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    limitations of power that the government can have over its’ citizens with the Parent/ Child versus Law argument presented by Jean Hampton in “The Moral Education Theory of Punishment”. Hampton says that parents are much more entitled to punish their children than any other institution, and particularly governments, as parents have the role of what Hampton dubs “moral paternalism,” which is to teach their children the entire content of morality. Other Philosophers such as John Stuart Mill have also rejected

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    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee touches on many important sensitive topics such as racism, rape, and moral education. The children in the story learn and develop after experiencing the trial of Tom Robinson. They see the way people treat African Americans and are disgusted by it. They realize that a lot of the people in their town are racist bigots while others are actually kind and innocent. People are blind to this until their eyes are opened from an experience. In the beginning of the story

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    Twain argues that a moral education should come from personal experiences, he proves this through Huck's personal experiences with Jim, his inability to rat on Jim to Miss. Watson, and Tom’s lies at the end. Through Huck's experiences with Jim Twain shows that moral education should come from one's personal experiences. After Huck and Jim get separated in the middle of the night, Huck tries to pull a prank on Jim and convince him that it was all a dream. Jim figures out Hucks lie and tells him how

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    worst must buy dinner among other things. The winner will be judged by the moral education and entertainment value of the stories. Between “The Knight’s Tale” and “The Pardoner’s Tale”, “The Pardoner’s Tale” meets the winning criteria the best. “The Pardoner’s Tale” is more entertaining as well as has a better moral education, despite being told by the least entertaining and moral man of the pilgrims. The moral education of “The Pardoner’s Tale” is the best of the two stories. “The Pardoner’s Tale”

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    Moral Education and Emotional Lying Essay

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    Moral Education and Emotional Lying There is a long tradition, fathered by Aristotle and recurring like some recessive gene in recent virtue theorists, that holds that the emotions, like acts, must be 'trained'. Consider the following: [In Beckett's portrayal,] "Emotions are not feelings that well up in some natural and untutored way from our natural selves, that they are, in fact, not personal or natural at all, that they are, instead, contrivances, social constructs. We learn how to

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    In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch reveals moral education to his children as well as to others in Maycomb through his sympathy, diplomacy and morality. The author demonstrates moral education through Atticus one way in the novel is through the sympathy he conveys to those around him. Lee provides examples of this character when Scout is informing the reader of what Atticus is doing as they walk ahead of her and Dill on their way back home from finding Atticus and a lynch mob

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    not in morals is to educate a menace to society.” These words are very accurate and relatable to Harper Lee’s fictional novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Throughout the story, Lee develops the theme of morality- strong morals versus poor, and how it impacts not only the children but the town of Maycomb, Alabama. She illustrates the idea that our actions are not self-sufficient, but rather they depend on what we have been taught what is morally right or wrong. With that in mind, a strong moral education

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    For my second journal, I took the time to look and I chose to analyze and observe intellectual and moral education as another important theme to the story. Just for a recap/refresh, as the story of Huck Finn begins, If taken a closer look into education in Huck Finn, it can be observed that this story fits perfectly in the genre listed; bildungsromans. Huck finn fits perfect in the bildungsromans genre because of many reasons. A bildungsromans is a novel that depicts a(an) individual(s) development

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    In “Learning to Deliberate: Aristotle on Truthfulness and Public Deliberation”, Paul Nieuwenburg discusses Aristotle’s concepts of what guides morality and how the public plays a role in this “moral education” (464). Nieuwenburg focuses mainly on the partnership of shame and sincerity while discussing what happens when a matter becomes public and why that publicity matters. Throughout his article Nieuwenburg bounces from the mentality of both being the person publicly shamed and being those who shame

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    in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society”. Yet, as humans, we all too often forget our own histories, sacrificing morality in order to walk the precarious path towards scientific progress. In Oryx and Crake, written by Margaret Atwood, corporations are elevated to a status that transcends governance, in an ever increasing search of profit. In the process, the younger generation is scarred, forcing them to grow up in a society that does not value morals. Through placing the importance

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