifically in Book IV, Republic examines the four main virtues of life; Justice, wisdom, courage and moderation. Through this chapter one can postulate that for the harmony of the … Read more
Plato and Niccolo Machiavelli magnificent ideologies for leaders of the world. First Plato’s dialogue Allegory of the Cave described what would happen if prisoners were chained to a wall and could only see the shadows before them. The shadows were visuals on the wall from the fire blazing behind them. Plato stated a quote about … Read more
