Sentence examples for example of virtue from inspiring English sources
So a pope who was a member of the Hitler Youth and who served in the Wehrmacht asks us to take his word for it that the predecessor who sealed a concordat with Hitler was a coruscating example of virtue.
And I say this background story because he was my example of not selling out; he was my example of virtue and character.
But it is equally common, in relation to particular (putative) examples of virtues to give these truisms up.
Michel Foucault's The History of Sexuality (volume two) contains the cherishable "Elephants, as example of conjugal virtue, 17".
The difficulty was resolved when he came to realize that Churchill was a perfect example of that virtue.
This from a candidate who paints his resignation as an act of personal accountability, and his self-financed campaign as an example of fiscal virtue.
Shen Te, a prostitute chosen by three gods as an example of shining virtue, opens a tobacco shop to serve factory workers, only to find herself exploited by dossers, drug dealers and even the pilot with whom she falls in love.
One standard example of such virtue is the type of concern for those in an extreme plight shown by the late Mother Theresa, or by Doctors Without Borders.
Aristotle's view, on the other hand, is usually considered a paradigm example of a "virtue ethics", an ethical theory that gives priority to virtuous character.
Someone showing concern for the well-being of others well beyond the degree of concern for others required of all of us is considered a morally better person than the rest of us (other things equal), an example of supererogatory virtue.
