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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, AU$ 70.95
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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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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, AU$ 68.95
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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, AU$ 51.95
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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, AU$ 112.95
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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, AU$ 67.95
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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 Idea of the Role of Philosophy in Human Life, 2002.
An examination of Plato's beliefs in the function of philosophy in life.
1,260 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 61.95
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This paper attempts to assess Plato's obsession with the role of philosophy. The author argues that Plato sees philosophy as the purpose in life and provides reasons for this such as Philosophy's ability to provide clarity to to all discussions of fundamental values and principles so important to human life. This paper examines Plato's concepts and principles.
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"Everyone knows that for Plato, philosophy is the summit of human life and achievement. Socrates, the grandfather of dialectics, gadfly to Athens, made no bones about it in the Republic: the philosopher is flatly superior to all other men. Why? Socrates formulates the same thought in many related figures. Only the philosopher sees the invisible realities obscured by visible facts. Others see the Many, the philosopher sees the One. Others are beguiled by shadows, the philosopher gazes into light. Others are taken in by simulacra viewed as being in constant motion, but the philosopher knows the unmoving essences that underlie all appearances. For Socrates-Plato, then, the philosopher not only epitomizes man at his finest (there is never a question of women becoming philosophers, not even so much as a murmur ? one can only imagine the outburst of sardonic laughter the idea might have provoked from Socrates and his entourage), but also ought to be the ruler of the ideal State. Concomitantly, those who are not philosophers deserve to be classed among the ruled. My question, in this short paper, will be: Does Socrates, as quoted by Plato in The Republic, make his case for these claims convincingly, or does he leave the reader feeling dubious?"
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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, AU$ 102.95
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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".
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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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Justice in Plato's ?Republic?, 2002.
A discussion of Plato's ideal society by a review of his work ?Republic?.
1,086 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 54.95
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This paper analyzes how Plato's "Republic" describes a society that is completely rational, based on Plato's concept of the good life and developed to create and protect that sort of life within the context of a civil state. It examines how Plato seeks in this dialogue a definition of the perfect life and the perfect state to promote and sustain that life. In particular, it looks at how in Book I, the issue is how to define justice and how the first conception of justice is justice based on traditional morality.
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"The concept of justice that Thrasymachos expresses is a relative concept of justice, a concept that changes according to the situation. He finds that there is one kind of justice in a just society and another kind of justice in an unjust society, as far as individual action is concerned. In fact, Thrasymachos argues specifically that might makes right, that the group in power makes the rules and thus that justice is determined by their power. He does not admit that there are any absolutes in terms of just behavior, for if there were the criteria would be imposed on the state as well as on the individual. Rather, he sees the matter as differing according to the nature of the state and believes that indeed the state has the right to make such formulations of what is right as the state deems necessary. It is then incumbent upon the individual citizen to live up to the nature of the state of which he or she is a part."
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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, AU$ 64.95
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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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Socrates in "Apology", 2002.
A paper which analyzes Socrates? philosophy on life and death using Plato?s "Apology".
755 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 38.95
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The paper shows how Socrates' philosophy on life and death is seen so clearly through Plato's "Apology". It describes the event where Socrates is charged of impiety and corrupting the youth of Athens and shows how in his speech Socrates gives his reasons for his so called Socratic method, and the impassioned self-defense of Socratic way of life.
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"Thus for Socrates a wise man is the one who knows about his ignorance, because he knows that he does not know anything. That is why we never see Socrates advocating anything in any of his dialogues and he doesn't expose his interlocutor's ignorance in order to prove himself right or about his own doctrine. Socrates say that he doesn't know the answer either and that he is questioning that someone might provide him with better answers. Some take this claim to ignorance to be irony but I think there is strong evidence that he is sincere in his search for truth."
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The Pursuit of a Life of Pleasure, 2002.
This paper discusses how in Plato?s "Gorgias" he uses a dialogue, question-and-answer format to present some of Socrates? arguments against the pursuit of pleasure as the primary purpose in life.
1,118 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 55.95
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The writer traces three stages. In order for Socrates to make this argument he first establishes that it is desirable to live a good life. He then attempts to prove that there is a distinction between what is good and what is pleasant. Finally he draws the conclusion that one should choose what is good over what is pleasant, which requires self-discipline.
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"The initial assertion developed by Socrates in order to make his argument is that the good life is a desirable life. This statement is not challenged; rather, the difference between Socrates and Callicles, as Plato portrays them, is that Callicles believes that a good life and a pleasant life, or a life spent seeking pleasure, are identical. The premise that a good life is desirable is just assumed to be true as it is basic to both men?s beliefs. However, in order to refute Callicles definitions of ?good?, Socrates next builds a logical argument to demonstrate that ?pleasure? and ?good? are not interchangeable."
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Socratic Method in the "Apology", 2005.
An exploration of the Socratic philosophy of life as seen in Plato's "Apology".
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 45.95
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This paper explores the Socratic philosophy of life in Plato's "Apology". The author contends that Socrates' approach to life was based on his thirst for knowledge. The paper demonstrates this claim by citing examples that demonstrate Socrates' use of logic and rhetoric in the pursuit of truth.
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"Socrates was the most important philosopher of the fifth century B.C. His dedication to the analysis of the world and human actions through careful reasoning transformed philosophy and resonates through the mists of antiquity to our modern day existence..."
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Socrates' Words in Plato's "Apology", 2005.
This paper argues that the examined life may not be inferior to the unexamined life contrary to Socrates' opposite claim in Plato's " Apology".
1,410 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 67.95
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This paper explains that, describing in Plato's " Apology", Socrates went to wise men, politicians, poets and artisans and, in each case, he found that they had no answers to his questions and that their wisdom was false; thereby, Socrates concluded that the unexamined life is a life in which one is ignorant of one's ignorance. The author argues that the over-examination of life may lead to an over-intellectualization of the world, a divorce from the sensualization of the actually mystic world and a loss of pleasure and initiative. The paper concludes that, if Plato tries to argue that the unexamined life in the sensual world is not worth living, maybe that is because he has forgotten his own body's language because the unthinking life is the most in tune with the body and the sensual nature of the real physical world.
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"To truly understand Socrates' horror of the unexamined life, one must turn to his allegory of the cave. In this story he refers to the world as a cave in which men are prisoners. The sun beyond the cave mouth shines across objects and actors on the outside and cast shadows on the wall. These shadows are what the men in the cave, without examination, call reality. The man who has truly examined life is like one who has stepped outside the cave, and there is nothing that could convince him to go back: "if they were in the habit of conferring honors among themselves on those who were quickest to observe the passing shadows ...do you think that he would care for such honors and glories, or envy the possessors of them?""
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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, AU$ 68.95
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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, AU$ 141.95
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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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