Main article: ViceSee also: List of virtuesThe opposite of a virtue is a vice. Vice is a habitual, repeated practice of wrongdoing. One way of organizing the vices is as the corruption of the virtues. ...
Virtues as emotions Marc Jackson in his book Emotion and Psyche puts forward a new development of the virtues. He identifies the virtues as what he calls the good emotions "The first group consisting ...
René Descartes For the Rationalist philosopher René Descartes, virtue consists in the correct reasoning that should guide our actions. Men should seek the sovereign good that Descartes, following Ze ...
In Hagakure, the quintessential book of the samurai, Yamamoto Tsunetomo encapsulates his views on 'virtue' in the four vows he makes daily:Never to be outdone in the way of the samurai or bushido.To b ...
Judaism Main article: Jewish ethics Virtues fighting vices, stained glass window (14th century) in the Niederhaslach ChurchLoving God, and obeying his laws, in particular the Ten Commandments are cent ...
During Egyptian civilization, Maat or ma'at (thought to have been pronounced *), also spelled māt or mayet, was the ancient Egyptian concept of truth, balance, order, law, morality, and justice. Maat ...
Virtue (Latin: virtus, Ancient Greek: ?ρετ? "arete") is moral excellence. A virtue is a positive trait or quality deemed to be morally good and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and goo ...
