Virtue Ethics

Habits

Are qualities (accidents, in the metaphysical sense) that come closest to the nature of man to enter into his essence

Plato

Stated that excellence is the strength of the soul

Habits

Are qualities (accidents, in the metaphysical sense) that come closest to the nature of man to enter into his essence

Plato

Stated that excellence is the strength of the soul

Entitative

Habit in things

Operative

Habits that exist in the act

Aristotle

Stated that excellence is achieved through doing things again and again

Virtue

Good manners/ proper conduct/ Good habits

Operative Habit

A principle from which good acts easily flow, the power to choose well what befits a person

Auream Mediocritatem

Golden Mean; Avoiding deficiency and excess

Phronesis

Capacity of doing something without so much thought

Intellectual Virtue

Kind of virtue that is produced and increased by instruction

Moral Virtue

Virtue that is a product of habit (repeated acts)

Prudence

Capacity to do the right thing at the right place at the right time

Recta Ratio Agibilium

refers to right reason in the doing of things

Solertia

refers to clear-sighted objectivity in unexpected situations

Justice

a habit to assist human to act reasonably toward fellow men and respect the good of others

Legal

Kind of justice which binds the individual to the State

Temperance

Cardinal virtue that restricts appetite within the bounds of reason in the pursuit of the sensible good

Self-restraint

Enables the will to resist the most powerful emotions of sensible desires for pleasure which run counter to the norm of morality

Humility

Inclines the will away from seeking greater estimation than one deserves

Meekness

Moderates anger and the desire for revenge

Clemency

Capacity to forgive

Modesty

Regulates external behavior in movement, speech, posture, dress and amusements

Fortitude

Cardinal virtue that restricts man from acting unreasonably in the face of difficulty

Patience

Enables a person to bear with reasonable endurance the ordinary difficulties of life

Perseverance

Enables a person to persist long in something good until it is accomplished

Magnanimity

A special kind of fortitude which inclines a person to great deeds and hence to act reasonably in the face of great honor or dishonor

Li

Propriety/ Tradition/decorum in Confucianism

Yi

Righteous Confucianist virtue

Kong Zi

Confucianism’s main proponent

Commutative

Kind of justice that regulates the relations between two equal parties and involves two things