Epistemic virtue

As a policy analyst, the idea of responsibility is vital. It is important as a policy analyst to understand responsibility as a balance between your truth or considered judgment, your ethical values, perspective and professional standards with those of your client. In some or most cases, your client is your boss. Assuming your client or boss represents an issue, a group of constituents or both, then your responsibility is also to who and/or what your client represents. The idea of responsibility…

“Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same.” (Unknown) Some people make the decision to do the right thing even if it's difficult. People have the courage to do the right thing because they have morals and values that they live by. After reading Doing the Right Thing,Thank You Ma’am, and The Road Not Taken, it is evident that having morals and values gives people the courage to do the right thing. Doing the Right Thing can be a challenge and can take a lot of courage.…

To be ethical means to adhere to a set of values that guides our everyday decision making. Ethics are an imperative piece of our everyday lives, and our own ethical convictions oversee a few of our judgments and activities. My own morals comprise of characteristics that dependably enable me to pick the honest to goodness choice in predicaments. My personal ethics include values such as: integrity, honesty, kindness, and equal. When settling on a decision, I tend to consider these four values the…

According to Don Welch, it is important for families to stay together for them to realize their true potential. Welch argues that straying away from your family for the sake of professional growth and development amounts to the abdication of parental and familial responsibility. It is critical for parents to provide support for their children. However, failure to spend time with your children and wife is considered irresponsible and ill-advised according to Dr. Terry Horgan. On the…

Justice is in the People In Plato’s analysis of “Ring of Gyges,” he underlines Glaucon’s words about what justice really means. He first concludes that any man in his right mind would do injustice, if he were knew consequences would not follow. He makes an example about a “magical ring” found in a horse that allows anyone that wears the ring to become invisible, and claims that any honest man would admit that he would act unjust to benefit himself. In addition, he goes on to explain the same…

At first glance, Plato’s Socratic dialogue Gorgias seems superficially concerned with defining oratory in its core. However, the debate between Socrates and the sophists breaches into matters of the common good, the corruption of evil, and justice. Socrates, being a one who is devoted to philosophy, raises a standard on these subjects and must effectively uphold them against barrages of questions from sophists whose view may be skewed by position or previous party affiliation. By agonistically…

Kenosha Author Randy Donais Publishes Follow-up to 2011 Novel The sequel to Change for the Bettor continues the story of Tully Greenwood. Randy Donais has finally published his second book Soul Searcher (Xlibris, 2017) more than five years after his spectacular first novel hit the shelves. Work on the sophomore effort was lagging due to the author’s type 2 diabetes and eventual amputation. For readers who want to know what’s up with Tully Greenwood after he reformed (in Change for the Bettor),…

Human Flourishing theory of property holds that “[t]he moral foundation of property, both as a concept and as an institution, is human flourishing.” The purpose of property is to enable individuals to develop a foundation that enables them to live an objectively well-lived life; therefore, property decisions should be structured around this goal. Under this theory, property owners owe obligations to members of their communities to perform certain duties to enable individuals to have necessary…

When I evaluate my school year, many things come to mind. I think about my friends. The highs and the lows. I also think about how I have grown. My 7th grade year at CMS was full of concepts learned, experiences, and personal growth. I have had many experiences throughout my 7th grade school year.In the school year I learned how to write an argumentative writing. First, it was to back it up with facts to make it better and believable. Second, I have learned what meiosis is where it starts and…

Final Assessment & Mission Statement It should be made known that, prior to participating in this course, I was not even aware of what the Benedictine Hallmarks were. Although I lack a definitive religious perspective, I find that the Hallmarks provide a standard guideline for leading a good and productive life. Also, they demonstrate the standard by which we should respect and value our fellow man. In reflecting upon the different Hallmarks we have studied in this course, I would have to…