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Ethics
ConceptEthical role models
A role model’s conduct can illustrate qualities to examine and practice.
ConceptStoic response to wrongdoing
A Stoic response can resist wrongdoing without allowing another person’s misconduct to dictate one’s own character.
ConceptGratitude for moral learning
Recognizing who helped develop one’s character connects gratitude with ethical reflection.
ConceptDescription versus moral prescription
A claim about what occurs does not alone establish what ought to be done.
ConceptStoic social duty
In Marcus’s Stoic outlook, human rationality is connected with duties toward other people.
ConceptProfessional responsibility in software
Professional responsibility includes communicating limitations and offering realistic ways to address problems.
ConceptMortality and present action
Reflection on a finite life can focus attention on how to use the present.
ConceptPower and exploitation in narrative
Unequal power can make a character's loss another character's gain.
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