Sincerity

Truth is Good? One of the four key aspects of truth outlined in Michael P. Lynch’s book True to Life is that truth is good. I consider this statement to be slightly at fault and will try to explain my reasonings in this paper. First I will discuss Lynch’s sections in his book concerning truth being good. After that I will present ideas that contradict Lynch’s statement and discuss them. Some of the ideas that I will talk about are lies, pragmatism, importance, and the definition of…

can avoid becoming doormats by using sincerity screening, generous tit for tat, and advocating for others. In the beginning of this chapter, Grant brings up the reasons why givers often become doormats or pushovers: being too timid, too empathetic, and too trusting. Therefore, as trust is one of the reasons that turns givers into doormats, Grant states that givers can overcome this circumstance by using sincerity screening. Based on Give and Take, sincerity screening means trusting most of the…

moral relativism, cynicism and irony. The End of the Tour is a film centered around the life of David Foster Wallace, a writer who often criticized postmodernism and talked about the movement he thought would follow, post-postmodernism or New Sincerity, which would then influence the way the film on his life would be made. I will use the postmodern and post-postmodern lens to look at life of David Foster Wallace in relation to my lens, the film 's structure, and the main…

acquire each of the thirteen virtues he created for himself, one by one. In the course of this essay, the cause and effect of the virtues, silence/sincerity, frugality/industry, and tranquility. Silence and sincerity are two virtues that work together as one. “Silence: Speak not but what may benefit other or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.” “Sincerity: Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly. The basis of these two virtues is just like the…

significantly affected me as a person in what I believe to be a positive way. Franklin discusses his thirteen virtues in part two of his autobiography. The thirteen virtues he created are: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility. Franklin then proceeded to work on one virtue at a time, stating “My intention being to acquire the habitude of…

this text Wallace “…continues his rejection of postmodernism’s unproductive irony in favor of a return to sincerity through metafiction.” (107) Acceptance of the idea that Wallace wishes to attack narcissism with sincerity through narcissism and metafiction is necessary to understanding the idea of the devil, or evil, as nonexistent or an absence rather than the opposite of good. This sincerity can be seen through the entirety of the collection, to be referred to as Brief Interviews from now on,…

refuses to publish his findings, because he believes the frivolity of the scientific techniques are not worth of the beautiful secret. This fictional story published in 1969 is parallel to 21th century John L. Jackson’s article “On Ethnographic Sincerity” and Andrew Beatty’s…

country’s samurais and warrior class. The Bushido has a profound religious affiliation with Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shintoism. The Bushido is a series of eight principles. These eight elements are rectitude, courage, benevolence, politeness, sincerity, honor, loyalty, and self-control. Even though some samurais may have accepted the Bushido code, there is one samurai that broke the code; this is the case discussed in Musui’s Story. In contrast, in the 47 Ronin Story gives the reader a spot…

something, and should be treated in an appropriate way. (Merriam-Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary respect) Respect creates the communication specifically in the realm of conversation; when focusing on individuals of word choice, respectful tone, and sincerity. Word choice builds respect through the way people speak to others. The word choice someone uses plays a huge part in how someone shows respect to others. Some may use bad word choice and insult the other person in the…

The theory of speech act was originally proposed by British philosopher J.L. Austin, and later American philosopher Searle made further improvements to this theory. The theory of speech act begins by studying the functions of everyday language. Austin believes that the unit of verbal communication is not a sentence, but a verbal behavior through sentences, such as thanks, warnings, promises, and so on. Austin divides speech acts into three categories: intra-behavioral behavior, illocutionary…