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Resurrection and Death in Everyman
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George Anastaplo
Published: 09 June 2009
...This chapter examines resurrection and death in Everyman , considered as the greatest of English morality plays. It observes that death, ordained by God Himself, is exhibited as an inevitable limit on human life. It opines that although one may “know” of this limit from early...
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Published: 09 June 2009
...This chapter deals with the steady pounding that the by-then virtually undefended German cities were being subjected to by the American and British air forces. It notes that the civilian casualties from these air raids could not help but be substantial. It cites an article titled “The Morality...
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Moral Democratic Realism
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Robert G. Kaufman
Published: 11 May 2007
...Leaning on the lessons of American diplomatic history, moral democratic realism takes into account the centrality of power and the constraints imposed by the dynamics of international politics, while placing due importance to ideals, ideology and regime types. Moral democratic realism is based...
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The Ambition of Moral Citizens: Belonging and the Limits of the Moral Community
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Jeffrey A. Becker
Published: 15 April 2014
...This chapter argues the New England Puritans provide a case study of the ambition to form a model political community by dividing people into in-groups and out-groups based on moral categories of righteous and sinful. Though separating people into categories of us and them ...
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“It is Not Enough that the Church Should be Sober” Drying Up the South, 1880–1915
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Joe L. Coker
Published: 14 December 2007
...In the late 1880s, there was renewed vigor among evangelicals in the South to redeem and transform society by ending intemperance, not just among members of their church, but also among their neighbors. By the turn of the century, southern evangelicals were deeply immersed in a moral and political...
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Published: 08 December 2017
... stature, especially his renown as a person of high moral character, led to his appointment as commander in chief of the Continental Army in 1775. Washington’s integrity, which he demonstrated consistently and guarded carefully throughout the war, was instrumental to his overall leadership effectiveness...
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Cardboard Continental
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John Baxter
Published: 23 September 2010
... and Punishment . It is the story of a brilliant student who, inspired by Napoleon and driven by the conviction that a superior will transcends morality, murders an old pawnbroker and her sister. Ballbusch Peter Cohn Harry Crime and Punishment Harrison Preston Kollorsz Richard Schulberg B P “Ben...
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The Politics of Homeland Health
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Eric T. Freyfogle
Published: 02 March 2007
... big dividends. Consistently and firmly used, the message could help the environmental effort gain moral ground. So too would other rhetorical tools that link environmentalism to living responsibly. Democratic Party environmental opposition environmentalist s homeland health politics of journalism...
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The Legislation of Morality and the Problem of Pain
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George Anastaplo
Published: 09 June 2009
... possession and use of marijuana. Compassionate Use Act of 1996 California Eighteenth Amendment 1919 Gonzales v Raich 2005 Gun Control Marijuana medical use of Medical ethics Morality legislation of Narcotics regulation of Pain the problem of Twenty first Amendment Crime organized Cold War...
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Introduction
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Joseph McBride
Published: 04 November 2013
... and private sessions in Hawks’ home. He also discusses the morality and complexity of Hawk’s characters, his use of strong female characters, his consistency of theme, his comedic voice, and popular criticism of his work. Academy Awards audiences authorship automobiles aviation Bacall Lauren Big Sleep...
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“The Human Heart Is a Seat of Constant War” Frederick Douglass on Human Nature
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Nicholas Buccola
Published: 29 June 2018
... human nature to deepen peoples understanding of the foundations of his political morality and to counter criticisms of liberal views of human nature. It lays out the base critiques of the liberal view of human nature in modern Western political thought and shows how Douglass viewed the competing...
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Jus in Bello’s Missing Piece
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James M. Dubik
Published: 15 July 2016
...Just war theory is a theory of practical morality applied in the most complex of human activities. War is the realm of ambiguity, whether for soldiers and their military leaders fighting it or the senior political and military leaders waging it. Those responsible to decide and act—from soldiers...
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Cosmopolitanism: In Search of Cosmos
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Fred Dallmayr
Published: 08 May 2013
.... In this interpretation, cosmopolitanism refers to a set of moral and legal norms governing both domestic and international politics. The chapter introduces the possibility of a further understanding of cosmopolitanism where the term relies on practical engagement and ever-renewed cross-cultural and inter-societal...
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Published: 08 May 2013
... with a discussion of political realism and the consequences of moral politics. Dallmayr asserts that the human aspect of morality is missing from the relationship between ethics and politics. cosmopolitanism globalization Hobbes Thomas market economy terror terror war liberalism Locke John Schmitt Carl...
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Exemplary Followership: Colin L. Powell
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Jeffrey J. Matthews
Published: 08 December 2017
... followers share many characteristics with successful leaders, including competence, commitment, composure, moral conduct, and independent critical judgment. Bush George H W Noriega Manuel Panama Cheney Richard Dick McCain John S Persian Gulf War first Iraq war Reagan Ronald W World War II Powell...