Virtues Flashcards
What are the 4 different broad areas that we can control?
- Actions
- Impulses
- Endurance
- Distributions
Do you exhibit temperance in action or impulses?
Impulses
Do you exhibit wisdom in action or impulses?
Action
Among the 4 areas that we can control, where does courage fall?
Endurance
Do we do justice in our impulses, actions or endurance?
Distributions
How many virtues represent practical wisdom?
6
What are the 6 virtues of practical wisdom?
- Good judgment
- Good practical overview
- Quick moral sense
- Discretion
- Shrewdness
- Resourcefulness
Define good judgment
how to act to advantage
Define good practical overview
Giving purview of a situation and what can be done
Define quick moral sense
Being able to find the appropriate action in the moment
Define discretion
Considering what is worse and better in a situation
Define shrewdness
Enabling us to achieve an aim in each case
Define resourcefulness
Knowing what to do in difficulties
What are the 4 virtues of temperance?
- Good ordering
- Propriety
- Sense of honour
- Self-control
Good ordering
Of when things should be done
Propriety
Of seemly behaviour, relative to one’s social role