Cheshire Calhoun | Standing for Something

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Cheshire Calhoun | Standing for Something
Calhoun presents the differences between personal and social virtues as well as those that are both. Integrity, according to Calhoun, is best understood as a social virtue, since much that is relevant to integrity cannot be explained merely from a personal point of view. She explains why hypocrisy, the shame of failure, and our support of the courageous are all best understood within the context of our relation to others in society.
-When integrity is considered to be a ___________, the loss of integrity means that some part of selfhood has been lost.

• A) group identity
• B) personal virtue
• C) social virtue
• D) cultural value

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Definitions:

Symmetric

Referring to a shape or function that is mirrored equally on both sides of a central axis.

Skewed

A description of data that are not symmetrically distributed, often showing a longer tail on one side of the distribution's peak.

Negatively Skewed

A distribution where the tail is longer on the left side of the distribution, indicating that the majority of data points are located on the right.

Positively Skewed

A type of distribution in which the right tail (higher values) is longer than the left tail, indicating that a majority of the data points are clustered to the left of the mean.