No Longer Human (人間失格, Ningen Shikkaku) is a Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai. Published after Run Melos and The Setting Sun, No Longer Human is considered Dazai’s masterpiece and ranks as the second-best selling novel in Japan, behind Natsume Sōseki’s Kokoro. The literal translation of the title, discussed by Donald Keene in his preface to…

The fifth season of the television comedy series Arrested Development is scheduled to premiere on Netflix on May 29, 2018. The season will consist of 16 episodes, split into two eight-episode parts; with the second half premiering later in 2018. This is the second revival season after the series was canceled by Fox in 2006;…

Charismatic authority is a concept about leadership that was developed in 1922 by the german sociologist Max Weber. It involves a type of organization or a type of leadership in which authority derives from the charisma of the leader. This stands in contrast to two other types of authority: legal authority and traditional authority. Each…

Ethical egoism is the normative ethical position that moral agents ought to do what is in their own self-interest. It differs from psychological egoism, which claims that people can only act in their self-interest. Ethical egoism also differs from rational egoism, which holds that it is rational to act in one’s self-interest. Ethical egoism holds,…

Character development may refer to: Character arc, the change in characterization of a dynamic character, who changes over the course of a narrative. Character creation, especially for games Experience point (character advancement), increase in scores and other changes of a game character; for example, in role-playing video games Moral character, a term used in many…

Charisma Carpenter (born July 23, 1970) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Cordelia Chase in the popular TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–1999) and its spin-off series Angel (1999–2004). She has also starred as Kyra on Charmed (2004), Kendall Casablancas on Veronica Mars (2005–2006), Rebecca Sewell on The…