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The Good Life According to Plato, 2002.
Addressing the question of what constitutes "the good life" in modern times, according to Plato's philosophy.
1,420 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper explains what the common American defines as 'the good life'. It shows that this is a subjective judgement defined by an individual, but most people consider this to be based on material objects. This paper compares these attitudes to Plato's philosophies. It shows that this worship of power and luxury is in direct opposition to Plato?s theories concerning the development of a just society. Plato believed that a society should be broken into three specific castes, the citizens, the rulers, and the military.
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"The citizens, at the very bottom of Plato?s society, would have the most luxury. Citizens simply do not have the responsibilities of the rulers or of the military. They are not required to keep order and they are not required to rule.
The military would be provided with some limited luxuries. Military personnel are charged with the duty to keep order. Luxury often breeds temptation, and the military should not be in a position to be tempted.
The highest class, that of the rulers, would be provided with no luxuries. Their duty is to the people and the people alone. They must be selfless and willing to give up anything for their duty. Indeed, the ruling class must be willing to give up their own children in order to remain among this caste."
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"Good Night, and Good Luck", 2007.
This paper discusses media ethics in the movie "Good Night, and Good Luck."
999 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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The paper describes how the film, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
takes place in the hostile environment of the "Red Scare" in 1950s America. The paper relates that "Good Night, and Good Luck" tells the story of the CBS broadcast team who overcome immense pressure from sponsors, owners and even the government in an attempt to broadcast the truth to America. The paper examines how the characters face three ethical dilemmas that are a reflection of the difficult ethical choices that exist in the media.
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"There are numerous ethical issues facing the characters in "Good Night, and Good Luck." The primary ethical issue is Edward Murrow's quest to maintain what he believes his right from wrong in his reporting of the news. A second ethical issue is Joseph McCarthy's apparent unethical decision to use lies to get his point of view across. He calls anyone that crosses or dares oppose him a Communist. A third ethical decision involves the CBS Studio who decides to turn a blind eye to the in house marriage which is against company rules and regulations."
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Film: "Good Night and Good Luck" (2006), 2007.
This paper is a a visual analysis of the film "Good Night and Good Luck" (2006).
2,580 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper explains that the film "Good Night and Good Luck" is a social commentary and biography of 1950s era CBS television newsman Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965), and the period of the "McCarthy Years". The author points out that the transitions between film shots and real footage was made excellent because both the entire film and the real footage are in black and white and almost always the people inside the CBS studio itself are seen looking at television monitors where this footage is playing. The paper relates that the film was effective visually as a depiction of the 1950s because it was shot it entirely in black and white (as there was no color television in the 1950s), the 1950s-era costumes, the prevalence of cigarette smoke inside the workplace, the 1950s jazz instrumental and vocal music and the overall stark, "no frills" atmosphere of this era and setting.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: A Background History of the Film
Beginning Credits
Lead-in Shots, Techniques, and Attraction of Audience Interest Sequencing of Scenes and Episodes from a Visual Standpoint
Color Scheme and Motifs
Costume Design. Music: How Does Music Support the Visuals? Recurring Visual Motifs and Symbols
A Scene with Only a Little Dialog Dependent on Visuals
The Most Memorable Scene
Camera work: Close ups? Distance shots? Unusual Angles?
Closing Scenes
Observations
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"The credits at the beginning of "Good Night and Good Luck" appear, interspersed with various lead-in shots of newsmen dressed in 1950's era tuxedos and smoking cigarettes, along with a few women in evening dress, waiting for a speech by Edward R. Murrow. The credits are not given all at once, but rather, mixed in, at evenly-timed short intervals, among the opening shots. The opening credits are not extensive, but mention only the director, producer, and a few others. When these few credits are over, then, wed are already involved in the lead in action of the movie, ..."
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Behind Every Good Man is a Good Woman, 2003.
The following paper presents a detailed examination of women in the confederacy.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 46.95
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The writer discusses the duties and involvement that women had in the way as well as examples of patriotism shown by women. We are also given some examples of female heroines from the war.
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?When we think about a Southern Belle, we envision a pale, fragile wisp of a woman who swoons if it gets to hot. She is delicate and beautiful and must be taken care of by a man. Over the last centuries this is the image that we have adopted when it comes to the way we perceive Southern women. The reality however is much different. Even during the Civil War women of the Confederate side were tough, capable and willing to do what ever it took to win the war effort against the North.?
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Plato's Republican Rulers: Guardians and Good Citizens, 2006.
A comparison of the definition of a good citizen in Books II-VII of "Plato's Republic" with that of Socrates' definition and identification of a good citizen.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, $ 71.95
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This paper discusses the ways in which Books II-VII of "Plato's Republic" confirm and contradict Socrates' identification of the good citizen with the philosopher. The problem of this identification is that the books progressively elucidate that the guardians are over and above the city by virtue of the appropriate natures they are born with, their training as warriors-philosophers, how and where they live, and their unique customs. They are not 'of' the polis as are the citizens over whom they are to police and rule. In so far as they are the guardians, by definition they are the good citizens.
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Good and Happiness in the Works of Plato and Aristotle, 2000.
Compares the philosophers Plato and Aristotle in terms of the concepts of "good" and "happiness".
1,292 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 3 sources, $ 43.95
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This paper addresses how Plato and Aristotle, although from similar traditions, differed in their perceptions of happiness. The comparison is done by addressing Aristotle?s ?Nicomachean Ethics? and Plato?s ?The Republic?.
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Plato and Leibniz, 2005.
This paper compares the common good of Plato and the notion of God in the philosophical theory of Leibniz.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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The paper discusses how the basis of the common good in Plato and of God in the philosophy of Leibniz reflect similar ideals about what is good in society for the human race. The deconstruction of Roman Catholic dictates of Original Sin reflect a blessing in the work of Leibniz as Plato dictates the natural order of things in man, explaining ignorance to be a perfection of existence on Earth. The paper discusses that however, mankind has the ability to use reason and rationale in having a choice in either evolving to a higher state or devolving into chaos.
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"This philosophical study will examine the basis of the common good in "The Republic" by Plato in comparison to the notion of "god", as described by Leibniz in his "Discourse on Metaphysics." By understanding the soul in relation to the religious dictates of Christianity, one can compare Leibniz to Plato in understanding the good in relation to existence. By realizing the nature and imperfections of mankind, Leibniz exacts the same conclusions on the "common good" as Plato depicts in "The Republic." "The Republic" by Plato defines the necessary elements of the just soul in relation the society that is created through this philosophical treatise. The duality of the human nature is divided into the rational and the irrational, which both have a common place in the behaviors that mankind is free to enact."
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The Good Life, Philosophically Speaking, 2002.
This paper discusses that both Plato and Aristotle had conceptions of the good life but had differing opinions on a number of matters as presented in their writings.
1,445 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper discusses that both Plato and Aristotle had conceptions of the good life as something to explain and to achieve. The author believes that Aristotle agreed with Plato that everything in this world strives toward the Good, though each defined the Good in his own way. The author concludes that Aristotle and Plato both make an association between what is good in this world, some large concept with a spiritual source.
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"In the "Apology", Plato describes the trial of Socrates and shows how Socrates denies that he has been in any way a danger to the young. Socrates says that the most important concern for him, and a concern that should be most important for everyone, is to search into himself and other men. He says that he has been charged with this responsibility by God, for that is the role of the philosopher. This is his manner of living, and it is his manner of living because God has said it shall be this way. Socrates makes it clear that he will obey God before he obeys his fellow man. This also would be a clear definition of the good life for Plato, a life of contemplation and integrity."
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"Good Man" According to Aristotle, 2002.
Examines the function of Aristotle's "good man" and "good citizen" in his ideal polis.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 97.95
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This paper will approach Aristotle's "good man" in terms of both Aristotle's "Nichomachean Ethics" and his "Politics". It will be argued that the "good man's" relationship with the ideal polis can only be understood in terms of the ethical and political distinction Aristotle draws between the "good man" and the "good citizen". While in the ideal polis the two are identical, in the real world they are separate more often than not. From this perspective, the "good man" may be seen to vindicate the ideal polis in that the perfection of the state is dependent upon all its component units being good.
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A Philosophical Analysis of "Goodness", 2002.
A paper reviewing the thoughts of Aristotle, Plato and Socrates on what constitutes a good life.
1,889 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper analyzes the question of what constitutes a good life from a philosophical point of view. It relates the question to moral issues and happiness and explores where the two are in conflict. It opens with an exploration of the views held by Aristotle that individuals are responsible for their own moral disposition and the moral choices they make. Next it focuses on Plato. Central to Plato?s thought on this topic is the power of reason and he takes a rationalist approach. Finally, the paper looks at the perspective of Socrates who centers much of his approach in justice. The writer concludes by arguing that Plato and Aristotle agree that everything in the world is striving towards the good.
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"Happiness can be identified not as an element in living the good life but as the act of living the good life. Aristotle indicates this with reference to the issue of wisdom, and wisdom form Aristotle means knowing the good life and how to achieve it. Aristotle presented in his works a compendium of the knowledge of his time and examined issues and facts to discover how things worked, what was believed about them, and also to separate this knowledge into categories. He did not do this simply as a compiler but filtered what he found through his own sensibilities and philosophical thought. For each art, says Aristotle, there is an end to which the art tends, and the variety of smaller goals along the way are the means to achieve this end. The knowledge of the goal, the chief good, serves as a guide so that we direct our energies toward and achieve the goal. Aristotle argues that not all ends are final ends, and some are the means to other ends."
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The Philosophical Good Life, 2006.
Explores the concept of a good life through the theme of pleasure and the good as presented by four schools of philosophy.
5,030 words (approx. 20.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 126.95
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This paper explains that pleasure and the good is an important theme to philosophers. Various philosophers have differing ideas as to what the good life constitutes. The author points out that, in living a good life, it is important to maintain a balance regarding pleasurable activities while abstaining from extremes; however, completely abstaining from pleasure does not lead to the good life because we are not merely souls divorced from our bodies, we are whole entities. The paper analyzes the Calliclean, Aristotelian, Epicurean, and Stoicism philosophical approaches to the concept of pleasure and the good. The author concludes that the Aristotelian view on pleasure and the good seems to be the most plausible.
Table of Contents:
Theme: Pleasure and the Good
Callicles on Pleasure
Epicurus on Pleasure
Stoics on the Good
Aristotle on the Good
Analysis
Callicles on Pleasure and the Good
Epicurus on Pleasure and the Good
Aristotle on Pleasure and the Good
The Stoics on Pleasure and the Good
Conclusion
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"According to Aristotle, happiness is activity in accordance with virtue over a complete lifetime and pleasure perfects our activities. Since life is an activity, pleasure is an important aspect of life. Although Aristotle thinks that pleasure is a good, he doesn't think it is the good. Since we are rational agents, a life purely devoted to pleasure is incomplete because it allows no essential role to rational activity and mere pleasure without rational activity is not the good for a rational agent."
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Plato and Descartes, 2004.
A discussion of the similarities of Plato?s and Descartes?s concept of man?s ability to be good.
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This paper examines how Plato's concept of innate goodness and Descartes's descriptions of human reasoning for being good both provide a foundation for man?s need to better understand the basic and spiritual goodness found within human nature. It looks at how Plato, in his "Republic", provides many analogies that help humans to discover their own goodness, while Descartes gives many logical reasons in his work, "Meditations", that help to explain why the human mind reflects God?s natural ability to be good; however, when human error occurs, the ability to have a pure mind disappears.
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"Plato used many of Socrates? examples to better explain of the idea of ?the good? within Book VI of The Republic. Socrates? view is clearly stated that while there are many goods, there is only one ?the good?, and ?the good? is easily understood when you think of it as an idea. Socrates also implies that all other goods come under a single heading, meaning that they are all a part of the greater good. His last line is important to the definition of the idea of 'the good' because, if his opinion is to be believed, we cannot see ?the good?, we can only think it in our minds and feel it in the depths of our being. ?The good? is completed as an abstract idea."
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Sartre vs. Plato and Kant, 2002.
This paper discusses what Sartre might say to Plato and Kant and then what would Plato and Kant respond to Sartre, explaining how their philosophies are both different and similar.
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The paper presents an imaginary dialogue among the philosophers Sartre, Kant and Plato. Neither Kant nor Plato would agree with Sartre. On the other hand, Sartre would not have agreed with them. Three different philosophers with different points of view concerning mankind and what is best for them is clearly presented.
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"This is where Sartre would answered, ?There is no God to have a conception of it. Man simply is. Not that he is simply what he conceives himself to be, but he is what he wills and as he conceives himself after already existing.? Sartre would have discussed the principles behind existentialism. He would have retorted about the subjectivity of mankind. "
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A Good Woman in Colonial Times, 2007.
An analysis of "Sovereignty and Goodness of Good" by Mary Rowlandson.
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The paper discusses how "Sovereignty and Goodness of Good" by Mary Rowlandson is both typical and atypical of captivity narratives of the early American colonial period. The paper examines how the author refers to the Native-Americans as savages. However, as her captivity wore on, and her experiences with the Native-Americans grew more intimate, Mary Rowlandson began to show more compassion and balance in her point of view of the Native-Americans. The paper reveals her morality and culture and maintains that this personal adaptability, combined with a balance and generosity of spirit that marks Mary as a distinct voice, may have garnered Mary's greater acceptance by her captives. The paper adds that it also gains her an additional credit as a historical voice and testimony to early settler and Native conflicts.
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"It is true that Mary's religious language makes itself evident in the narrative early on. Mary paints the Native's conflicts with the settlers in black-and-white moral terms and demonstrates the similarity of her perspective with other captive women in her theological viewpoint. Mary's view of the events of her life as a playing-out of Biblical conflicts, rather than a struggle for amoral natural resources shows how her fundamental perspective is still united with the culture of her original English people, throughout her travels with the Indians."
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The Good Life, 2002.
Discusses how Greek philosophers, Plato and Aristotle, viewed this concept.
1,450 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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Both Plato and Aristotle had conceptions of the good life as something to be sought by the philosopher - both to explain and to achieve. Aristotle was Plato's student, but the two had differing opinions on a number of matters in their writings. The paper shows that, in general, Aristotle agreed with Plato that everything in this world strives toward the Good, though each defined the Good in his own way. Aristotle created a teleological system in which everything had to be striving toward some ultimate and concrete perfection that exists as the Telos, or goal. The paper explains that Aristotle called this the Prime Mover, the cause of the universe, not as that which started the universe but as that to which the universe is moving as the Final Cause. This is identified as pure activity, and the activity involved is pure thought. The paper shows that Plato also holds that the good life involves the application of reason and that philosophy is the highest form of inquiry and so the route to the good life.
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"Plato expresses his views through the character of Socrates, and, though Socrates was a real figure, it is never clear in the dialogues whether Plato is reporting what Socrates said or putting words into the older man's mouth. In any case, Socrates in the dialogues represents the primary social value of inquiry, of the pursuit of truth through philosophy, of the examination of the meaning of life, and of the quest for the good. Socrates also represents integrity, for when we inquire into the meaning of existence and develop a set of beliefs, we then have to live up to those beliefs and put thought into action."
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