Virtue
Contents
Definition
Applications
Lack of Virtue Makes People Ill
One of the things I’ve learned for example, being a clinical psychologist (I’ve spent thousands of hours helping people sort out difficult problems), is that lack of virtue makes people ill. I’m not saying that my clients themselves lacked virtue, I suppose some of them do and some of them don’t, but to the degree that they’re embedded in a network of relationships where virtue is fundamentally absent, they’re tortured and tormented and they’re unable to find firm ground. And that’s not a biological problem, although biologically fragile people might be hurt more by a lack of virtue. [1]
Virtue is a Mode of Being
Virtue, ethics, morality isn’t a field of study. It’s a mode of being upon which all fields of study rest. It’s also a mode of being upon which everything you do in your life rests. The way you understand yourself or fail to, the way you understand other people or fail to. And more deeply than that, what role it is that you play in your life in the world.[2]
Interpretations
See Also
References
- ↑ Necessity of Virtue Transcript from memoirsofanamnesic.wordpress.com
- ↑ Necessity of Virtue Transcript from memoirsofanamnesic.wordpress.com
