But heroes don't have to belife-savers. We sometimes describe a person with great intelligence or amazing abilities as 'our hero' - a musician maybe or an athlete. It's someone weadmireand look up to. Rob Well there's a man in Japan who's recently been described as a 'superhero'. ...
A MORALLYGOOD LIFE MEANS THAT IT CAN BE A HAPPY ONE, TOO. --Leading a lifeof virtue An importantpart of ancient Greek culture was the idea of the “good life” thateach person should aim to lead. The Greeks had a word for it: eudaimonia(literally meaning “good spirit”), which embo...
The distinction between intentional and unintentional discrimination is a prominent one in the literature and public discourse; intentional discriminatory actions are commonly considered particularly morally objectionable relative to unintentional discriminatory actions. Nevertheless, it rema...
morally permissible:morally OK; not morally wrong; not morally impermissible; “OK to do”; ... morally impermissible: morally wrong; not permissible; obligatory to not do it; a duty to not do it. What makes a human act good or evil? In order for an act to be good, the object (act...
Virtue, by definition, is the moral excellence of a person. Morally excellent people have a character made-up ofvirtuesvalued as good. They are honest, respectful, courageous, forgiving, and kind, for example. They do the right thing, and don’t bend to impulses, urges or desires, but ac...
Esteemable describes a quality that makes a person or thing worthy of respect and admiration. It emphasizes the attributes that make someone or something respectable. On the other hand, esteem is the actual regard or admiration that an individual or entity receives from others. It reflects the ...
is virtue?”he sought to define the moral properties of good and bad that we use as abasis for judging whether our actions are morally right or wrong. Moralphilosophy tries to identify these moral properties by rational argument, inorder to provide reasonable grounds for our ethical judgments....
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It's perverse and it makes you a crappy doctor. It also makes you okay at what you do. 你的内疚感确实碍手碍脚,让你当不好医生,但它的确也适合你现在的职位 - You figure a perverted sense of guilt makes me a good boss. 你认为这种碍手碍脚的内疚感反倒能让我当好一个好老板? - Well, ...