Righteous (does not rejoice in wrongdoing)įinally, there is this huge list of virtues with definitions.Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. It does not insist on its own way it is not irritable or resentful it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Inconsideration: the Vice in Which One Does Not Judge Which Means Is the Best among the Various Means Arrived at During Counsel 3. Love is patient and kind love does not envy or boast it is not arrogant or rude. Precipitation: the Vice in Which One Does Not Take Counsel (Results in Acting Too Quickly) 2. If he connects the recognised virtues with the good of a rational agent, and. If Aristotle simply takes over the list of virtues from common sense and does not show how they promote the agent’s good and the common good, he has not shown that they are genuine virtues. Then, there’s this bible verse which we can cull for virtues: This chapter examines virtues of character as different forms of extended altruism, and hence of rational self-realisation. Faith (interesting to view this as a virtue).Perseverance (same as work or Industry?) The Buddha taught his monks to arouse four states of mind, called the 'Brahma-vihara' or 'four divine states of dwelling.' These four states are sometimes called the 'Four Immeasurables' or the 'Four Perfect Virtues.' The four states are metta (loving kindness), karuna (compassion), mudita (sympathetic joy or empathy), and upekkha (equanimity), and in many Buddhist traditions, these four states are cultivated through meditation.Similarly, there are often considered to be seven classic vices.
Here’s what Bill Bennett’s The Book of Virtues would add: accept for the sake of discussion the following lists, which come from Seebauer and. Here’s my list off of the top of my head: on the consequences of virtues and vices. honesty, industry, generosity, and chastity. The present classification lists character strengths, as have philoso- phers for centuries, but our categories. I like the ones that end in "y." I think I’m interested in this because a few very important virtues, if encouraged into American culture, might make a huge difference, esp. I’m looking to do a study on virtues and vice, and need to make a list.