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Newton, James Boyd. "Pastoral immorality grounds for permanent disqualification /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Koshy, Sheeba. "Event horizon the immorality of modern war /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2005. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1431161.
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Edwards, Catharine. "Transgression and control : studies in ancient Roman immorality." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1989. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272621.
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Ho, Hsiang-Yuan. "Power and Status in Judging and Punishing Immorality." Thesis, University of Maryland, College Park, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10844738.
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This research offers a framework that explains how observers respond to moral violations when considering the amount of power and status held by violators. It follows the group processes literature on the characteristics of power and status. A proposed theory describes that prior to witnessing moral violations, observers develop moral expectations about potential violators on the basis of the levels of power and status attributed to the violators. When the moral violations occur, the moral expectations about the violators, as well as the resources available to the violators, in turn, affect the judgment and punishment decisions of the observers toward the violators. An online vignette study and a laboratory experiment test my predictions based on the proposed theory by varying the relative levels of perceived power and status between evaluation targets (i.e., violators) and evaluators (i.e., observers).
Vignettes used in Study 1 described that observers had lower, equal, or higher power/status compared to violators in hypothetical scenarios. In Study 2, observers were assigned with either lower or higher power/status relative to violators in a group interaction setting in which the observers experienced differential risks of retaliation from the violators. Both studies assessed expectations of observers about the moral character of potential violators before exposing the observers to details of a moral violation committed by the designated violators. Punishment decisions of observers examined in Study 1 were attitudinal measures while those in Study 2 were based on behavioral reactions.
Results indicate that prior to the immoral incident, observers developed lower moral expectations about violators with greater power and higher moral expectations about violators holding greater status. However, these expectations did not always translate into moral judgment and punishment. While viewing the violation as immoral regardless of power/status held by the violators, depending on the context, observers might or might not penalize the violators differentially across the power/status spectra. Fears of retaliation from violators who utilized resources attached to varied power and status positions did not affect how observers punished the violators. Therefore, results of the studies suggest a resilient power and status hierarchy despite the disruption of moral norms.
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Dabhoiwala, Faramerz Noshir. "Prostitution and police in London, c. 1660 - c. 1760." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319273.
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Bond, Nathaniel Peter. "Lessons in Immorality: Mishima's Masterpiece of Humor and Social Satire." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/988.
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From 1958 to 1959, Mishima Yukio published a series of satirical essays titled Lessons in Immorality, in the magazine Weekly Morningstar. Lessons in Immorality was made into a television series, a stage play, and a film.
Famous in the West for writing serious novels, Mishima's work as a humor writer is largely unknown. In these essays Mishima writes in a very comic style, making liberal use of hyperbole, burlesque, and travesty, in order to parody and satirize contemporary Japanese morality. Mishima uses humor to create a world in which Mishima Yukio, iconoclastic author and pop-culture figure, is an arbiter of his own honest and just morality that runs counter to the norms that Japanese at that time considered to be honest and just.
Additionally, Mishima used Lessons in Immorality as a forum to discuss some of the serious concerns that are central to his famous novels. Because Mishima was writing for young men and women, he wrote about his complex philosophical and aesthetic ideals in a very humorous and accessible style. Thus, in addition to displaying Mishima's talent as a humor writer, these essays also give the reader fresh perspectives on Mishima's serious literature.
In this paper, I will present the writing styles, rhetorical tools, and philosophical discussions from Lessons in Immorality that I believe make the series essential reading for anyone interested in Mishima or postwar Japanese literature.
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Crews-Anderson, Timothy Alan. "The Impossibility of Evil Qua Evil: Kantian Limitations on Human Immorality." unrestricted, 2006. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07212006-172111/.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2006.Title from title screen. Melissa Merritt, committee chair; Andrew Altman, Andrew J. Cohen, committee members. Electronic text (44 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Apr. 19, 2007. Includes bibliographical references.
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Sekhaulelo, Motshine A. "The calling of the church and the role of the state in the moral renewal of the South African community / Motshine A. Sekhaulelo." Thesis, North-West University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1425.
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Hinton, Mark Anthony. "Convenient immorality: a substantive theory of competitive procurement in the New Zealand construction industry." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Management, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8714.
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Fragmented and adversarial are words used routinely to describe firstly the structure of the construction industry, and secondly the inherent culture that continues to exist within it. Both are characteristics that ultimately serve to not only routinely constrain the efficiency, performance and resultant productivity of the New Zealand building sector, but moreover they persist to play a part in increasing related costs whilst diminishing the quality of the built environment surrounding us. The ubiquity of the outsource model goes some way towards mitigating much of the risk and financial encumbrances that large construction companies have historically faced. But consequentially it is directly responsible for an industry now propagated mostly by small, specialist trade subcontracting organisations that for the most part are reliant upon securing work through construction companies. Contiguous to a degree is the propensity of an industry focussed upon procuring construction by means of competitive tendering, an approach whereby successful bids are traditionally weighted towards those incorporating the lowest initial cost.
To garner an understanding of the role that contextual significance plays in construction procurement this study was facilitated by utilising a constructivist grounded theoretical approach. Data was generated by the way of fifty interviews with construction industry stakeholders, inclusive of Sub-Contractors, Main Contractors, Consultants, Architects and Clients. Subsequent analysis reveals that in response to power asymmetry and other environmental conditions, organisations have developed numerous proactive, reactive and opportunistic strategies and behaviours that become evident as the procurement process progresses. This study highlights and explains the relationships and factors from which an industry actor’s rationale is drawn. Furthermore, however, it argues that the proponents of construction industry procurement will when necessary, relax their ordinarily pre-conditioned moral constraints and consciously venture into business practices considered by their peers to be somewhat immoral.
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Davidson, Christina. "Language shibboleths, conversational code breaking, and moral deviance : articulating immorality in the novels of Frances Burney." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2012. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/367362/.
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Burney’s fictional speech has been recognized as idiosyncratic, subjective, sociolectic, and influential of later writers, but no focused study has been carried out to flesh out such features of her work. Further, Burney’s use of dialogue as an index of morality has not been subject to detailed analytical attention. It is timely therefore to carry out such a study, and logical to draw on the methods of modern linguistics, the frameworks and vocabulary of which have proved very useful, though such hybrid approaches are still relatively unexplored in literary criticism. My thesis addresses such omissions. This thesis examines decentralized voices in Burney’s fiction, which articulate alternative moral values to those endorsed by the main narrators and central protagonists. Examination establishes that Burney drew on various literary and extraliterary genres, actively selecting and shaping the language and speech patterns of her characters to create rapid inferential access to their subjective space. In doing so she interacted with disparate debates carried out over various discursive fields, tapping into her readers’ assumptions and knowledge of the real world, and inviting them to recover meanings from her represented speech. My study begins with two main sources of recuperation. One concerns contemporary debates about morality, carried out mainly in philosophical treatises, but disseminated in numerous texts, defining how to live a good life, and measuring potential effects of environment against innate qualities. Another source concerns language itself, which was a locus of contention during the eighteenth century, under pressure from various sources during the years when Burney published her novels: from those seeking to establish standard grammatical forms; from the challenges of shifting views on politeness and sensibility; from anxieties about class, gender, and nation; and from evolving concerns about affectation and deceit, as well as about any language which carried ‘palpable designs’. Engaging closely with the novels themselves, this thesis explores Burney’s use of dialogue as a platform, to engage with these kind of social, gender, and politeness issues. Further, this study reveals Burney’s ability to use conservative ideas about language in order to disrupt reader expectations, and to raise questions about the ownership of language styles and even whole genres, while proclaiming her own professionalism, and right of involvement in a literary and ethical life.
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Edsman, Martina. "The Immortal Life and Immoral Values of Dorian Gray : A Study of Immortality and Immoral Behavior in The Picture of Dorian Gray." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Engelska, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-26195.
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This essay aims to examine how immortality and immoral behavior are represented in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. The claim in this essay is that an immortal life is not a desirable life and that it traps you in a paradoxical existence that cannot be desirable. The method used in this essay is close reading of the narrative focusing on the protagonist Dorian Gray examined through two theories, ‘The Makropulos case’ and the subsequent analysis regarding contingent and categorical desires introduced by Bernard Williams as well as a theory focusing on endless frustration by Aaron Smuts that evolved through critiquing Williams’ theory on contingent and categorical desires. By analyzing Dorian Gray’s behavior and comparing his choices to the theories presented by Williams and Smuts the results are unanimous and support the claim that an immortal life is undesirable. Dorian Gray ended up confined to a life without meaning as he left everything that held meaning to him behind in his pursuit of pleasure and youth.
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Mullins, Lawrence G. "Dismissal of teachers for out-of-school sexual immorality not involving students : limitations and guidelines regarding the privacy rights of teachers /." Connect to resource, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1216304650.
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Young, Summer Nicole. "Diagnosing health : critical reception of Arthur Conan Doyle in the Victorian periodical press /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p1422977.
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Wash, Dwight Derrell. "Concepts of supernatural punishment for worldly moral misconduct." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1989. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/450.
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Bolivar, Robin L. "There is here, moral, if not legal evidence, moral immorality and the legal system in The moonstone, The woman in white, and Lady Audley's secret." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0026/MQ36397.pdf.
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Botha, Petrus Hendrik. "The Apostle Paul and homosexuality : a socio-historical study / Petrus Hendrik Botha." Thesis, North-West University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/81.
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Like many other people I have thought about the biblical understanding of homosexuality.
Because of my previous study on sexual purity before marriage and the exegetical work
done on key biblical passages for that study, I thought I understood where the real issues
lay regarding the subject of homosexuality. This study is an attempt to contribute to the
current discussion in the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa on the topic of
homosexuality.
In bringing this study to its final format I have received the indispensable help of others.
First and foremost I wish to express my gratitude to my promoter, Professor Fika J van
Rensburg. I am indebted to him beyond what mere words could convey in terms of
gratitude. Our academic relationship spans five years and has developed into a warm
friendship. It has been to my matchless benefit to be associated with him. I have profited
much from his biblical knowledge, scholarly experience and overall passion and love for
the Lord Jesus Christ.
I also want to thank Reverend Erlo Stegen of Mission Kwasizabantu for his support and
spiritual guidance. It is very special to be associated with a person who preaches the
Word of God unambiguously and who has given and dedicated his life to Christ and Christ
alone. Through his dedication Mission Kwasizabantu had become a home to the spiritual
homeless and a refuge for the spiritual weary. The Mission has also been my home since
1994.
I would like to express appreciation to Dr Andre van Niekerk and the North-West
University for the financial support to complete this study. It is my prayer that the critical
reader of this thesis will acknowledge that the money was well invested. I also wish to
express my sincere gratitude to my friend, Reverend Frits van der Menve, for proofreading
the manuscript.
A special word of thanks to the personnel of the Ferdinand Postma and Jan Lion Cachet
Libraries for their help and assistance. All my requests were always met with a smile and
helpful attitude. All work done for me was executed in a spirit of kindness and
benevolence.
Lastly, I would like to thank my wife Andra and my son Chris, whose lives are inextricably
bound with my own and who shared in the sacrifices associated with this study.Thesis (Ph.D. (New Testament))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2004.
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Nogueira, Marcos da Fonseca. "O princípio da moralidade na administração tributária." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/2/2133/tde-13122010-164507/.
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A construção de uma sociedade livre, justa e solidária, capaz de promover o bem comum, indistintamente, assim como a erradicação da pobreza e da marginalidade, além da redução da desigualdade social, são objetivos de nossa República e com certeza, vontade de quase todos os brasileiros. Isto significa que as ações do Estado têm que ser realizadas visando a concretização de uma justiça social. É para isto que deve estar a serviço o Estado, e é para corroborar com o alcance desta finalidade, que contribuímos por meio dos tributos que pagamos. O tributo advém de uma obrigatoriedade social, que ocasiona a saída do dinheiro da esfera particular e passa a integrar o que conhecemos por recurso público, o qual será administrado pelo Estado, através dos seus agentes estatais. Estes devem gerenciar e empenhar este recurso, única e exclusivamente para cumprir os fins sociais, para o que a honestidade e a probidade são exigências irrenunciáveis. Para ofertar esta garantia é que se presta o princípio da moralidade, o qual está na centralidade de nosso trabalho. Na prática, devido a nossa tradição positivista e a nossa cultura patrimonialista, observamos a dificuldade em se lidar com a moralidade no interior do Direito e especialmente na administração do recurso fruto do esforço coletivo. A consignação do princípio da moralidade em nossa Constituição faz com que a sua observância seja obrigatória no manejo da coisa pública, sendo que a mínima suspeita sobre o seu desrespeito pode e deve ser judicialmente controlado. Para isto é imprescindível que se aprimore cada vez mais os mecanismos de controle. A sociedade civil tem um papel fundamental neste exercício democrático, e para isto, formas dialógicas e interativas entre os cidadãos e o Estado têm que ser constantemente aperfeiçoadas, pois, se a imoralidade na administração tributária favorece somente alguns, a moralidade, por sua vez, vem atender aos interesses da maioria da população.The construction of a free, fair and solidary society, capable of promoting the common good, indistinctly, such as the eradication of poverty and crime, as well as the decrease in social inequality, are the objectives of our Republic, and without a doubt, the will of nearly all Brazilians. This means that the actions of the State must be executed, bearing in mind the effective implementation of a social justice. This is the role of the State, and it is in order to corroborate within the means of this end that we contribute as taxpayers. Taxes derive from a social obligation in which money leaves the personal sphere and becomes part of what is known as a public resource, which will be administered by the State via its government agents. These agents must manage and make effective use of this public resource, solely and exclusively for the purpose of accomplishing social means, in order for honesty and integrity to be fundamental requirements. This guarantee is ensured by the principal of morality, which is found at the core of our work. In practice, due to our positive law tradition and our patrimonial culture, we observe the difficulty in dealing with morality inside the Law and mainly in the administration of resources which are the product of public efforts. The consignment of the principal of morality in our Constitution makes its observance mandatory in the dealings of public affairs, since a minimal suspicion about its nonobservance may and should be judicially controlled. In order to accomplish this, it is of utmost importance that the control mechanisms are improved continuously. Civil society has a fundamental role in this democratic exercise and therefore, interactive and conversational forms among citizens and the State must be perfected constantly. For, if immorality in the tax administration favors only a few, morality, in its turn, serves the interests of the majority of the population.
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Roche, David. "L'imagination malsaine : Russell Banks, Raymond Carver, David Cronenberg, Bret Easton Ellis, David Lynch /." Paris : l'Harmattan, 2008. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb412407868.
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Leveau, Eric. "Les Caractères de La Bruyère entre poétique de la morale et immoralité de la poétique." Paris 4, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007PA040004.
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Ce travail veut reconsidérer Les Caractères comme une réflexion originale sur le littéraire autant que sur la morale de leur temps. La Bruyère réfléchit sur les insuffisances de l’écriture du caractère et de la morale du ridicule qu’il pratique, et construit une figure de l’auteur à l’opposé de l’èthos de l’orateur vertueux et de l’idéal de charité chrétienne. Très marqué par l’esthétique galante, moderne dans sa conception du théâtre et de l’opéra, La Bruyère interroge par ailleurs la faillite du discours et y répond en privilégiant les effets de dynamique textuelle. Ce livre sur les compromissions qu’engage l’acte d’écrire peut être considéré comme un auto-portrait fictionnalisé, entre Montaine et le Neveau de RameauMy dissertation reconsiders La Bruyère’s Caractères as an original reflection on the literary landscape of its time. Looking at theoretical debates about character writing and other genres that frame this text, I demonstrate that the form of discourse chosen by La Bruyère allows him to explore the fundamental implications of the act of writing. Deeply implicated in the esthetics of the salons, but also resolutely modern in his conception of theater, La Bruyère envisions the text as a battleground where notions of truth and trust are undermined by a preoccupation with textual effects and dynamics. Les Caractères constructs a figure of the author as a philosopher or an “homme d’esprit” that proves to be the exact opposite of the ethos of the virtuous orator. Hence La Bruyère, in his depiction of vices and virtues, presents his own act of writing as morally compromised and Les Caractères can be seen as a fictionalized self-portrait, somewhere between Montaigne and Rameau’s nephew
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Moisuc, Alexandrina. "Les réactions des gens face aux incivilités et aux immoralités dans des situations publiques." Thesis, Clermont-Ferrand 2, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016CLF20002.
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Des personnes traitées injustement, des biens culturels en danger, la discrimination contre les minorités, l’harcèlement sexuel, l'intimidation et la violence sont seulement quelques comportements incivils et immoraux que nous pouvons témoigner dans les lieux publics. Quelle est notre réaction immédiate ? La présente thèse a examiné les caractéristiques de la personnalité des individus qui expriment leur désaccord et confrontent les auteurs des comportements incivils ou immoraux (Chapitre 1 & Chapitre 2). Nous avons vérifié si ceux qui interviennent ont tendance à être des « râleurs rancuniers » ou des « leaders bien adaptés ». Les deux premières études mesures des nombreuses différences individuelles qui seraient directement impliquées dans la réaction du témoin. Les résultats ont clairement confirmé l'hypothèse du « leader bien adapté ». La tendance des participants à confronter les transgresseurs est en corrélation positive avec la responsabilité sociale, l'acceptation sociale, l'indépendance, la régulation des émotions, la persistance, l'auto-déterminisme, l'âge et le salaire mensuel, mais pas avec l’agressivité. Trois études supplémentaires confirment l'hypothèse du "leader bien ajusté». Altruisme, outrage moral, implication personnelle, libéralisme politique et extraversion sont en relation avec les réactions auto déclarées des gens. Les données ne soutiennent pas l'idée que la haute estime de soi ou le fait d'être agressif serait nécessaire pour faire face à l'auteur d'un comportement incivil/immoral. Nous discutons des implications de ces résultats pour la perpétuation et le changement des normes sociales. Nous avons également examiné l'effet de la distance sociale témoin-transgresseur sur la tendance du témoin à confronter le transgresseur au sujet de son comportement (Chapitre 3). Nous avons présenté 26 comportements incivils et immoraux aux collégiens, lycéens et étudiants à l’université en leur demandant d'indiquer comment ils réagiraient s’ils devaient assister à chacun de ces comportements. Nous avons manipulé la relation avec le transgresseur, qui a été décrit comme soit un ami, soit une connaissance, soit un étranger pour le témoin. Les résultats suggère qu’une relation étroite entre le témoin et l'auteur du comportement incivil/immoral, agrandi la probabilité que le témoin exprime son désaccord. Les résultats parlent du rôle des relations étroites dans la perpétuation des normes sociales. Ils suggèrent également des moyens de réduire les comportements antisociaux dans plusieurs milieux sociaux, scolaires et organisationnelsPeople treated unfairly, cultural assets in danger, discrimination against minorities, sexual harassment, bullying and violence are just a few uncivil and immoral behaviors that we can witness in public settings. What is our immediate reaction? The present research examined the personality characteristics of individuals who "speakup" and confront perpetrators of uncivil or immoral behaviors (Chapter 1 & Chapter 2). We tested whether those who intervene tend to be "bitter complainers" or "well-adjusted leaders".The first two studies, measured numerous individual differences that are directly implicated in bystander’s intervention. The results clearly confirmed the well-adjusted leader hypothesis. Participants' self-reported tendency to confront perpetrators correlated positively with social responsibility, acceptance by peers, independent self-construal, emotion regulation, persistence, self-directedness, age, and monthly salary, but not with aggressiveness. Three additional studies provide support for the "well-adjusted leader" hypothesis. Altruism, moral outrage, personal implication, political liberalism, and extraversion were positively related to people's self-reported reactions. The data provided no support for the idea that high self esteemor being aggressive is necessary to confront the perpetrator of an uncivil/immoral behavior. We discuss the implications of these findings for the perpetuation and change of social norms. We also examined the effect of social distance between a bystander and the perpetrator of an uncivil/immoral behavior on the bystander's tendency to "speak up" and confront the perpetrator about his/her behavior (Chapter 3). We presented 26 uncivil and immoral behaviors to middle schoolers, high schoolers and university students and asked them to indicate how they would react if they were to witness each of the behaviors. We manipulated the relationship to the perpetrator who was described as a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger. Results showed that smaller the social distance between the bystander and the perpetrator of the uncivil/immoral behavior the greater the self-reported likelihood that the bystander will express his/her disapproval to the perpetrator. The findings speak to the role of close relationships in the perpetuation of social norms. They also suggest ways to curb antisocial behaviors in a variety of school and organizational settings
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Aman, Affi Bertrand. "Les pratiques immoralistes dans l'oeuvre de Gide." Thesis, Limoges, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015LIMO0129.
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Dans cette thèse, nous étudions l’immoralisme dans l’œuvre romanesque d’André Gide. Le premier chapitre est consacré non seulement à l’approche théorique et méthodologique mais aussi à l’analyse de la subversion que nous considérons comme l’un des vecteurs de l’immoralisme dans l’œuvre romanesque d’André Gide. Le second chapitre et la seconde partie relèvent de la sémiotique du sensible, des passions et la sémiotique tensive. De même, dans la seconde partie, nous démontrons que l’immoraliste est un sujet en tension en déterminant les différentes passions auxquelles se rattache le thème de l’immoralisme dans l’œuvre romanesque d’André Gide. La troisième partie traite de l’échec de l’immoralisme. En nous basant sur l’étude de la passion du désespoir, de la pitié, des simulacres passionnels, des modalités véridictoires, la forme de vie de l’anticonformisme, la forme de vie de la volupté, la forme de vie de l’errance et de l’éthique individualiste, nous notons que l’immoralisme est un échec et conduit à l’impossible bonheur. C’est d’ailleurs, la raison pour laquelle, le sujet immoraliste finit par renoncer à ses valeurs individuelles pour se conjoindre à celles de l’actant collectifIn this thesis, we study the immoralism in André Gide’s romantic work. The first chapter is devoted not only to the theoretical and methodological approach but also to the analysis of subversion which we consider as one of the vectors of immoralism in André Gide’s romantic work. The second chapter and the second part make out the semiotics of the sensitive, passions and tensive. Similarly, in the second part, we demonstrate that immoralist is a subject in tension by determining the different passions to which is linked the theme of immoralism in André Gide’s romantic work. The third part deals with the failure of immoralism. Based on the study of the passion of despair, pity, passional simulacra, veridictory modalities, the life form of anticonformism, the life form of pleasure, the life form of wandering and individualistic ethic, we note that immoralism is a failure and leads to the impossible happiness. This is also the reason why the immoralist subject eventually renounces his individual values to be conjoined with those of the collective actant
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Smith, Amanda Emanuel [Verfasser], and Stefan [Akademischer Betreuer] Herbrechter. "Masculinism in Twentieth-Century Literature: Dissidence and Dissemblance in André Gide’s The Immoralist, Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, and Philip Roth’s Sabbath’s Theater / Amanda Emanuel Smith ; Betreuer: Stefan Herbrechter." Heidelberg : Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1215292252/34.
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Thompson, Ryan Mitchell. "Art, Moral Value, and Significance." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Philosophy, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/9479.
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Debate concerning the relationship between ethics and aesthetics has re-emerged in contemporary aesthetic literature. All of the major contemporary positions, I argue, treat this relationship as existing between the "moral value" of art and its aesthetic value. Throughout this thesis I analyse the various "value- based" positions (ethicism, moderate moralism, and contextualism) and examine whether their accounts of this relationship hold. My aim is to explore whether an alternative account - in which the aesthetic value of art can be enhanced or negated through its "moral significance", rather than its "moral value" - is plausible. I argue, that given the failure of these value- based positions we should favour a "significance- based contexutalist" approach that is better equipped to account for the complexity of both our engagement with art, and the moral reflection that it invites.
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Reisen, Thomas. "L'Immoraliste d'André Gide : édition génétique et critique." Caen, 2001. http://www.theses.fr/2001CAEN1338.
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L'Immoraliste a cent ans. Le premier récit gidien méritait bien à cette occasion qu'on lui consacre ce que Claude Martin appelle " un travail fondamental ". Le premier tome de cette thèse est construit sur le modèle classique de l'édition critique. L'introduction présente l'œuvre dans son contexte historique en étudiant notamment les sources et les influences de Nietzsche et de Dostoi͏̈evski et en retraçant les différentes phases de rédaction de L'Immoraliste. A la suite du texte établi d'après l'édition du Mercure de France de 1928, on trouvera un important appareil critique. Des lettres d'amis et de critiques, souvent inédites, ainsi qu'un dossier de presse regroupant les articles parus dans des revues françaises, belges, italiennes et allemandes permettent de mesurer l'impact public de L'Immoraliste lors de sa parution en 1902. Mais ce travail voudrait également ouvrir des perspectives nouvelles pour l'interprétation de l'écriture de Gide in statu nascendi.
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Angelo, Anne-Sophie. "Le sens des personnages chez André Gide : (L'Immoraliste, la Porte étroite, Les Caves du Vatican et Les Faux-monnayeurs)." Paris 7, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA070080.
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Dans quatre oeuvres publiées entre 1902 et 1925, période pendant laquelle le personnage constitue un point crucial de la réflexion romanesque de Gide, j'analyse les modalités d'existence des personnages et leur efficacité, du point de vue de l'auteur qui fait d'eux un mode de perception et de compréhension du monde qui l'entoure, et qui donnent à sa création littéraire une direction, et du point de vue du lecteur, invité à tirer un sens de la comparaison de plusieurs personnages d'une même oeuvre. La première partie est consacrée à l'existence morale du personnage en tant que caractère. Notion clé chez Aristote, elle prend un relief nouveau au xixe siècle par le biais de l'égotisme et de la psychologie, et détermine l'écriture du personnage : effort de définition de soi et des autres, dépersonnalisation, et pouvoir qu'a le caractère d'exemplifier une certaine posture éthique ou un cas psychologique. La deuxième partie décrit et analyse l'existence symbolique des personnages. Réduits à un petit nombre de traits définitoires et constituant des ensembles opposés, les personnages gidiens constituent des formes isolées sur une vaste toile de fond. Ils ressortissent en cela au symbolisme et invitent le lecteur à articuler particulier et général. La troisième partie analyse la dimension temporelle de l'existence du personnage à partir de la notion de trajectoire : le caractère se déploie dans le temps et se précise dans la rencontre avec autrui. La présence de trajectoires parallèles permet d'apprécier la valeur de chacune ; l'aspiration à l'héroïsme et la mort invitent à porter un jugement moral sur le parcours et la responsabilité des personnages dans l'univers de la fictionThis study is based on four works published by Gide between 1902 and 1925, period of time during which Gide's reflexion about the nove) focuses on the character. It analyses the modalities of existence of the characters in each of them, and the way literary characters enable us to perceive and understand the world, and embody particular meanings and ideas. The first part is dedicated to the moral existence of the Gidian character. The concept of caractère (ethos) plays a key rote in Aristotelian philosophy, in 19th century egotism and psychology, and in Gide's creative process. The artist Gide, through what he calls de-personalization, seeks to define the form of his own personality: Gide perceives the identification with his characters as part of an experience. The characters also serves as a way to exemplify ethical points of view and psychological cases. The second part is concerned with the symbolic existence of the characters, which Gide reduces to a small amount of features, and organizes dichotomously: men and women, divine and evil, ability or inability to use language effectively. Such a construction harks back to symbolism, and provokes the reader to build a bridge between particular and general features of these characters. The third part focuses on the temporal existence of the characters whose caractères are revealed as time goes by, and become more defined as they confront other people and different environments. Parallel trajectories, heroic behaviors, and death enable the reader to judge, at a moral level, the evolution of the characters and their responsibility in the fictional world
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Morii, Ryo. "André Gide, une oeuvre à l'épreuve de l'économie." Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015USPCC001.
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Cette thèse consiste à synthétiser le thème de l'économie chez Gide. En prenant comme corpus principal les oeuvres de la fin du XIXe siècle, de Paludes (1895) à L'Immoraliste (1902), nous montrons que l'intérêt de l'auteur pour l'économie n'est pas seulement sensible dans sa dernière période, représentée par Les Faux-monnayeurs (1926), mais aussi au début de sa carrière. À l'époque considérée, l'écrivain a accès à plusieurs questions concernant l'économie dépensière, telles que nombre de philosophes contemporains et modernes, comme Nietzsche, Mauss, Bataille et Derrida, les prennent au sérieux, et on peut y confirmer l'attitude de l'auteur qui tente de réconcilier le capitalisme et la contre-économie. En outre, Gide réagit, à sa manière, aux tendances politico-économiques sous la Ille République des années 1890, notamment au solidarisme que Charles Gide, l'oncle économiste de Gide, promeut et à la crise de la monnaie d'or que cet oncle met en cause depuis la même période. Cette réaction de Gide présuppose son intérêt pour l'économie sociale et monétaire que les républicains de l'époque adoptent. À tout cela, il faut ajouter qu'au-delà de l'« économie du moi » qui constitue le fondement de l'économie gidienne, Gide présente le thème de l'économie libidinale et du monnayage du corps, thème qui nous permet de considérer l'affinité avec la pensée de Pierre Klossowski. En replaçant les textes « économiques » de Gide dans le contexte historique et intellectuel de l'époque et en les considérant éventuellement du point de vue moderne, nous faisons remarquer la singularité et l'actualité de la pensée de l'auteur ainsi que l'impact de diverses questions que celle-ci impliqueThis dissertation consists in synthesizing the theme of the economy in Gide. By taking as main corpus the works of the end of the 19th century, from Paludes (1895) to L'Immoraliste (1902) we try to show that the interest of the author for the economy is not only noticeable in his last period, that Les Faux-monnayeurs (1926) represent, but also at the beginning of his career. During the period under consideration, the writer has access to several questions concerning the economy of expenditure, as certain contemporary and modem ideologists (Nietzsche, Mauss, Bataille, Derrida, etc. ) take them seriously, and one can confirm here the attitude of the author who tries to reconcile capitalism with the counter-economy. Besides, Gide reacts, in his own way, to the politico-economic tendencies under the Third Republic during the 1890s, notably to the solidarism which Charles Gide, uncle economist of Gide, promotes and to the crisis of the gold currency which the uncle questions since the same period. Gide's reaction presupposes his interest for the social and monetary economy that the republicans of the period adopt. Moreover, beyond the "economy of the ego" which constitutes the foundation of the gidien economy, Gide presents the theme of the libidinal economy and the mintage of the body, the theme that allows us to consider the affinity with the thought of Pierre Klossowski. By replacing the "economic" texts of Gide in the historic and intellectual context of the time and by considering them possibly from the modern point of view, we point out the peculiarity and the topicality of the thought of the author as well as the impact of diverse questions which this thought implies
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Sachs, Benjamin Alan. "Does rationality ever require immorality?" 2006. http://www.library.wisc.edu/databases/connect/dissertations.html.
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Wu, Mei-Ling, and 吳美玲. "A Study of Vocabulary about Immorality -Focus on Paradise Lost-." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/77011512735929492389.
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Intercultural communication is everyday increasing by accelerating globalization. Mass communications and publications are important tools for intercultural communications. Responding to that huge amount of mass communications and books flow into Taiwan, educational policy for learning methods of Japanese language is also changing from uniform and dogmatic ways of education using textbooks to flexible and multidirectional ways. It is lucky for people learning Japanese that Japanese TV programs, films and books much flow into Taiwan. For example, “Shitsurakuen (Paradise lost)” written by Watanabe Junichi is a typical novel, which was not an existence as a mere paperback, but was also introduced through multimedia such as TV programs and films. The content is either not academic but rather a vivid subject related social problems among people living on present days as shown in the theme “immorality”. Thus, vocabularies used in the novel will give them a golden opportunity of coming in touch with vivid Japanese. In this paper investigation of picking up synonym related to immorality from “Shitsurakuen” has been carried out. And a shift of vocabulary expressing immorality has been analyzed. Furthermore, an influence that “Shitsurakuen” gave for Japanese and generating process of the word “immorality” have been also studied. An educational policy of learning Japanese has been much improved in accordance with alteration of educational system in Taiwan. Looking through the result of a questionnaire survey of how well university students are familiar to synonym with immorality, I found there is much dispersion among the degree of basic learned levels. Knowing actual situation on vocabulary recognition of students learning Japanese through this study, I expect that well balanced practical education will be introduced for Japanese classes with unusual vocabulary learning also included. For that I wish to make an effort as a person majoring in Japanese, expecting that people learning Japanese can obtain wide knowledge on the language and understand properly.
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"Bourbon, pork chops, and red peppers: Political immorality in Florida, 1945--1968." THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, 2007. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3263791.
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Todd, Lisa Marie. "Sexual treason : state surveillance of immorality and infidelity in World War I Germany." 2005. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=370816&T=F.
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"《論語》中「過」、「惡」、「罪」的思想." 2011. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5894875.
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陳志強."2011年8月".
"2011 nian 8 yue".
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-95).
Abstract in Chinese and English.
Chen Zhiqiang.
中文摘要
英文摘要
緒論 --- p.7
Chapter 第一節 --- 本文的工作 --- p.7
Chapter 第二節 --- 範圍的勘定 --- p.12
Chapter 第三節 --- 方法的說明 --- p.17
Chapter 第一章 --- 基本槪念的字義分析 --- p.20
Chapter 第一節 --- 「過」的分析 --- p.20
Chapter I. --- 「過」在《論語》中的基本用法 --- p.20
Chapter II. --- 過失之「過」的一般理解 --- p.21
Chapter III. --- 超過之「過」的一般理解 --- p.22
Chapter IV. --- 從超過之「過」到過失之「過」-以子路爲例的分析 --- p.25
Chapter A. --- 子路的性格 --- p.25
Chapter B. --- 孔子對子路性格的評價 --- p.27
Chapter C. --- 子路的障蔽 --- p.34
Chapter V. --- 「過」與人底有限性 --- p.37
Chapter VI. --- 「過」與「惡」的關係 --- p.43
Chapter 第二節 --- 「惡」的分析 --- p.46
Chapter I. --- 「惡」在《論語》中的基本用法 --- p.46
Chapter II. --- 日常用法中「惡」的槪念的分析 --- p.47
Chapter III. --- 《論語》中「惡」的槪念的分析 --- p.48
Chapter 第三節 --- 「罪」的分析 --- p.50
Chapter I. --- 「罪」在《論語》中的基本用法 --- p.50
Chapter II. --- 「過」、「惡」、「罪」的關係 --- p.54
Chapter 第二章 --- 轉化之道與改過工夫 --- p.57
Chapter 第一節 --- 預防工夫 --- p.57
Chapter 第二節 --- 改正工夫 --- p.62
Chapter 第三章 --- 《論語》中的過惡類型 --- p.71
Chapter 第一節 --- 自身的過惡 --- p.71
Chapter I. --- 一般的理解 --- p.72
Chapter II. --- 《論語》對自身過惡的論述 --- p.75
Chapter A. --- 德之不修-「朽木」、「糞土之牆」 --- p.76
Chapter B. --- 學之不講-「過」、「不及」 --- p.78
Chapter C. --- 聞義不能徙-「惑」 --- p.79
Chapter D. --- 不善不能改-「惡」 --- p.81
Chapter 第二節 --- 社會脈絡中的過惡 --- p.82
Chapter I. --- 父子之間 --- p.82
Chapter II. --- 君臣之間 --- p.84
Chapter III. --- 朋友之間 --- p.86
Chapter 第三節 --- 集體的過惡 --- p.88
Chapter 結論- --- 回顧與展望 --- p.89
參考書目 --- p.93
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Fox, Rebecca. "Perceptions of Immorality in Governance : An Empirical Study on Citizens’ Tolerance of Political Corruption in Poland and Mexico." Thesis, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-393064.
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This thesis seeks to, firstly, define corruption in the context of corruption tolerance and secondly, to assess how citizens’ corruption tolerance is constructed. Corruption tolerance is discussed in the context of trust, democracy and levels of corruption. For the micro analysis, surveys were conducted in Mexico and Poland to determine citizens’ levels of corruption tolerance. It was found that even though the political and cultural reality is very different in both countries and levels of corruption are significantly higher in Mexico than Poland, corruption tolerance amongst citizens was at a very similar level for both populations. Moreover, it could be established that different understandings of corruption influence corruption tolerance. Low tolerance of single immoral acts such as bribery, election fraud and favouritism was met by low tolerance of corruption in general. The macro analysis showed that neither interpersonal trust nor trust in the government predicts low corruption tolerance. However, levels of democracy are found to be reliable indicators of levels of corruption tolerance, proving to be more reliable than levels of corruption.
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陳偉樺. "Mimicry of men and immorality of women─Female representations in Osamu Dazai's later period feminine monologue "Villon's Wife", "The Setting Sun", "Osan"─." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96385635720108273839.
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Murray, Kerin Clare, University of Western Sydney, and School of Contemporary Arts. "Sexuality and death : a relationship." 1998. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/28421.
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Firstly, sexuality and death are discussed as instinctual drives, specifically through Freud's essay, Beyond The Pleasure Principle. Sexuality and death are then related through pleasurable attachment and painful severance. Next they are discussed in terms of Georges Bataille's notions of continuity and discontinuity. Secondly, The Garden of Eden is looked at as a mythological indicator of the psychological links between sexuality and death. Sexual differentiation has a role to play as woman is seen to be a signifier of death through the writings of Julia Kristeva and Victor Burgin. Thirdly, Plato's argument for immortality is discussed, specifically through The Phaedo. The argument centres on the separation of self from sexual pleasure in order to defeat death. Fourthly, the chastity of Mary and Christ is dealt with. It can be seen to be resultant of the tight connection between sexuality and death and relevant to a hope for immortality. For Christian theology there exists a necessary division for those who are immortal from their own earthly carnality. Fifthly, Julia Kristeva's notion of Abjection is looked at through her essay, Powers of Horror. Abjection plays a significant role in the attempt at repression of the sexual drive and the death drive. Lastly, the reflection of Narcissus is observed. There seems a human need for a reflection self that goes beyond notions of delusionistic beauty or reviling horror. Sexuality and death are accepted as most essential aspects of our being. Abjection leads to a rejection then an acceptance of our own perishing carnality.Master of Arts (Hons)
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Henriques, Ana Patrícia Matos. "Humanness and (im)morality in group relations." Doctoral thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/5456.
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Tese de Doutoramento em Psicologia na área de especialidade - Psicologia SocialMorality is a valued dimension within and between groups (Ellemers, Pagliaro, & Barreto, 2013; Leach, Bilali, & Pagliaro, 2015), that has been consistently pointed out as part of what makes us uniquely human (Demoulin et al., 2004; Leyens et al., 2000; Haslam, 2006). On the other hand, the extent to which we see others as fully human also impacts on other’s moral status (Bastian, Laham, Wilson, Haslam, & Koval, 2011; Kelman, 1973; Opotow, 1990). The two dimensions seem to have a narrow relation, which has recently begun to capture more attention (Haslam, Bastian, Laham, & Loughnan, 2012; Khamitov, Rotman, & Piazza, 2016; Vasiljevic, & Viki, 2014). This thesis aims at analysing the relation between morality and humanness in group relations. A first research paper analysed the attribution and denial of moral traits to groups, integrating the role of humanness and valence in intergroup differentiation. By means of two studies we tested the hypothesis stating that within the moral domain, participants choose different strategies to differentiate the ingroup from the outgroup depending on trait humanness and valence. Our results support this hypothesis, as we found that participants attributed more uniquely human traits to the ingroup, but only in case these were positive; in case these were negative the uniquely human traits were more attributed to outgroups. In a second paper we analysed the relation between immorality and humanness, by using the evaluation of criminal behaviours as a proxy to address this relation. In our data, we found that Human Uniqueness and immorality did not correlate with each other. With this paper we also aimed at providing researchers with a range of validated stimuli to address these topics, which was exactly what we purposed ourselves to do in the last research paper presented in this thesis. In a third paper we analysed how ingroup members deal with ingroup deviance, integrating the role of ingroup threat. Specifically, we analysed the humanness perception of a deviant ingroup member that behaves in an immoral but uniquely human way. We found that when the deviant behaviour was less threatening, the ingroup members humanised the deviant as much as the ingroup itself. However, when the deviant behaviour represented a threat to the ingroup image, the ingroup members dehumanised more the deviant member. In a second study we analysed the dehumanisation of the ingroup deviant, regarding two different types of behaviours, which vary in humanness and immorality. In both studies we also measured the perception of moral blame of the deviant member, integrating our results with previous findings (Bastian, Denson, & Haslam, 2013). Finally we addressed the different intragroup strategies that ingroup members use to deal with threats to the ingroup image. Results are discussed in terms of their contribution to the relation between humanness and immorality, as well as the implications for dehumanisation theory. Future research is outlined.
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Snyman, Magrieta Salome. "The small-town novel in South African English literature (1910-1948)." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28480.
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This study aims to examine a group of South African novels that have received very little critical attention. Part of the problem is that these works have never been grouped or assessed as belonging to a sub-genre, the South African small-town novel. Although individual texts have been treated to cursory commentary, the joint impact and significance of these works with regard to South African literature in English have never been properly assessed. It is suggested that clustering the works together as small-town novels of the Union period raises important issues and provides valuable insights on a significant period in South African (literary) history. The study’s theoretical orientation is based on a model that J.A Kearney proposes in his book Representing Dissension: Riot, Rebellion and Resistance in the South African English Novel (2003). Kearney (xv) suggests that an important criterion in the study of historical novels is the degree to which the writers’ recreation of particular events/historical phases leads them to an awareness of the gap between actual and ideal society. In the introductory chapter a comparative analysis of South African town and farm cultures and their respective representations in literature are used to throw some light on possible reasons for the critical neglect of the novels. A brief historical background is provided with regard to the momentous Union period (1910–1948) which forms the setting for all the novels which are discussed in chronological order in the successive chapters: Stephen Black’s The Dorp (1920), C. Louis Leipoldt’s The Mask, written in the 1930s though only published posthumously as part of his Valley Trilogy in 2001, Alan Paton’s Too Late the Phalarope (1953) and Herman Charles Bosman’s Willemsdorp, written in the early 1950s but also only published posthumously in 1977 in a censored version and in 1998 in full. The authors uniformly use the small-town milieu effectively as a microcosmic setting from which to comment on the larger social and political issues affecting South Africa during this period. They provide a socio-political critique on a period in South African history marked by politically volatility and reactionary ideological developments. Black’s The Dorp satirizes social intrigue in a fictional town ironically yet appropriately called Unionstad. It reveals the ill effects of historical events such as the Boer War and the 1914 Rebellion (specifically the animosity that it created between English and Afrikaner townsmen) but suggests the possibility of reconciliation. In The Mask, Leipoldt reveals a bleak picture of South African town life that is emblematic of the collapse of Leipoldt’s utopian ideal for an egalitarian South African society. In Too Late the Phalarope, Paton dramatizes the devastating personal effects of racially discriminatory laws, which criminalized sexual congress between whites and blacks. Paton’s essentially Christian view exposes hypocrisy and moral corruption in the attitudes of racist townsmen (and by implication the national architects of institutionalized racism), but offers the possibility of restoration by means of personal acts of forgiveness. In Willemsdorp Bosman offers probably the most sophisticated exposé of small-town culture as exemplary of everything that was wrong in the society from which apartheid was emerging. The concluding chapter invokes Bawarshi’s notions on the value of genre classification and briefly focuses on post-1948 novels, confirming the notion that a continuum exists within the small-town novel sub-genre of the South African novel. CopyrightThesis (DLitt)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Murray, Kerin Clare. "Sexuality and death : a relationship." Thesis, 1998. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/28421.
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Firstly, sexuality and death are discussed as instinctual drives, specifically through Freud's essay, Beyond The Pleasure Principle. Sexuality and death are then related through pleasurable attachment and painful severance. Next they are discussed in terms of Georges Bataille's notions of continuity and discontinuity. Secondly, The Garden of Eden is looked at as a mythological indicator of the psychological links between sexuality and death. Sexual differentiation has a role to play as woman is seen to be a signifier of death through the writings of Julia Kristeva and Victor Burgin. Thirdly, Plato's argument for immortality is discussed, specifically through The Phaedo. The argument centres on the separation of self from sexual pleasure in order to defeat death. Fourthly, the chastity of Mary and Christ is dealt with. It can be seen to be resultant of the tight connection between sexuality and death and relevant to a hope for immortality. For Christian theology there exists a necessary division for those who are immortal from their own earthly carnality. Fifthly, Julia Kristeva's notion of Abjection is looked at through her essay, Powers of Horror. Abjection plays a significant role in the attempt at repression of the sexual drive and the death drive. Lastly, the reflection of Narcissus is observed. There seems a human need for a reflection self that goes beyond notions of delusionistic beauty or reviling horror. Sexuality and death are accepted as most essential aspects of our being. Abjection leads to a rejection then an acceptance of our own perishing carnality.
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Witsell, Emily. "Illness in Death in Venice and The immoralist." 2009. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga%5Fetd/witsell%5Femily%5Fr%5F200905%5Fma.
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SHIH, YAO-HSI, and 石耀西. "Misperception of desire in andre Gide's The Immoralist." Thesis, 1992. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/94326824295198523527.
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Orapeleng, Galenakgosi. "Chastity among adult Seventh-Day Adventists in Botswana: a psycho-spiritual study." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/620.
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Extra-marital affairs seem to be rampant among Seventh-day Adventist adult membership in Botswana. To determine the extent of the problem, to investigate the causative factors and to suggest ways in which individuals and families can be helped, has been the motivation for this study. It was discovered that 11.8% of married adults in the survey had at least one secret sexual partner, and 42.6% of singles had an illegal sexual partner(s). Seventh-day Adventist adults' sexuality in Botswana is characterized by hetero-sexual, multiple partners. Some of the contributing factors are economic, cultural and spiritual. Despite the prevailing influences, the majority of the adults (68%) still disagree with lax sexual behavior. This gives hope to work for their restoration and empowerment. Two key areas that were seen to be critical in empowering them were the family and spirituality. A psycho-spiritual program called, Harmonious Development, is being suggested for a systematic, educational, holistic and lifelong empowerment. This model is based on the psycho-educational theory developed by W.J. Schoeman for adult training.SCH: HUM, SOC SCIENC & THEO
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Dlodlo, Andreas. "The Influence of Government policy of sentences in Magistrates' courts : as reflected in sentences relatng to certain sections of the Immorality Act 23 of 1957, dealing in and possession of dagga in contravention of the Abuse of Dependence-producing Substances and Rehabilitation Centres Act 41 of 1971 and the Stock Theft Act 57 of 1959." Thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5298.
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Kao, Chienyu, and 高健毓. "Individual Sexual Identity vs. Fin de Siecle Bourgeois Ideology in Andre Gide’s The Immoralist." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/17656391147749875943.
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This thesis argues that Charles Baudelaire and the French Symbolists prepared Andre Gide room to reexamine sexual self-identity and argues that Gide, through the character of Michel in The Immoralist, questions the French Fin de Siecle bourgeois-class male ideology that shaped his sexual self-identity in terms of binary opposition. Judith Butler’s Psychic Mimesis helps explain Michel’s mental mechanism that creates desire for Arabian and Algerian boys rather than his wife, Marceline. Michel Foucault’s historical viewpoints in The History of Sexuality help explain how the issue of “sexuality” becomes so “costly” Eve Sedgwick’s “homosocial desire” helps interpret why Michel reappropriates his role from masculinity to femininity. Chapter one discusses a) the historical background of the French Fin de Siecle, b) distinct time frames that shaped bourgeois-class male ideology, and c) the unique methods adopted by Baudelaire and the French Symbolists to challenge bourgeois-class male ideology. They chose to live as dandies, flaneurs, and bohemians. Chapter two, starting from Michel’s psychic mechanism, discusses his growing self-awareness about individual sexual self-identity threatened by bourgeois-class ritual, heredity and possessions, heterosexual marriage, patriarchal naming. Also, homoerotic desire toward Arabian and Algerian boys signifies Michel’s revolt against bourgeois-class male ideology.
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Haarhoff, Marile Helene. "The perceptions of Christian performers regarding their career advancement in the entertainment industry." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41247.
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This study unveils the perceptions, real-life experiences and thought-processes of contract workers who dedicate their lives to the Christian faith, values and belief-system, but simultaneously endeavour to establish and follow a successful career in the volatile, cut-throat, non-Christian-based (“hedonistic”) occupational entertainment commerce. The researcher embarked on this study with a qualitative, interpretivist research approach. Data was gathered through in-depth, unstructured, face-to-face interviews with a sample of nine research participants. The sample consists of student entertainers; entertainers in the public eye, but not yet established; as well as entertainers who have successful established careers with loyal national and international audiences in the Entertainment Industry. The researcher explores and seeks to understand the core values and belief systems of the research participants with regards to their Christian religious orientation, which is statistically verified to be the most prevalent religious practise in South Africa (Nation Master, 2013; Religious affiliation by country, 2010). Hence, the research findings with regards to Christians’ approach and attitude towards their careers will contribute to a better understanding and management of the majority of the workforce in South Africa. Moreover, the expected norms, values and work ethic of the Entertainment Industry in South Africa are exposed in this study. Although existing literature upholds that the Entertainment Industry is an exceptionally unstable work environment compared to other corporate industries, this research study adds significantly to current literature as viable causes for the unstable occupational environment are also investigated and presented.
Previous research only addressed several aspects of the effect on one’s career advancement if an individual’s core value system differs from the accepted norms in an organisation or industry in general. This study subsequently reveals the personal- and occupational challenges that Christian entertainers encounter in an Entertainment Industry in South Africa and how they subsequently aim to decrease the cognitive dissonance that they experience due to continuous role conflict between moral obligation and the vital necessity for employment and career advancement. The findings of this study correlate with previous research as it indicates that the research participants will generally choose and prioritise their personal core values- and moral belief system above contradictory social and professional career demands and expectations.Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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Ferreira, Adelino Alcides Abrunhosa. "Cuidado de si e renúncia a si em São Paulo." Master's thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/117546.
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O problema central desta dissertação é o modo como o cuidado de si pode conter uma negação, isto é, como pode transformar-se em renúncia a si, no horizonte ético de epístolas de São Paulo. Mais precisamente, visa esta investigação detectar categorias éticas que possam, primariamente, representar cuidado e renúncia e, de seguida, confirmar se o modo como se associam poderá configurar entre estes conceitos uma relação paradoxal. O percurso ético terá início numa sucinta análise fenoménica da experiência fáctica do quotidiano, procurando reconhecer aí sinais de cuidado de si e de renúncia a si, provavelmente inconsistentes para fundar uma ética. De seguida, mostrar-se-á que a ética e a religião, cada uma com os seus instrumentos de categorização, intervêm sobre essa experiência para a conduzir à lucidez, transfigurando-a em outros horizontes de sentido. É sobretudo a experiência religiosa (particularmente do Cristianismo) que parece conter mais poder de superar as aparentes inconsistências do cuidado de si, apoiado que está em bases efémeras, assim como anular o colapso da experiência fáctica e resgatar o homem da perda do sentido existencial. A identificação da especificidade da experiência cristã irá contribuir para melhor reconhecer o que o registo epistolar de São Paulo tem de peculiar. Ora, será precisamente a partir de um discurso dirigido a comunidades cristãs, em que o seu autor expressa, por um lado, a dramaticidade da existência humana (exposta à perda de si), e, por outro lado, se empenha arduamente em contribuir para que o humano se deixe ganhar pelo anúncio de Jesus Cristo morto e ressuscitado, que iremos poder reconhecer as categorias éticas que configuram a relação entre a procura de tudo aquilo que garante o autêntico e perene cuidado de si e a necessidade de renunciar a tudo o que limita ou impede essa procura. Assim, virão a ser analisadas as relações entre cuidado de si e: conhecimento e mérito, virtudes éticas (prudência e carácter), cuidado com outrem; analogamente, as relações entre renúncia a si e: imoralidade e pecado, legalismo, servidão/escravidão, morrer. A relação dialéctica que se virá a verificar mostrará como cada categoria pode ser vista como o inverso de outra, por isso é incontornável uma certa circularidade de conceitos. Todas as categorias convergem para o desafio de aceitar a passagem da mundaneidade à identificação do humano com Jesus Cristo. Trata-se, enfim, de mostrar a necessidade da renúncia como condição do verdadeiro cuidado de si, incluindo a renúncia a si mesmo, representada no morrer, o que traduz o paradoxo de que a autêntica autonomia do homem consiste numa peculiar heteronomia: é tanto mais humano, quanto mais se identifica com Jesus Cristo. Portanto, parece resultar a ideia de que o fundamento ético do agir é antes de mais dado por excesso: a interpretação ética aqui seguida coloca o fundamento do sentido do agir numa personalização transcendente: o que tem o poder de conduzir e justificar o agir não é um princípio abstracto universal, mas uma pessoa.The main concern of this dissertation is how the care for the self can hold a denial, this is, how it can become self-denial, in the sense of the ethical scope of St. Paul’s Epistles. More precisely, this research aims at establishing ethical categories that may reveal care and denial on a first stage and then proving if the way in which both these concepts intertwine can shape a paradoxical connection between them. The ethical journey starts off by a concise study of the phenomena of the everyday experience of facts, trying to identify in them signs of care for the self and of self-denial, that will not probably be solid enough to base a system of ethics on. After that, it will be shown that ethics and religion, each using its own means of categorization, have a role in that experience to lead it into clarity, changing it into other ranges of meaning. It is the religious experience (of Christianity in particular) above all, that seems to be more powerful to overcome the apparent inconsistencies of the care for the self, dissolve the break-down of the everyday experience of facts and redeem man from the loss of the meaning of existence, as well. The identification of the particularity of the Christian experience will contribute to a better understanding of the specific nature of St. Paul’s epistolary writings. It will be from a talk addressed to Christian communities - in which the author expresses on one hand, the tragedy of the human existence, and on the other commits himself deeply into contributing for the human being to surrender to the activism by the announcement of Jesus Christ dead and resurrected – that we will be able to identify the ethical categories that shape the relationship between the search for everything that grants the authentic and ever-lasting care for the self and the need to renounce all that limits or stops that search. Thus, the connections between care for the self and: knowledge and merit, ethical virtues (prudence and character), care for others; similarly, the connections between self-denial and: immorality and sin, legality, bondage/slavery, dying, will be analysed. The dialectical connection that will arise will show how each category may be viewed as the opposite of another, so somewhat of a circularity of concepts can not be avoided. All categories meet in the dare of accepting moving on from the worldliness to the identification of the human with Jesus Christ. So, it is a matter of showing the need for denial as a condition of the care for the self, including self-denial, represented in dying, which expresses the paradox that the true autonomy of man lies in a peculiar heteronomy: the more man identifies with Jesus Christ, the more human he is. So, the notion arises that the ethical basis for acting is before all taken by excess: the ethical interpretation here in adopted, places the reason for acting on a transcendental personalization: acting is led and justified not by a universal, abstract principle, but by the very person.
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Ku, Hay Lin Helen. "Where does morality come from? Aspects of Nietzsche’s genealogical critique of morality and his idea of the Übermensch." Diss., 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29102.
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With this dissertation, firstly, I address the issue of Friedrich Nietzsche’s (1844-1900) so-called ‘immoralism’. When he calls himself an ‘immoralist’ and even ‘the first immoralist’ (EH Destiny 2), he seems to be the first philosopher to consider morality as something negative, something we had better got rid of. Yet, he favours ‘noble morality’ and ‘higher moralities’ which he insists ought to be possible (BGE 202). I shall interpret Nietzsche’s explicit claim of ‘immoralism’ and his ‘campaign against morality’ as a rejection of a particular kind of morality ¾ Christian morality ‘that has become prevalent and predominant as morality itself’ (EH Destiny 4). His ‘immoralism’ does not reject the idea of an ethical life. Nietzsche favours a ‘supra-moral’ version of life (GM II 2&BGE 257). The move from a moral to a supra-moral orientation to life implies a kind of self-overcoming, a process which has both a ‘negative’ (‘destructive’) and a ‘positive’ (‘productive’) side. Firstly, I shall give an account of the ‘negative’ side, which involves Nietzsche’s genealogical critique of morality. In his Genealogy, Nietzsche criticizes the man of ressentiment, the metaphysical two-worlds distinction: ‘true world’ and ‘apparent world’, and the ascetic ideal of the will to truth, which he considers as a will to nothingness (GM III 28). His notion of perspectivism advocates a plurality of values and perspectives as opposed to any notion of an absolute truth. Then, I shall look into his ‘positive’ ethic, as exemplified in the figures of Zarathustra and the Übermensch, and the paradox of the Übermenschas ‘the annihilator of morality’ (EH Books 1) and as ‘the designation of a type of supreme achievement’ (EH Books 1). By proclaiming a process of ‘self-overcoming of morality’ (BGE 32), I believe that Nietzsche proposes an experimental morality in order to improve mankind. He considers morality as a pose, as progress (BGE 216), and ‘mere symptomatology’ (TI ‘Improvers’ of Mankind 1). Morality is the effect, or symptom of a continuous improvement within an individual. Nietzsche seeks to make us become aware of our continuous self-improvement, that we should invent our own virtue (A 11) in order to become what we are. Nietzsche envisions the possibility of evolving a magnanimous and courageous human type who is capable of giving style to his character (GS 290), the supreme human achievement ¾ the Übermensch. His idea of the Übermensch implies a never-ending struggle for self-perfection and self-fulfilment. There are affinities between Nietzsche’s philosophy and Buddhism, such as emphasizing practice, the recognition of the transient nature of human existence, and an emphasis on impermanence. Buddhist teachings show various feasible ways to attain enlightenment and buddhahood. The path to enlightenment and buddhahood can be shown to share some features with Nietzsche’s process of self-overcoming, which leads to self-transformation and self-perfection. The emphasis on the practice of the spirit of Bodhisattva by Humanistic Buddhism seems to lend itself as complement to Nietzsche’s philosophy, a notion I explore in the concluding chapter of the dissertation.Dissertation (MA (Philosophy))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
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Burgoyne, Whitney. "The Treatment and Function of Latent Homosexuality in André Gide's L'Immoraliste and Thomas Mann's Der Tod in Venedig." 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10222/14246.
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This thesis discusses the theme of homosexuality presented in The Immoralist (1902) by André Gide and in Death in Venice (1912) by Thomas Mann. Evidence of homosexuality in the texts is substantiated in detail and the way in which the theme is approached, including how it fits into the structure of the narratives, is also examined. Given that these texts are quite complex, the resounding message of this theme can only be assessed through consideration of the novellas as whole works of art. Thus, the other major themes from each text are reviewed prior to reaching conclusions about the ‘intended’ message behind each work. This thesis proposes that The Immoralist centres on the search for the authentic self, while Death in Venice concerns the downfall of the artist from the height of dignity and fame. The role of homosexuality as a theme is gauged as it relates to these interpretations.