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Being In The Know: Punk, Confrontation, And The Process Of Validating Truth Claims, Christopher Richard Penna
Being In The Know: Punk, Confrontation, And The Process Of Validating Truth Claims, Christopher Richard Penna
Master's Theses
Since the birth of punk, it has been a harbinger of trends within both youth culture and what cultural theorist Theodor Adorno calls the "culture industry" (Adorno & Horkheimer, 1947; Adorno, 1971). However, punk has never been fully embraced by the culture industry, largely, by design. Punk arose as a response, borne out of the frustration of a stagnant world that values profit over people (Sabin, 1999, p. 3). Present within opposition is confrontation--which is the very nature of punk. This thesis seeks to exemplify how punk uses confrontation as the instrument through which punk comes to know truths. The …
The Highest Good And The Best Activity: Aristotle On The Well-Lived Life, Philip William Bauchan
The Highest Good And The Best Activity: Aristotle On The Well-Lived Life, Philip William Bauchan
Master's Theses
The question of how Aristotle characterizes eudaimonia, or living-well, in the Nicomachean Ethics has long been a contentious issue amongst Aristotelian scholars. The secondary literature has been roughly divided between inclusivist readers, who argue that Aristotle designates both theoria, or contemplation, and the practical virtues, and exclusivist readers, who argue that Aristotle singles out theoria alone. This thesis seeks to forge a middle ground between these two perspectives by focusing on the central claim of Book I that the eudaimonia is virtuous activity. Reading Book X in light of Book I's claim then allows one to show that both the …