Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity.
admirable behavior that includes specific traits: charity, chastity, humility, loyalty, fidelity, and other selfless behavior. Love is considered the highest virtue, and the other virtues often inspire love, in the case of courtly love. Marguerite Porete writes in the Mirror of Simple Souls that the annihilated soul must transcend virtue.
any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit"
morality with respect to sexual relations
a behavioural trait arrived at through the application of moral reasoning, which results in a benefit in well being in those to whom it is directed, without detrimental effects to others
a character trait a human being needs to flourish or live well
a character trait that is valuable for the agent to have and that is habitually expressed in action as and when it is appropriate
a character trait we think it is good to have, while a vice is a character trait we think it is bad to have
a disposition or state of character that enables us to prosper and do our work well
a disposition that enables its possessor to flourish in some way
a disposition to exhibit the thought, action, or emotion when it is appropriate
a habit or tendency that helps you do what is morally good
a habitual and firm disposition to do the good
a mental attitude that is conductive to moral behaviour
an admirable character trait or disposition to habitually act ina manner that benefits ourselves and others
an habitual and firm disposition to do the good
an ideal of the way someone should be, a component of character
a trait or characteristic that is necessary to perfection
a voluntary observance of recognized moral laws
The disposition to conform to the law of right
To habitually do what is right. Virtue Ethics is a theory that claims that being good requires the practice of a certain kind of behaviours (virtethicsues). Aristotle advanced Virtue ethics and it has bee recently redefined by Alasdair MacIntyre. Debates range on how we determine what these ethical virtues are and whether being good is something we can practice at at all.
A good character trait to possess. Precisely what the virtues are is open to disagreement, and may vary from place to place and at different times in history. However, certain virtues, such as kindness and courage, are valued by most cultures.
Positive potential, merit. IMPRINTS on the mindstream of positive actions, leading to future happiness.
Moral excellence, goodness.
Virtue (Latin virtus; Greek ) is moral excellence of a person. A virtue is a character trait valued as being good. The conceptual opposite of virtue is vice.