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The Unexamined Life Essays and Term Papers
Plato's Apology of SocratesPlato's Apology of Socrates
As one of the greatest and most influential of all the Greek philosophers, Socrates (469--399 B.C.E.) passionately believed that just behavior was better for human beings than injustice and that morality was justified because it created happiness and well-being. ...
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Socrates' Ideas To AtheniansSocrates
In Xenophon’s dialogue, the Memorabilia, Hippias, upon overhearing Socrates converse with a group of people in the streets of Athens, commented: “Socrates, you are still repeating the same things I heard you say so long ago.” Not in the least bit fazed by Hippias’ attempt to ...
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Justice In The RepublicRalph Waldo Emerson once wrote One mans justice is anothers injustice. This statement quite adequately describes the relation between definitions of justice presented by Polemarchus and Thrasymachus in Book I of the Republic. Polemarchus initially asserts that justice is to give to each ...
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21st Century and Socrates' View Of A Good LifeA 21st century view of what a "Good Life" is would be often defined by Money, Power and Status. We live in a materialistic world right now where it seems like people never have enough and is willing to do anything to have MPS (Money, Power, Status), and if they cant get it they will be ...
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Women As LeadersMore and more women are rising to the leadership challenge, even in some of the most male-dominated industries. The increase in the number of women attending university, in the workplace or starting their own business has demonstrated to men who own businesses that women can be both managers and ...
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The Great GatsbyAn owl-eyed man at a Gatsby party sits in awe in the library, murmuring with amazement that all the books on Gatsbys shelves are "real books." But does Gatsby even read them? The image works to suggest that much of what Gatsby presents to the world is a faade; for example, he wants people to ...
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Critical ThinkingCourtney Brady
I began to brainstorm on how to go about this essay What is Critical Thinking? I started with an outline of a concept map to initiate my endeavors of what an in-depth approach to Critical Thinking is truly about. I stared at my pencil and paper for a few until I realized I was ...
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Private School VouchersPrivate School Vouchers
Proposals to use private school vouchers, a marketplace strategy, as a mechanism by which to improve the general quality of public education have produced a lively debate. Frequently, that debate has degenerated into a disagreement about whether public schools are as ...
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The Effects Of Excuse ValidatiExcuse-making is a common strategy people invoke to feel better following a negative event. When excuses are advanced in public, their effectiveness may depend on whether they are validated by others. The present study was conducted to assess the emotional impact on participants of having their ...
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So Close, So Far... Neglected“ “Child”: means a boy or a girl apparently or effectively aged less than eighteen years” (Van Stolk 146).
“Rich kids, middle-class kids, poor kids - all deal with risk and neglect on a scale unimagined in previous generations” (Hewitt 11). There are problems ...
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Cultural Diversity In Local PoliticsOverview
This paper explores the limits and potentials of ethnic and racial coalition
building in Los Angeles. The demographic changes that have occurred in Los
Angeles during the past twenty years have been extraordinary, both in scope and
diversity.
The area has witnessed a literal boom in ...
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Passive-Aggressive BehaviorPassive-Aggressive
This report is a quick summary of a recent New York Times Science section article by Benedict Carey called "Oh, Fine, You're Right. I'm Passive-Aggressive." The extremely interesting article discussed some discoveries in regard to the Passive-Aggressive personality type ...
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Pathology Arises Out Fo The ExConcepts of pathology, as treated by the traditions of clinical psychology and psychiatry, define what is ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’ in human behaviour. Various psychological paradigms exist today, each emphasising diverse ways of defining and treating psyopathology. Most ...
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Awakening Vs. GreenleafA strong critique by existentialist writers of modern society is the way in which humans live unexamined, meaningless lives with no true concept of what it is to be an unique individuals. In Kate Chopins novel The Awakening and in Flannery OConnors short story Greenleaf the characters Edna ...
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