Other important virtue I have learned from this class is patience. Very few people realize how important it is to put in as much work as us necessary to achieve the result they desire. Those who realize this virtue are really fortunate. From the very beginning they can build the foundation for themselves. They learn to love their work and do not mind spending any amount of time and effort on it. They bring their work to completion with great patience. Doing one’s work well is its own reward. I was taught in school that there are many situations in everyday life where one requires moral courage. If for example a friend of mine decides to steal a set of question papers. They tell you about their plan and ask you to join them. Knowing that it is wrong to steal, yet if I refuse to join I’ll lose their friendship. In these kinds of situations what would one do? I was taught that it requires great moral courage to do what I think is right in spite of the risk of losing friends or danger of them not liking me back. Thus, by refusing to do the wrong things, I may lose my friends or get into trouble. Yet I must be strong enough to do what I think is right. School has taught me that a person who has the moral courage to do the right thing in the face of opposition will always be respected, admired and remembered by everyone. This will make me feel happy, and satisfied knowing that I did the right thing. First, and the most important lesson my teacher taught me was to be punctual and
“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance” -Samuel Johnson. This quote encompasses one of the underlying and pivotal concepts that I have learned this semester. This is the idea of perseverance. Perseverance has various forms and it shows up in every single book we have read this semester. I think that this quality is crucial to progress in both physical and spiritual life.
J.K Rowling once said it takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. This quote applies to the book very well. We see hate between many people in the book, such as Jem hating Mrs. Dubose. We also see love in To Kill a Mockingbird. We see love when Scout shows love for her father when people were calling him a black person lover and she stood up for him.
I strive to be the best person that I can. Honesty is important to me and I expect it from myself and those I surround myself with. Teachers and friends can rely on me because they know that I’m good on my word. I have high integrity, because of this I always think twice to make sure that what I’m going to do while in school is in no way, shape or form, going against the school’s policies and rules. I also make sure that what I am saying will not hurt anyone’s feelings.
The ability to show courage and integrity enables a person to face their difficulties and defend what they believe in without fear of repercussions. A courageous, strong willed person will stand up to others to express what they think is right and wrong in spite of the possibility of criticism from others. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee is able to show this determination and strong fortitude through Atticus’s character. Atticus is shown to display the characteristics of a courageous person through action in the novel, mostly through the defending of a Tom Robinson, a black person, and the chain reaction of events that happen before and after his trial. It is also shown by Atticus in smaller acts largely towards his children,
I have always had respect towards my fellow classmates and the leaders that try to teach me new things. Through respecting others and my leaders, I think that it will augment our relationships so we can work together and make an
Aristotle’s virtue ethics differs from other moral theories. Unlike deontology and consequentialism, virtue ethics emphasizes and describes moral characters (virtues). In my paper, I am going to explore the objection to virtue ethics from a relativist point of view and the responses to this objection that were presented in Nussbaum’s paper “A non-relative approach to virtue ethics.” Furthermore, I am going to present two out of three relativist objections to her responses that she anticipated, and her responses to them.
This class has taught me much, most of which I will be implementing into my schooling and career. One of the top methods, for me, is time management. I am admittedly terrible about procrastinating where it would be in my favor to work ahead. This leads to stress and less quality final work. I have been better about working in segments with short breaks in between, rather than all at once the night before the due date.
As a kid, my parents always taught me to stand up for myself and others. Basically they told me I always need to kindly put someone in their place. Whether I was part of the problem or not. As quoted, “If you see or hear something you don’t think is kind, saying nothing is just as bad as partaking. Don’t be afraid to stand up for someone in the same way you hope someone would stand up for you.
The virtue theory, which pursues virtuous principles, strategies and actions, can lead companies to understand their values, including mission, purpose, profit potential and other objectives. Virtuous employees tend to perform their roles consistently and competently in the direction of the company's goals. Virtues are the kind of thing you allow someone to take action to appreciate. Business people increase their likelihood of reaching their values and goals when they reach Objectivist virtues. Virtues emphasize the importance of each employee's valuable contribution.
The two important values that I have learnt are the independence and the respect. I learnt these two values since my childhood. One of the values is the independence. Independence means that you can support yourself without owning or depending on yourself concerned with livelihood or studying. You can make decision of your life without being controlled by the others.
Essential Virtues: Achieving a Good Life
Man has always sought after what he deemed a “good life”. A good life is being able to achieve one’s goals, pursuit of happiness, or when life’s blessings outweigh the burdens. Virtues help guide one to become morally excellent and live a fulfilling life. A virtue can be a behavior, personality trait, or habit that affects one’s emotions, perceptions and choice in life.
Virtue ethics started drawing attention since the modern ethics exposed its limitation and reconsideration about the priority was needed. Contemporary ethics focus on “What we should do”, instead of “What kind of person we should do”. In consequence, the moral codes in modern era solely emphasizes moral duty and rules, while neglecting personality and character of individuals. Virtue ethics support the traditional criterion that consider moral virtue and personality of individuals as important. The virtue of good engineer includes creativity, good understanding of culture, morality, and capability of communication.
As children, we were taught by our parents that it is wrong to lie, cheat, and steal. As we grow up and enter into the real world with some knowledge of right and wrong, we see, first hand, the importance of ethics as well as its complexity. The role of ethics in our society and in an individual’s life is very necessary because it has a large influence on today, as well as the future. We need to learn about good ethics because they guide our decisions, make us who we are, and determine our future.
