Virtues for a new age...
Posted on: June 18, 2007 - 6:06pm
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Virtues for a new age...
in studying today i came across some interesting facts about the different virtues "focused" on in different cultures and eras.
i was curious what are some of your ideas for a new top 5 list of virtues that are important in modern times. it maybe stuff we already do or somethings our society needs to work on.
below is a list of common virtues, referrence sited in post. list how ever many you feel vital in developing our society. explain if you wish or just talk about one inparticular. have fun and make some up if you like.
May God bless us and give us the words to express our ideas in a creative and civil manner, while providing us an ear that we may truly hear each other, and a voice to clearly project our thoughts.
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* altruism
* appreciation
* assertiveness
* autonomy
* awareness
* balance
* being beautiful in spirit
* benevolence
* charity
* chastity
* cleanliness
* commitment
* compassion
* confidence
* consciousness
* consideration
* continence
* cooperativeness
* courage
* courteousness
* creativity
* critical thinking
* cunning
* curiosity
* dependability
* detachment
* determination
* diligence
* discipline
* empathy
* endurance
* enthusiasm
* excellence
* fairness
* faith
* fidelity
* flexibility
* focus
* foresight
* forgiveness
* fortitude
* freedom
* free will
* friendliness
* generosity
* happiness
* helpfulness
* honesty
* honour
* hopefulness
* hospitality
* humility
* humor
* idealism
* imagination
* impartiality
* independence
* innocence
* integrity
* intuition
* inventiveness
* justice
* kindness
* lovingness
* loyalty
* mercy
* moderation
* manners
* modesty
* morality
* nonviolence
* nurturing
* obedience
* openness
* optimism
* patience
* peacefulness
* perfection
* perseverance
* piety
* potential
* prudence
* purity
* purposefulness
* respectfulness
* responsibility
* restraint
* sacrifice
* self-awareness
* self-discipline
* self-esteem
* self-reliance
* self-respect
* sensitivity
* sharing
* sincerity
* spirituality
* sympathy
* tactfulness
* temperance
* thankfulness
* tolerance
* trustworthiness
* truth
* truthfulness
* understanding
* unselfishness
* wisdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue
May God bless us and give us the words to express our ideas in a creative and civil manner, while providing us an ear that we may truly hear each other, and a voice to clearly project our thoughts.
So many of these can be rolled into an all-in-one virtue: kindness
* helpfulness * altruism * appreciation * being beautiful in spirit * charity * compassion * benevolence * consideration * cooperativeness * dependability * empathy * fairness * forgiveness * friendliness * generosity * honesty * hospitality * manners * integrity * nonviolence * nurturing * patience * respectfulness * responsibility * sensitivity * sharing * sincerity * sympathy * tactfulness * tolerance * trustworthiness * truth * truthfulness * understanding * unselfishness * lovingness * loyalty
If someone is truly kind, most everything else will follow.
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Rather than kind, I think I'd use compassionate. I think 'kindness' is subjective, but 'kind behaviour' certainly follows one's compassion.
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