Sentence examples for virtue right from inspiring English sources

Tolerance was, by unspoken assent, an absolute virtue, right up there with Faith, Hope and Diversity.

But if American culture can claim any particular virtue right now, surely it's a highly evolved, ironic awareness of many of the cliches Sontag is describing as if for the first time.

It sounds great, a civic virtue right up there with honest elections and sober driving.

Kelby's coming out inspired her father to rethink his entire worldview, his entire sense of the world and notions of sin, virtue, right and wrong.

I find it interesting that Nordlinger lists pluralism as a virtue right after proclaiming that anything that makes him uncomfortable should not be taught.

(Patience is a virtue, right?) Fans thought the date 4/4 held promise -- because of the significance the number four holds for the singer -- but nothing happened.

In the tradition of speaking in happy non sequiturs at victory rallies, Brat said that his victory reflected "basic American values and virtues right from the beginning.

But abuse within marriage and inequality on dissolution are significant problems, the gravity of which should, according to critics, outweigh these finer virtues; rights within marriage protect spouses when affection fails (Waldron 1988).

More so than 'social capital' or feelings of 'life satisfaction,' these topics are closely tied to traditional concerns of ethical theory (e.g., virtues, rights, duties, motivations and consequences).

In that world of his, in the ideal world, to which the real world must finally conform itself, I dwelt among the shows of things, but under a Providence that governed all things to a good end, and where neither wealth nor birth could avail against virtue or right.

Wendy Donner notes that separating virtue from right allows Mill to solve another problem for the theory: the demandingness problem (Donner 2011).