And it could hide the New Deal's flaws as well as display virtues.
If the pragmatist liberals are right, reasoning of this sort requires that citizens of liberal democracies display virtues of various sorts, such as openness to the views of others, proper respect for their positions, and so forth.
He also used it as a means to criticize himself for failing to obtain high office, but coming to the conclusion that the true gentleman displays virtue instead of greed for power.
For all the cynical talk about pathetic fallacies, I really believe that he displayed virtues that any human being would be proud to possess.
The traditions associated with these martyrs show them displaying virtues like courage, love, and perseverance.
Why not reward devout conservationists by letting them display their virtue?
Murlis worries that in our collective rush to make choices that display personal virtue we may be losing sight of the larger problem.
Tom begins to free himself, yet the picture doesn't collapse into a stuffy display of virtue; it remains exciting — the classical music that could save Tom is just as dangerous for him as his life of intimidation and fraud.
He presents himself as a man of silent integrity, but packed inside his display of virtue is a threat to destroy everything – beginning with himself – if he does not get what he wants.
It's certainly true that there's a virtual cinematic genre in which filmmakers increase the suffering of the audience, ostensibly in order to diminish the suffering of others (e.g., the movie's subjects, or people who resemble them), but who actually, in the process, reduce their own, through the vanity of their public display of virtue and compassion.
For example, by accepting that our "responsibilities outrun control," we are able to display the virtue of dependability by accepting that we will be there for our friends, even if their needs are not in our control.
