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This 5 page paper discusses William Bennett's book, "The Book of Virtues." Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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has garnered almost as much censure as praise. This paper discusses the book, gives a reaction to it, and discusses how (and if) it can be applied to the readers
life. Discussion Lets start with Bill Muehlenbergs review of the book. He says that it made the point that both public and private virtue is becoming rarer, and vice seems
to be in the ascendant (Muehlenberg, 1999). "Old fashioned virtues like faithfulness, loyalty and purity are scoffed at today, while vices like selfishness and greed seem to be promoted at
every turn" (Muehlenberg, 1999). Society today has taken some of the qualities long considered vices and turned them into virtues: "modern advertising has institutionalized the sin of covetousness" (Muehlenberg, 1999).
Because of this increase in unethical behavior, Muehlenberg says, its "refreshing" to find a book like Bennetts that "actually, unashamedly, promotes virtue" (Muehlenberg, 1999). Bennett didnt really write a book
in the sense of sitting down and devising an original story from beginning to end, instead he "brought together a host of stories, poems, and adages that promote virtue" (Muehlenberg,
1999). People over 40 will recognize a lot of the stories and parables, but they will be unfamiliar to most young people (Muehlenberg, 1999). Bennett covers ten virtues: "self-discipline; compassion;
responsibility; friendship; work; courage; perseverance; honesty; loyalty; and faith" (Muehlenberg, 1999). Bennett uses a number of stories, essays and poems to illustrate each virtue, and teach the moral involved with
the particular virtue examined (Muehlenberg, 1999). As an example, the section on courage includes such classic stories as "Jack and the Beanstock, David and Goliath, Chicken Little, Hansel and Gretel,
Ulysses and the Cyclops, William Tell, and Patrick Henrys Liberty or Death speech" (Muehlenberg, 1999). Bennett picks from a wide range of authors include Shakespeare, Robert Frost, Plato and Mark
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