Browsing by Subject "Virtues"
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Deug en Lewensin
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)Probably every human being strives after a good (meaningful) life. This may be an oversimplification, but if it were true, the question surely would be: Is modern moral society a true reflection of what a good life, and ... -
Exploring sex differences in aspects of psychosocial strengthswithin a collectivistic culture
(North-West University (South Africa), 2006)The aim of this study is to explore sex differences of psychological strengths within a collectivistic culture. This study is part of a larger study to explore the validity of the Value in Action Inventory of Strengths ... -
Revisiting the conceptualisation and categorisation of appreciation of beauty as a character strength : a narrative review
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2019)In order to better understand the concept of human strengths, Peterson and Seligman (2004) developed the Values in Action (VIA) classification of 24 character strengths and six virtues. Appreciation of beauty (natural, ... -
Theoconomy: an ethical paradigm for discernible economic growth − a global ethical perspective
(North-West University, 2018)The global economy needs a new order and new growth stimuli. Advancing from the modern age characterized by the industrial revolution with the associated materialism and consumer sovereignty, the emerging postsecular age ... -
Virtues in Danish History textbooks since enlightenment
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)The above quoted statement by the famous Russian author, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, can to my opinion be interpreted as a dream of revitalization of good, old Russian virtues, which the communist regime had silenced and placed ... -
The Virtues of Men : an exploration of virtue ethics and its application to masculinity
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)The modern era has been an era of progress and innovation. It has also been an era of rapid change where old ideas and traditions were substituted for new and modern trends. While the consequences of these changes have ...