Transcript Autobiography of Ben Franklin

Autobiography of Ben
Franklin
Establishing YOUR dream
“I wished to live without committing
any fault at any time.”
 Reflection:
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List all the faults that you have.
List all the good qualities you have.
Why would it be beneficial to live with no
faults?
We are learning
about morality
Connotations
Moral Perfection:
 of or relating to perfecting the principles
of right and wrong in behavior
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Virtue: a commendable quality or trait
Vice: a moral fault or failing
13 virtues
 work on one by one
 Record progress in a special notebook
 Place a black mark beside a forgotten
virtue
 Failings = vices = need to get rid of
What are the 13 virtues?
1. Temperance Eat not to dullness; drink not to
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elevation.
Silence Speak not but what may benefit others
or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.
Order Let all your things have their places; let
each part of your business have its time.
Resolution Resolve to perform what you ought;
perform without fail what you resolve.
Frugality Make no expense but to do good to
others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing.
13 cont.
6. Industry Lose no time; be always employed
in something useful; cut off all unnecessary
actions.
7. Sincerity Use no hurtful deceit; think
innocently and justly, and, if you speak,
speak accordingly.
8. Justice Wrong none by doing injuries, or
omitting the benefits that are your duty.
9. Moderation Avoid extremes; forebear
resenting injuries so much as you think they
deserve.
10. Cleanliness Tolerate no uncleanliness in
body, clothes, or habitation
Do you suppose his plan
was successful?
Explain.
13 cont.
11. Tranquility Be not disturbed at trifles, or at
accidents common or unavoidable.
12. Chastity
13. Humility Imitate Jesus and Socrates.
Connotations
 Each of the 13 virtues was chosen carefully
by Benjamin Franklin for the particular
connotations (the ideas associated with a
word), which can be positive, negative, or
neutral.
Connotations
Words
Sincerity: don’t use
harmful deceit when giving
your opinion
Honesty: truthfulness &
sincerity
Workaholic: constant and
earnest effort to accomplish
what is undertaken at
expense of other things
Blunt: abrupt manner
Hygiene habitually
keeping things clean
Diligence: constant and
earnest effort to accomplish
what is undertaken
Immaculateness: keeping
things spotlessly clean
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Why?
Sincerity is usually considered a positive quality. When a
person is sincere they do not have ulterior motives for
being nice and they do not lie just so you will not be mad
or upset with them. Virtue.
Exit Ticket
Consider the 13 virtues
Benjamin Franklin chose to
include. Which virtue on his list
strikes you as being the most
important? Explain why. Which
virtue on his list would you
choose to help improve your
life? Explain why.