The achievement of toleration in any given realm of society, then, involves a willingness on the part of individuals or governments to provide protections for unpopular groups, even groups they themselves might consider deeply mistaken.
In some ways it is akin to the virtue of generosity in that it "involves a willingness to give more…that justice requires" (14).
Hence, in her view, trustworthiness involves a willingness to factor into our practical deliberation the likelihood that others are counting on us; and it can even require that we signal this willingness to others.
More complex other-regarding virtues would involve a willingness and ability to articulately communicate one's reasons to others, or the creativity to discover knowledge new to a community.
This work involves a willingness to be awkward, to be amateur.
Success in therapy involves a willingness to examine some of your most uncomfortable thoughts, feelings and experiences.
Forgiveness involves a willingness to work through the painful emotions that make forgiveness seem impossible, as well as a willingness to view, as Marcel Proust said, 'the same landscape through different eyes".
Rather, it involves a willingness to listen respectfully and attentively to his partner's concerns and to respond non-defensively and non-coercively with an intention to come up with a mutually satisfying resolution.
An open and sensitive attitude is described in terms of "bridling pre-understanding" which involves a willingness to listen, see and understand deeper meanings of the phenomena through a distancing and reflective attitude to unfamiliar experiences [ 22].
