Virtue and Vice

Virtue is heroic excellence: the martial prowess, honor, and loyalty that make one worthy of glory.

Virtue is the harmony of the soul: wisdom, courage, temperance, and justice together.

Virtue is a stable disposition to act well: the mean between excess and deficiency.

Virtue is the right use of impressions: living in accordance with nature and reason.

True virtue is rightly ordered love: faith, hope, and charity above the classical cardinal virtues.

The four cardinal virtues are natural; faith, hope, and charity are infused by grace.

Virtù is not Christian virtue; it is effective political excellence, adaptable to necessity.

Virtue is what produces approval in an impartial observer: a quality pleasing or useful to self or others.

Virtue is the strength of the moral will: acting from duty against inclination.

Virtue is a character disposed to promote general happiness: valued for its contribution to well-being.