Fate and Free Will in Chronicle of a Death Foretold

In García Márquez, the magical is associated with fantasy, myth, literariness, and the unknowability of reality, while realism suggests seeing through fictitious versions of reality constructed by hegemonic discourses. Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981) is about fate and ambiguity, but also encourages the challenging of convention and the assertion of an independent identity: the “magic” of the imagination is a path to alternative ways of being and a new reality. The title suggests the circularity of a mystical destiny and the investigative desire to recuperate historical truth. Santiago Nasar’s death is inevitable because of an honor code rooted in religious and social conformity (his killing is necessary to purify the Vicario family name following a bridegroom’s discovery that his bride, Angela Vicario, has already lost her virginity, possibly to Santiago). Moreover, there is a performative, ritualistic, sacrificial dimension to the planning of the death, as Angela’s brothers act out their compulsion according to what they believe is required of them. Behind this is the idea that the magic of love has become little more than a social contract and has ceased to be “real.” The investigation of the detective-like chronicler (into a real event now being transformed into a fiction) implies a quest for “truth,” and the final outcome is a not entirely ironic achievement of “true” love, independently chosen. This article explores how agency and authorship are mobilized to test the limits of fatalism and convention.

Ethics by the Book for Now and Always

Cadets' character and ethical quality are crucial; they determine the kind of officers who will join the Air Force after they graduate. The texts relating to the ethical traditions aim at building the cadets' character and lay out all the values and principles that a future officer should uphold. In this context, this chapter seeks to investigate the extent to which ethical parameters are present in the Air Force Cadet Wing Honor Code. The authors then want to relate the ethical education provided to the cadets by the academy with their mission after graduation. To accomplish their duties, pilots seem to be influenced by their beliefs, their studies, and of course, the honor code; issues of ethics and the law also influence to a high degree the psychology of pilots and determine to a high extent their reactions and effectiveness. The final goal is to investigate to what extent ethics and the law influence pilots' decisions and are interpreted by fighter aircrafts' pilots of the Hellenic Air Force and attack helicopter pilots of the Hellenic Army.

Pembinaan Akhlak Melalui Dharma Pramuka: Studi Fenomenologi di Madrasah Aliyah Negeri

This research aims to explain the material, methods and evaluation system in moral coaching through dharma Pramuka in MAN Pariaman City. Research uses qualitative methods with this type of phenomenological research. The results in this study show that the material in moral coaching through the Scout dharma in MAN Pariaman City is contained in the scout honor code that is takwa to the One True God; the love of nature and the compassion of fellow human beings are willing in helping anyone and patiently do for good. Methods in moral coaching through dharma Pramuka in MAN Pariaman City there are exemplary methods, habituation and lecture methods, and evaluation system in moral coaching through dharma scouting in MAN Pariaman City is carried out through muhasabah, devotion al-all activities with evening wirid events.

Francesco Piccolomini on honor

‘Honor’ is one of the key notions in Renaissance ethics. The present paper analyzes the honor code which Francesco Piccolomini (1520–1604) articulates in his Vniuersa Philosophia de Moribus. Drawing not only on Aristotle, Plato, and ancient Stoicism, but also on medieval and early-modern Christian authorities, he argues that ‘proper honor’ is situated in the inner of a virtuous person because “everybody is the artificer of their own merits of honor.” Despite the aristocratic and patriarchal aspects of his ethics, he propounds an interiorizing and non-militarist interpretation of honor, which runs parallel with Montaigne’s concept of vray honneur and even anticipates to some extent Kant’s Ehrliebe.

A Research Review

Research into academic integrity (AI) has a long history of extensive work to estimate the prevalence of and predictors for academic misconduct in higher education (HE). In addition, concern about the high prevalence of academic misconduct has justified a proliferation of recommendations for reducing academic misconduct. Scholars have lamented, however, the dearth of research investigating the effectiveness of interventions to prevent academic misconduct. This chapter reports on a review of 97 quantitative studies that investigated the effectiveness of interventions related to academic misconduct in HE. The evidence supports the effectiveness of text-matching software and honor code systems in reducing plagiarism and cheating, respectively. The effectiveness of proctoring examinations, providing instruction about plagiarism, and delivering instruction about AI are not supported by the evidence. Recommendations for future research are suggested.

A New Order?

This chapter describes how organilleros, in spite of all the nuisance that they caused, played a key role in the formation of a middle-class lifestyle in Madrid. Organilleros represented everything that the rising middle classes rejected, such as coarseness and lack of refinement. The middle classes used organilleros as an Other against which to define themselves. Parallel to the legal persecution of organilleros in the 1890s, the press circulated news of crimes and murders allegedly committed by organilleros. There was a common narrative structure in all these news, namely, one in which an organillero killed his partner in a fit of jealousy. The media accused organilleros of misappropriating the centuries-long honor code that was endorsed in the 1870 Penal Code and that provided legitimacy for males to use violence against their wives to restore honor damaged through adultery.