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• Virtue


  Conformity of life and conduct with the principles of morality
• Virtue


  A habitual and firm disposition to do the good
• The virtues are the practical attitudes and habits adopted in obedience to moral principles
• Virtue


  • Moral excellence and exhibition of good behavior by a person
  • Universal and highly recognized by all cultures and traditions of the world
  • Basic qualities necessary for our well-being and happiness
• An effective moral life demands the practice of both human and theological virtues
• Cardinal virtues


  Four virtues that play a pivotal role and all the others are grouped around them
• Cardinal virtues


  • Form the soul with the habits of mind and will that support moral behavior, control passions, and avoid sin
  • Guide our conduct according to the dictates of faith and reason, leading us toward freedom based on self-control and toward joy in living a good moral life
• Examples of desirable virtues


  • Compassion
  • Responsibility
  • Sense of duty
  • Self-discipline and restraint
  • Honesty
  • Loyalty
  • Friendship
  • Courage
  • Persistence
• Human virtues


  Firm attitudes, stable dispositions, habitual perfections of intellect and will that govern our actions, order our passions, and guide our conduct according to reason and faith
• Virtuous person


  Freely practices the good
• Prudence


  Wisdom, Judgment, Care, Common sense, Cautiousness, Presence-of-mind
• Prudence


  The right reason in action
• Virtue of prudence


  • Disposes practical reason to discern our true good in every circumstance and to choose the right means of achieving it
  • Guides the other virtues by setting rule and measure
  • Immediately guides the judgment of conscience
• Three stages of an act of prudence


  1. Take counsel carefully with oneself and from others

  2. Judge correctly on the basis of the evidence at hand

  3. Direct the rest of one's activity according to the norms determined after a prudent judgment has been made
• Disregarding the advice or warnings of others whose judgment does not coincide with ours is a sign of imprudence
• Prudence


  The act of being careful
• Justice


  The moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give their due to God and neighbor
• Justice


  • Governs how we relate to both God and our neighbor
  • Seeks to observe the rights of all
  • Seeks proportionality, such that each person has what is his part, share, portion, or due
• Vices opposed to justice


  • Injustice (defect)
  • Judgment (excess)
• Aspects of the virtue of justice (parts)


  • Commutative justice
  • Distributive justice
  • Religion
  • Restitution
  • Piety
  • Observance
  • Obedience
  • Gratitude
  • Truthfulness
  • Liberality
  • Equity
• Justice is the foundation of a good society
• Fortitude


  The virtue that allows us to overcome fear and to remain steady in our will in the face of all obstacles, physical and spiritual
• Fortitude is the call of every Catholic: to possess fortitude to the extent that we willingly offer up our lives for God and the Church
• Temperance


  The moral virtue that moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides balance in the use of created goods
• Vices opposed by temperance


  • Gluttony
  • Drunkenness
  • Lust
• Temperance


  • Primarily concerned with the control of the desires of the flesh
  • Can also restrain the desires of the spirit, such as pride
  • Requires the balancing of legitimate goods against an inordinate desire for them
• Temperance is one of the 7 main virtues that oppose the 7 deadly sins
• Tips for showing the manly virtue of temperance


  • Analyze your life and be specific
  • Analyze the area where you lack self-control
  • Set goals easily accomplished
  • Stay accountable
  • Review your progress regularly with others
  • Deny yourself
  • Don't remove your desire from your life
  • Don't punish yourself for slipping up
  • Comparing to others is a waste of time
  • Don't get carried away
• Theological virtues


  • Faith
  • Hope
  • Charity
• Temperance


  Moderation or practicing self-control
• Temperance


  • It is one of the 7 main virtues that oppose the 7 deadly sins
  • It is opposite of Gluttony
  • It is the righteous habit which makes a man govern his natural appetite for pleasures of the senses
• Helpful tips in showing the manly virtue of temperance


  1. Analyze your life and be specific

  2. Analyze the area where you lack self-control

  3. Set goals easily accomplished

  4. Stay accountable

  5. Review your progress regularly with others

  6. Deny yourself

  7. Don't remove your desire from your life

  8. Don't punish yourself for slipping up

  9. Comparing to others is a waste of time

  10. Don't get carried away
• Theological Virtues


  Faith, Hope, Charity
• Human Virtues


  Rooted in the theological virtues, which adapt man's faculties for participation in the divine nature
• The Theological Virtues of faith, hope, and charity (love) are those virtues that relate directly to God
• The Theological Virtues are not acquired through human effort but, beginning with Baptism, they are infused within us as gifts from God
• The Theological Virtues dispose us to live in relationship with the Holy Trinity
• Faith, hope, and charity influence human virtues by increasing their stability and strength for our lives
• Virtues that assist in overcoming the seven deadly sins


  • Generosity
  • Poverty of spirit
  • Gentleness
  • Purity of heart
  • Temperance
  • Fortitude
• Each of the Ten Commandments


  Forbids certain sins, but each also points to virtues that will help us avoid such sins