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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"Immorality"”.
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An historical analysis of the voidability of contracts in the long eighteenth century : control vs. protection
… chosen to be explored, these being illegality, immorality and incapacity. These three topics are linked by the way in which they concern the intervention of the law on private relationships and personal lives, which is the chosen theme throughout this thesis. Ultimately, the thesis will arrive …
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Is beautiful actually good? Divergent paths from attractiveness to moral judgments
… associated with greater morality (or lesser immorality), and meta-analyses on the topic have suggested the total effect is near zero. The current research documents one reason why this is, given the attribution of so many other positive attributes to the attractive. Specifically, across nine …
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Beyond Scandal: Seeking Morality in Sensation Fiction
… sensation novels on the grounds of excessive immorality. However, three of the most popular sensation novels display a pattern of increased social status as a reward for good behavior is common, clearly suggesting that notions about the genre as immoral are misguided. The thesis demonstrates …
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Heterosexual anal sex in the age of HIV : an exploratory study of a silenced subject
… there exist deep-seated taboos and undertones of immorality and abnormality associated with it. All these factors play a part in individual sexual decision making; an attempt is made at exploring the motivations and personal choices that culminate in an act of heterosexual anal intercourse.
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Caligula in Jerusalem : the hostile relationship between Emperor Gaius and his Jewish subjects.
… studied Gaius by focusing on his madness and immorality.
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Bitter Relish
… For instance: the envy of youth, attraction to immorality, need for melodrama, disinterest when feelings are reciprocated, and the glamour of lust. The protagonists usually become aware of these trivial motivations, usually followed by the collapse of a particular feeling that perhaps never …
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“I must turn idolator”: religious inversion and the quest for genuine faith in Moby-Dick
… explore how Ishmael repents of a false view of immorality, finds redemption through an immoral union, and follows a wicked captain who offers the hope of expiating spiritual guilt. When seen together, these inverted religious themes help us understand the cohesive nature of Melville's religious …
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Valerius Maximus on Vice: a commentary on Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 9.1-11
… of the work dealing principally with vice and immorality - this thesis examines how an author employs material predominantly from the earlier, Republican, period in order to validate the value system which the Romans believed was the basis of their world domination and to justify the reign of …
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A Public Affair: The Effects of Perceived Morality on the Expression of Negative Group Directed Attitudes and Behaviors
Previous work has shown that perceptions of immorality can lead to the expression of negative group directed attitudes. Therefore the present study investigated whether increased perceptions of morality could decrease explicit negative group directed attitudes. For Study 1, 262 participants …
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Immoral Economy: Negative Ethics and Everyday Economic Life in the Southern Peruvian Andes
… of negative ethics—that is, how concerns about immorality animate everyday economic life in rural Andean Peru. Through a consideration of issues such as land inheritance, borrowing money, gift exchange, wealth inequality, and cash cropping, I argue that routine evaluative judgements about bad …
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Industrial Hemp: Building a Sustainable Future
… cast aside in the name of greed, corruption and immorality. The prohibition of industrial hemp that was instituted in 1957 is currently interfering in the evolution of what could be the preferred material for sustainable building. Traditional building materials such as concrete, fiberboard, and …
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The good, the bad and the immoral : a study on morality in Icelandic comedians
… is explored as well as the possible benefits of immorality in comedians. Furthermore, how the line can be considered as very fine between being immoral and funny, or immoral and a very sudden career ending. The study is based on a qualitative method, where each participant was interviewed by the …
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A LOOK AT MORALITY IN CONNECTION TO MARGINALIZATION AND DISABILITY IN JANE AUSTEN’S MANSFIELD PARK
… and social standing. Their actions signify their immorality. Fanny, who has been marginalized and ill-treated, finds herself frustrated by her lack of physical strength, but being disabled and marginalized gives her the space and time to think more about intellectual matters and morality. Just as …
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Powerful Magic: Sorcery, Magic, Witchcraft and the Spanish Inquisition as Catalysts for Women's Power
… traits that included malice, anger, and sexual immorality. Women's undeniable shortcomings required that they be removed from the public sphere as a measure of protection, guarding society and themselves from their unstable nature. Popular literature, science, and church teachings worked …
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Fallahin on Trial in Colonial Egypt: Apprehending the Peasantry through Orality, Writing, and Performance
… passionate and ultimately linked their alleged immorality to their illiteracy. Furthermore, my work sheds light on how peasants reacted to this process of moralization of the law by promoting the "honor of the brigand" through violence and poetry. Finally, by focusing on the many petitions …
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(School) girl power : the construction and contradiction of the cultural figure of the schoolgirl across contemporary popular culture
… trope works to accommodate and veil the immorality of the sexualisation of schoolgirls for a male gaze, which needs problematising for its accommodation of a normalisation of the potential paedophilic gaze. Ultimately, this thesis contributes to the discourse of the sexualised adolescent …
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Spirited Measures and Victorian Hangovers: Public Attitudes to Alcohol, the Law and Moral Regulation.
… Covering issues of crime, disorder, health and immorality, it investigates the various means through which alcohol has been constructed as a social problem through time. This qualitative focus on change and continuity in history allows for the attitudinal and legal impact of certain key …
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Dorian Gray: The Myth
… of art does not equate to depicting morality or immorality within art. The interconnection between art and humanity, or art and didactic function, is inseparable and that is made clearer by Wilde’s full use of the Narcissus myth within his narrative. By recognizing the entirety of <em>Dorian …
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