Ben Franklin's Virtue Program

Benjamin Franklin’s most important virtue is moderation, without it many individuals could get disorientated to the point where stimulation dominants their daily lives. Benjamin Franklin said, “Avoid extremes. Forebear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.” However, the extreme consequence of moderation is that the creativity in many individuals wouldn’t exist. If the new ideas and inspirations of creative individuals can’t grow than evolution can’t take place. Therefore, if moderation is used carefully in a society, it is an important virtue for present and future generations.

Benjamin Franklin came up with the idea to make his life better by trying to be perfect in every way. This can otherwise be known as trying to reach a state of moral perfection, in which one could find themselves being happy with the life they live, and also living a pure, sinless life. It has come to be questioned if attempting to achieve moral perfection is a worthwhile goal. In the end of his experiment he ended up not being able to reach or achieve his goal but learned a very crucial, very valuable lesson. He discovered throughout the recesses of his journey that achieving his goal would be found to be impossible, but in turn he learned that many of the virtues are good to try and maintain during everyday activities and through life

In his autobiography, Benjamin Franklin discusses the importance of thirteen virtues that can make a man as close to perfect as possible. He explains the value of each virtue and keeps a detailed and organized chart of how he practices those virtues. Personally, I understand his methodology in his autobiography and have actually done the same when I was younger. Although I relate to the majority of his listed characteristics, I’ve found that I struggle the most with resolution.

There were many people that helped contribute to the Enlightenment, but the most prominent American leader was a well-know political figure named Benjamin Franklin. The Enlightenment, also called the Age of Reason, was period of time when people tried to justify life in terms of scientific theory and rationalism. “The Enlightenment was responsible for inspiring revived interests in education, science, and literature” (“HistoryKing.com”). It also emphasized progression away from traditional customs and foundations

Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He would be the tenth out of seventeen kids that his dad, Josiah Franklin, would have. His dad had plans for Benjamin to join the church when he became an adult and was sent to language structure school to get ready. He would exceed expectations in perusing at an extremely youthful age however would find that he couldn't ace math so natural. He would be at the linguistic use school for not as much as a year prior to his dad would deal with not having the capacity to bolster a school instruction for Benjamin and supporting whatever is left of the substantial family. Benjamin would then be sent to another school which would show him essential math and English aptitudes. There, he would outperform whatever remains of class in English while in the end fizzling number juggling once more bringing on his dad to draw him from school together (Becker, 1931). At ten years old Benjamin would be

In the excerpt, Benjamin Franklin aims to improve who he is as a person, by creating a list of 13 values that he promotes, will allow one to arrive at Moral Perfection. As a man who wants to become morally perfect, he initiates a plan where he will tackle one virtue every week and eventually improve on all of them, while observing his progress by documenting successes and failures in a book, and tries to correct them accordingly. Even though he never became perfect, he became happier, and hopes that the readers who read his autobiography can attain the same success and happiness he was able to derive. Franklin also mentions how he added humility to his list of values after friends chided him for his pride.

In the book, Addiction & Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions, May explores how addiction develops and can be treated from a psychological, physiological, and spiritual standpoint. This theme is clearly shown through out the text as it shows addiction from a whole person view. The book covers the development of addiction from desire through the experience of addiction. The key focus on looking at the matter of addiction from multiple stand points in then broken down by explaining how addiction is an issue psychologically, physiologically, and spiritually. By focusing on these three areas the author is able to present the reader with a clear understanding of addiction from all sides of the problem. This is then

Benjamin Franklin observed in 1747, “It has long been regretted as a misfortune to the youth of this province that we have no academy in which they might receive the accomplishment of a regular education,” instead of just perceiving that fact and being disappointed, Franklin decided to act. He noted that Massachusetts had Harvard, established 1636, and Virginia claimed William and Mary, established 1693, he did not want Pennsylvania to fall behind. This prompted him to write an anonymous pamphlet in 1747 entitled, Proposals relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania. The pamphlet argued for the necessity of a college and urged concerned citizens to donate money toward it. It was not until Franklin wrote his autobiography that the world knew it was he who wrote Proposals relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania.

How Benjamin Franklin Is Still Teaching Us Today Benjamin Franklin once said, “Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.” This quote holds serious implications for modern day society. As the saying goes, the children of today are the future of tomorrow. Therefore, I think this quote shows very well how today’s youth should be educated. If every person in the world acted in the manner described by Franklin, the world would be free of many of the problems it faces today.

Benjamin Franklin attempts to follow his thirteen virtues in “from The Autobiography” struggling the most with cleanliness. Franklin is a jack of all trades: printer, merchant, writer, and poet. He sets out on a journey at the age of seventeen, looking to explore the original thirteen colonies. While leaving his hometown of Boston, Franklin is stuck in the rain and is left “...thoroughly soaked, and by noon a good deal tired…” (Franklin 88). Franklin’s clothes are drenched and ruined by the storm, giving him a bad image. Having dry presentable clothes will make people less quick to judge. Later on his journey, Franklin arrives in the city of Philadelphia without a dollar to his name. He is wearing his nicest clothes, yet he still describes

Franklin’s ideas expressed through the “Project of Moral Perfection” supports the views of reason and self-improvement that’s connected to the Enlightenment, for one of Benjamin Franklin’s main points includes self-efficacy. Enlightenment intellectuals believed that rational thought could lead to human improvement and was the most valid mode of thinking. They also saw the ability to reason as the most valuable human capacity as well. For, reason could help humans break free from ignorance and irrationality, and learning to think reasonably could teach one to act better. In his autobiography, Franklin does exactly this by aiming to become a better person, morally.

Benjamin Franklin is probably one of the most beloved founding father that everyone in that day or in the modern day has come to known and he has done many things for this place that we all love. He is present in so many areas that he is at some points hard to ignore, he is an author, politician, and even a scientist to the people who have come familiar with him. It has become apparent that he will remain within the history of this country for many and many years, because he was present when everything in this country began to happen. Franklin is known as the thinker type and he has had many thoughts of his own just like everyone who has ever lived on the face of the Earth, the many ideas that he came up with were absolutely phenomenal. Now the question is, do we believe in this thing that Benjamin Franklin refers to as self improvement? In Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography whether or not we believe in self improvement will be based on the following, virtues, progress, and benefits.

Benjamin Franklin was young when he worked as a printer for his brother. Because he wasn't satisfied with what he was doing there, he ran off to Philadelphia for a better chance to improve his future. Catching the eye of the governor of Pennsylvania with his printing expertise, he was promised assistance to get his own business started and off the ground. But after doing what the governor had instructed him to do, which was going to London to pick up some supplies, the governor ended up reneging. When Ben Franklin came back to Philadelphia after several months of printing press work, he was yet again an apprentice to another printer. However, seeing that he was better, he borrowed some money and set up his own shop. Because he was constantly

Everyday it is possible to open up an issue of “Men’s Fitness” or “Muscle and Fitness” or “Modern Woman” or “TIME” or any magazine for that matter, and find the “new and/or improved” way to lose weight, improve the quality of life, or extend your years working towards the other two goals. Almost all of the methods prescribed can work; some are exercise and some are diet. For the most part though, achieving diet or exercise goals requires one to have great discipline. It has been proven, by each of these diet deveopers, that the diets they prescribe will work if the individual will just manage his caloric intake.

As I have found myself lost in the doubt of others and consistently wanting a change, I have been able to see hope and identify with Franklin’s new Self-Improvement Plan, and I know you will too. In this changing world, it is difficult to find your identity. I know I have struggled and am currently trying to find mine through the love of my life Pete. But, I strongly relate and agree with the ideas Franklin presents throughout his plan. I admire his ideas and mental strength he shows his readers and the world through his document’s words. It hit home through Franklin’s words above as I found myself relating to it on a deeper level. I have learned that this moral perfection he mentions and is also a major theme throughout, can be applied to