Violence and the socratic theory of legal fidelity springerlink. Guiding the fair and effective management of the federal workforce 1. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. For the use of such definitions in greek ethics, see w. The commission is vested with broad merit system oversight responsibilities for both state and local government. Of all published articles, the following were the most read within the past 12 months. Occasionally, adkins can be oversubtle, but it is a very important book. Of course, wealthy individuals were more likely to afford formal, well.
Adkins, the connection between aristotles ethics and politics in a companion to aristotles politics, ed. After virtue alasdair macintyre published by university of notre dame press macintyre, alasdair. See all 6 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Guide to the arthur adkins papers 19481996 uchicago library. Brink, eudaimonism, love and friendship, and political community. Books, images, historic newspapers, maps, archives and more. General authority and responsibility for the administration of the civil service law is vested in the department. Adkins, merit and responsibility a study in greek values. What are the steps in accepting personal responsibility. Gass, fiction and the figures of life, 1971 peter geach, the virtues, 1977 bernard gen, the moral rules. The history of a founding ideal from the american revolution to the twentyfirst century. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. Pace adkins, merit and responsibility chicago 1960 38 homeric values and homeric society, jhs 91 1971 1011 a.
For a discussion of these words, see adkins s valuable honour and punishment in the homeric poems, bulletin of the institute of classical studies 7. Merit, responsibility, and thucydides the classical. In making this determination, the primary concern is the best interest of the child. Title merit and responsibility a study in greek values midway reprint ser. Creeds recent interesting article may find themselves in a similar puzzlement to my own over certain statements there made, i offer this reply in the hope of providing elucidation. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. The university of chicago library special collections research center finding aids guide to the arthur adkins papers 19481996. The paper aims at finding an explicit connection between the thesis issued by arthur adkins in the volume merit and responsibility 1960 and nietzschean theories about the change of moral lexicon in the transition from archaic greece to the democratic one. We can individuate fa accounts in part, therefore, by the normative. The papers include adkins notebooks collected as a student at oxford, personal and professional. A new rational foundation for morality, 1970 alan gewinh, reason and morality, 1978 erving goffman, the presentation of self in everyday life, 1959. A study in greek values 1960, from the many to the one. Merit and responsibility a study in greek values midway.
Oedipus the king th, 24 oct oedipus denials of responsibility oedipus. Responsibility goes hand in hand with success, achievement, motivation, happiness and selfactualization. Griechentums, dodds the greeks and the irrational, adkins merit and responsibility and from the many to the one, and havelocks preface to plato. Taking responsibility is worth it in one way or another. The merits of dispositional moral realism request pdf. One persuasively defines a term when, for evaluative purposes, one attempts to alter its normal usage e. Accepting personal responsibility what is accepting personal. It is clear that someone named adkins has perpetrated something heinous. Adkins acknowledges the importance of other axes of value, but argues forcefully that the evaluation of some act as honorablenoble or dishonorable is a final verdict. The gods love men who are temperate and hate those who are kakoi.
In his 1960 book, merit and responsibility, in all probability the. This captures one commonsense notion of free will, and one. Special collections research center university of chicago library 1100 east 57th street chicago, illinois 60637 u. Merit, responsibility, and thucydides volume 25 issue 2 a. Adams sophocles, the playwright toronto 1957 adkins, mr. If responsibility is defined as a bundle of obligations, functional and moral, associated with a role, then accountability might be defined as blaming or crediting someone for an actionnormally an action associated with a recognized responsibility.
The chorus says of apollos advocacy of orestes killing of clytemnestra that it was performed justly, dikai. Adkins, merit and responsibility oxford i960 adkins. There are lots of footnotes and citations of classical texts in translation. The acceptance of personal responsibility is what separates the adult from the child. The connecting thread is the concept of moral responsibility, the very unimportance of which in greek thought illustrates the divergence between the presuppositions of greek ethics and our own.
How is the responsible agent related to her actions. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Merit and responsibility a study in greek values adkins, a. Life rank requirements 9 assistant patrol leader is not an approved position of responsibility for the star, life, or eagle rank. Responsibility is the hallmark of the fully integrated, fully functioning human being. Merit and responsibility a study in greek values midway reprint ser adkins, arthur w. Moral responsibility stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Adkins, merit and responsibility, a study in greek values oxford.
Merit and responsibility a study in greek values hardcover january 1, 1965 by a. Adkins acknowledges the importance of other axes value, but argues forcefully that the evaluation of some act as honorablenoble or dishonorable is a final verdict. Step1% to decide if you are having problems accepting personal responsibility, answer the following questions in your journal. Corporate social responsibility rebel alliance empowering. Responsibilities after committee meetings prepare minutes of main and executive subcommittee meetings an accurate summary of the decisions and conclusions reached record all motions and vote counts. Morality and realpolitik in the athenian speech at the. Adkins s thesis concerning the centrality to homers ethics of the socalled competitive values has never received similar attention, probably owing to. Merit and responsibility a study in greek values, used. H adkins puts forward the thesis that the important value terms in greek times those such as agathos, arete, kalos, kakos and aischron were heavily influenced by the needs of the society. Merit and responsibility a study in greek values midway reprint ser. Adkins, excerpts from merit and responsibility and from the many to the one part iii.
Merit and responsibility a study in greek values mi. Courage and the soul in plato university of glasgow. The right to have access to information about health care and personal hygiene, with the responsibility to make informed decisions about their wellness. Leadership responsibility in your school, religious organization, club, or elsewhere in your community.
Irwin, the good of political activity, aristotles first principles, chs. At orion, we believe that responsibility is the foundation on which wellbeing is built. Moral responsibility and merit final journal of ethics. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
Long, morals and values in homer, jhs 90 1970 12728. A study of personality and views of human nature in the context of ancient greek society, values and beliefs 1970, moral values and political behaviour in ancient greece 1972 and poetic craft and the early greek elegists 1985. This merit and fitness clause is the underlying principle for the appointment and promotion of employees in the classified service of the state. Arthur adkins, classicist, university of chicago 19741996. Accepting personal responsibility what is accepting. Thus, fa accounts rely on there being some normative relation holding between the properties being explained and the relevant attitudes. It is behind all deeds done for our loved ones, for our environment and for society as a whole. During the plea hearing, the state explained that the tremendous amount ofcircumstantial evidence in the case was tied together by a statement from codefendant walter bremmer, who was on a fishing vessel with adkins and rieman when adkins died. A study of values, business ethics and corporate social responsibility. The right to a positive family and school environment, with the responsibility to actively participate and contribute. But whether it supercedes its predecessors, or even adds anything of comparable significance.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Responsibility and the tragedies 6 greek tragedy and oedipus tyrannus oedipus tyrannus 7 responsibility and fault oedipus at colonus 8 assigning responsibility antiphon, second tetralogy 9 contemporary perspective. The role of the plague in the iliad classical antiquity. In his influential book merit and responsibility a. But whether it supercedes its predecessors, or even adds anything of comparable significance to them, is another matter. Merit and responsibility a study in greek values midway reprint. One partial answer is that the relevant power is a form of control, and, in particular, a form of control such that the agent could have done otherwise than to perform the action in question. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
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