Virtues

Virtues

Positive ethical/character traits, such as benevolence, confidential-ness, fairness, faithfulness, gratefulness, non-deceptiveness (truthfulness), nonmalevolence. Virtues correspond to principles or duties: beneficence, confidentiality, justice, fidelity, gratitude, non-deception (veracity), nonmaleficence, etc.

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virtue

Religion; Catholic church

An habitual and firm disposition to do the good. The moral virtues are acquired through human effort aided by God's grace; the theological virtues are gifts of God (1803). See ...

virtu

Education; SAT vocabulary

Rare, curious, or beautiful quality.

virtue

Anthropology; Mythology

A celestial race roughly equivalent to seraphim. They watch over the movement of heavenly bodies.

virtues

Philosophy; Ethics

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Language; Dictionaries

A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities.

virtue

Language; Dictionaries

Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.

altruism

Philosophy; Ethics

As a theory of action, this can be descriptive (i.e., that people do, at least sometimes, appear to act in other than self-regarding ways). Or it can be a normative position about ...

autonomy

Philosophy; Ethics

The principle of respect for persons, and of individual self-determination consistent with that principle. As most commonly defined, autonomy points in the direction of personal ...

beneficence

Philosophy; Ethics

Moral principle that one should help others further their important and legitimate interests, either as those persons understand them (respecting autonomy) or as we conceive them ...

confidentiality

Philosophy; Ethics

The principle that one should keep one's promises about information not to disclosure. A subset of duties of fidelity.

absolutism

Philosophy; Ethics

As an ethical theory, it can be contrasted with relativism. An absolutist would assert that there is one correct approach to the moral life, across persons and cultures. Absolute ...

despotism

Philosophy; Ethics

As an ethical theory, it can be contrasted with relativism. An absolutist would assert that there is one correct approach to the moral life, across persons and cultures. Absolute ...

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