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Virtue

Virtue

  • Sportsmanship
    Sportsmanship is an aspiration or ethos that a sport or activity will be enjoyed for its own sake, with proper consideration for fairness, ethics, respect, and a sense of fellowship with one's competitors.
  • Ethos
    Ethos (/ˈiːθɒs/ or US /ˈiːθoʊs/) is a Greek word meaning "character" that is used to describe the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterise a community, nation, or ideology.
  • Discipline
    Discipline is the suppression of base desires, and is usually understood to be synonymous with restraint and control.
  • Sat (Sanskrit)
    Sat (Sanskrit: सत्) is a Sanskrit word meaning "the true essence and that "which is unchangeable" of an entity, species or existence.
  • Forgiveness
    Forgiveness is the intentional and voluntary process by which a victim undergoes a change in feelings and attitude regarding an offense, lets go of negative emotions such as vengefulness, with an increased ability to wish the offender well.
  • Meno
    Meno (/ˈmiːnoʊ/; Greek: Μένων) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato.
  • Objectivity (philosophy)
    Objectivity is a central philosophical concept, related to reality and truth, which has been variously defined by sources.
  • Chastity
    Chastity is sexual behavior of a man or woman that is acceptable to the moral standards and guidelines of their culture, civilization or religion.
  • Courage
    Courage (also called bravery or valour) is the choice and willingness to confront agony, pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation.
  • Fidelity
    Fidelity is the quality of faithfulness or loyalty.
  • Arete (moral virtue)
    Arete (Greek: ἀρετή), in its basic sense, means "excellence of any kind".
  • Charity (practice)
    The practice of charity means the voluntary giving of help to those in need, as a humanitarian act.
  • Theological virtues
    Theological virtues in theology and in Christian philosophy are moral characters.
  • Humility
    Humility is the quality of being humble.
  • Patience
    Patience (or forbearing) is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without acting on negative annoyance/anger; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties.
  • Wisdom
    'Wisdom or sapience is the ability to think and act using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense, and insight.
  • Solidarity
    Solidarity is unity (as of a group or class) which produces or is based on unities of interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies.
  • Alms
    Alms (/ɑːmz/, /ɑːlmz/) or almsgiving involves giving to others as an act of virtue, either materially or in the sense of providing capabilities (e.g. education) for free.
  • Respect
    Respect is a feeling of admiration or deference toward a person, child, non-human animal, group, ideal, or indeed almost any entity or concept, as well as specific actions and conduct representative of that esteem.
  • Duty
    Duty (from "due" meaning "that which is owing"; Old French: deu, did, past participle of devoir; Latin: debere, debitum, whence "debt") is a term that conveys a sense of moral commitment or obligation to someone or something.
  • Liberty
    (For other uses, see Liberty (disambiguation).) Liberty, in philosophy, involves free will as contrasted with determinism.
  • Mercy
    Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French merci, from Medieval Latin merced-, merces, from Latin, "price paid, wages", from merc-, merxi "merchandise") is a broad term that refers to benevolence, forgiveness and kindness in a variety of ethical, religious, social and legal contexts.
  • Honesty
    Honesty refers to a facet of moral character and connotes positive and virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, straightforwardness, including straightforwardness of conduct, along with the absence of lying, cheating, theft, etc.
  • Equanimity
    Equanimity (Latin: æquanimitas having an even mind; aequus even animus mind/soul) is a state of psychological stability and composure which is undisturbed by experience of or exposure to emotions, pain, or other phenomena that may cause others to lose the balance of their mind.
  • Character Strengths and Virtues
    Character Strengths and Virtues (CSV) is a book by Christopher Peterson and Martin Seligman (2004) that attemptsto present a measure of humanist ideals of virtue in an empirical, rigorously scientific manner.
  • Integrity
    Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.
  • Temperance (virtue)
    Temperance is defined as moderation or voluntary self-restraint.
  • Mimpathy
    Mimpathy (German: Nachfühlen, literally "after experience") is a philosophical concept related to empathy and sympathy.
  • Punctuality
    Punctuality is the characteristic of being able to complete a required task or fulfill an obligation before or at a previously designated time.
  • Wit
    Wit is a form of intelligent humour, the ability to say or write things that are clever and usually funny.
  • On Virtue
    On Virtue (Greek: Περὶ Ἀρετῆς; Latin: De Virtute) is a Socratic dialogue attributed to Plato, but which is considered spurious.
  • Civic virtue
    Civic virtue is the cultivation of habits of personal living that are claimed to be important for the success of the community.