The phrase "a paramount virtue" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a quality or trait that is considered to be of utmost importance or significance.
Example: "In our society, honesty is regarded as a paramount virtue that fosters trust and integrity among individuals."
Alternatives: "an essential quality" or "a supreme value".
A paramount virtue in journalism is being the first to reveal startling facts.
Perhaps the whole episode of Xi Jinping's disappearance has been of no consequence to the leaders themselves, who view secrecy, not transparency, as a paramount virtue.
Both the left and the right agree that respect for women is a paramount virtue.
Modesty is considered a paramount virtue among Orthodox Jews, so the fact that frum porn exists is strange.
But I imagine he was probably taking his cues from the media, who have lately asserted that brusque, Northeastern "straight talk" is a paramount virtue that should be emulated by all.
For Willy, who had lived the belief that likability was a paramount human virtue, the confession is crushing.
Eisgruber's practical recommendations for fixing the confirmation process boil down to having senators stand up for themselves during hearings, unafraid to say no, but his larger point is that, in pursuit of justice, moderation is the paramount virtue; even confirmed liberals and conservatives should, as a rule, prefer a moderate to someone who matches their more radical views.
She regarded loyalty as the paramount virtue and anyone, even among her husband's greatest admirers, who went even the tiniest bit 'off message', as we would say now, would be brutally ejected from her circle, often never to be readmitted.
But with so much of the media locked into of what Jay Rosen memorably dubbed "the view from nowhere," in which balance is the paramount virtue, even over truth, the laundering of Trump's ugly rhetoric has been happening anyway.
It was produced at a time when clarity and elegance were held to be paramount virtues in philosophy, and before today's explosion of sub-disciplines cut philosophers off from much of their potential audience.
Investors are no longer interested in secretive hedge fund managers and inscrutable quant trading strategies, and so personal relationships and personal responsibility on the part of financial advisers will be paramount virtues.
