Moreover, his ethics, with its emphasis on self-esteem and self-knowledge appears in ways to be an individualistic one: the good, when I attain it, is a perfection of myself, not of society or the world.
That emphasis on self-esteem and moral uplift has long been characteristic of Ms. Woolverton's work — and of Disney itself.
Nevertheless, Spinoza's emphasis on self-esteem and, in his ethical theory, on self-knowledge suggests that to the extent we are able to bring about effects, including our own emotions, as whole or adequate causes of those effects we are better off.
But they do, and it got me thinking about our cultural emphasis on self-esteem and what it means to truly feel good about oneself.
But the emphasis, she says, is primarily on self-esteem and future career prospects.
Like "Miffy," "Wonder Pets" is peaceful, yet also witty and emotional, with themes recognizable from modern notions of child development: the emphasis is on teamwork, empathy, and working through frustration, rather than on self-esteem.
"It has a tremendous impact on self-esteem.
For years psychologists have been focusing on self-esteem.
It's difficult to work on self-esteem directly.
This can, for example, be seen by the emphasis on self-related cognitions such as self-esteem with regard to science and emotional factors such as anxiety toward science and fear of failure on a course.
We need to shift our emphasis from self-esteem to self worth and that means going back to basics.
