That said, much of The Scientific Life identifies the virtues that continue to reside in the modern vocation of science, even though "nobility" is not a notion we're comfortable with any longer and even though modern scientists, of course, view themselves as laborers well worthy of their hire.
By identifying the specific virtues the palliative doctor executes on a daily basis, we will be in a better position to create educational programs ad hoc, to reinforce these values and deploy the virtues which are vital to a humanized clinical practice.
Elizabeth Royte rightly identifies the many virtues of New York City's tap water.
This is because these are characteristics that among students at the same institution are likely to vary more than test scores do, and because, if the admissions officers have done their job well, they have identified the "compensating virtues" among applicants with below-average scores, as Princeton apparently did in the case of Sonia Sotomayor.
Because the Stoics identify the moral virtues with knowledge, and thus the perfection of our rational natures, that which is genuinely good is also most appropriate to us.
He also presented an "anatomy of Chinese normative culture," identifying the high rhetoric of virtue and sagacity favored by intellectuals, the philosophy of pragmatic governance favored by rulers, and the philosophy of survival favored by commoners.
But dang it, if I could identify the one virtue that is most important to our time here on this planet, that virtue would be kindness.
Here are some of this year's choices: In "The Analects," Confucius identifies the cardinal virtue of ren (variously translated as goodness, humanity, benevolence) with many different attitudes and behaviors.
By common consent, Rome was identified with the virtues of manly, self-denying courage and devotion to the common good over the lure of riches, corruption, and sensuous pleasure.
Confucianism is a perfectionist virtue ethic if such an ethic is distinguished by its central focus on three subjects: character traits identified as the virtues; the good and worthwhile life; and particularist modes of ethical reasoning.
