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Virtue

Virtue is a moral excellence. A virtue is a trait or quality that is deemed to be morally good and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting collective and individual greatness. The opposite of virtues are Vices.

Key Virtues

For Christians, there are two sets of key virtues originating from St. Thomas Aquinas, that we all make every attempt to follow in our lives. The first set is Theological Virtues and the second is Cardinal Virtures. The definitions here are drawn from internet sources, principally Wikipedia.

Theological Virtues

Faith

Faith, derived from Latin fides and Old French feid, is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or concept. In the context of religion, one can define faith as "belief in a god or in the doctrines or teachings of religion"

Hope

An optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large. As a verb, its definitions include: "expect with confidence" and "to cherish a desire with anticipation." Among its opposites are dejection, hopelessness, and despair.

Charity

The practice of charity means the voluntary giving of help to those in need, as a humanitarian act. There are a number of philosophies about charity, often associated with religion. Effective altruism is the use of evidence and reasoning to determine the most effective ways to help others.

Cardinal Virtues

Prudence

Prudence is the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason. It is classically considered to be a virtue, and in particular one of the four Cardinal virtues. Prudence, calculation, foresight, forethought imply attempted provision against possible contingencies. Prudence is care, caution, and good judgment, as well as wisdom in looking ahead: sober prudence in handling one's affairs.

Temperance

Moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.
Habitual moderation in the indulgence of a natural appetite or passion, especially in the use of alcoholic liquors.

Justice

Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspectives, including the concepts of moral correctness based on ethics, rationality, law, religion, equity and fairness.

Fortitude

Fortitude actually has a double meaning, or perhaps two distinct aspects of one meaning. First, it means courage, bravery, valor, heroism. You know, all of those qualities that are rather out of fashion in our day, but which we sure hope the person next to us has when the chips are down.
The second meaning is endurance, tenacity, perseverance. It is that ability to stay with a task in the midst of every conceivable discouragement and setback. Courage and endurance — it’s this great combination that is summed up in the virtue of fortitude.

Self-Evident Virtues

These further virtues we all believe are intrinsically worthwhile, and should be practiced by everyone:
Love
Honesty
Truthfulness
Loyalty
Honor
Humility
Gratitude
Trustworthiness
Tolerance
Kindness
Integrity (which could stand for all the rest!)

Values
Ethics
In ethics, value denotes the degree of importance of some thing or action, with the aim of determining what actions are best to do or what way is best to live, or to describe the significance of different actions. Value systems are prospective and prescriptive beliefs; they affect ethical behavior of a person or are the basis of their intentional activities.

The main difference between value and virtue is that values are principles or standards of behavior that help one to decide what is important in life whereas virtues are qualities that are universally or generally considered to be good and desirable.

Core Values List

Authenticity
Achievement
Adventure
Authority
Autonomy
Balance
Beauty
Boldness
Compassion
Challenge
Citizenship
Community
Competency
Contribution
Creativity
Curiosity
Determination
Fairness
Faith
Fame
Friendships
Fun
Growth
Happiness
Honesty
Humor
Influence
Inner Harmony
Justice
Kindness
Knowledge
Leadership
Learning
Love
Loyalty
Meaningful Work
Openness
Optimism
Peace
Pleasure
Poise
Popularity
Recognition
Religion
Reputation
Respect
Responsibility
Security
Self-Respect
Service
Spirituality
Stability
Success
Status
Trustworthiness
Wealth
Wisdom

Some values that are apparently propelling today's youth:

Radicalism
Collectivism
Socialism
Communism
Dishonesty
Ingratitude
Protestation
Intolerance
Demonstration
Marching
Rioting
Looting
Burning
Assaulting
Derision
Demeaning
Disrupting
Labeling
Hating
Insensitivity
Dishonoring
Unkindness
Anti-Constitution
Anti-American
Anti-Law
Chaos-Producing
Anti-Culture
Anti-Discipline
Victimhood
Childishness
Leftwing Thought
Distrust

What should we do about people that hold a significant number of these truly negative values? There is rather a lot of them, perhaps too many to simply lock up. We cannot deport them.

Yet they are a menace to society, and the peace and tranquility of our nation. Should we employ detention camps to remove them from our daily lives? Creating our own version of reeducation centers to convert them to sanity?

If we do nothing, we elect to allow them to continue their rampages through our nation, and violating our laws. Some of them may grow out of their rabid infantilism given time, but can we wait that long? Obviously not!
This is a puzzlement!

Carol Kelly

It is truly a puzzle. However, if the law was enforced and the Bail program enacted by Harris was done away with, we could put an end to the radical rioting. What we can do with Biden and Harris and Pelosi and the other rattlesnakes and pythons in the Democrat party, is beyond all of us. Pray to God🙏

Iliamna1

1) Share the Gospel of Good News, that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, so that whosoever believes on Him will not perish, but have everlasting life.
2) Get involved with your school boards and take other virtue-minded parents and demand that changes be made in the curriculum. Insist that all races be treated equally, even whites, in the textbooks, classroom lessons and by teachers. Work to pass state laws to prohibit biological males from girls locker rooms and sports. Make sure your own children are grounded in what being a Christian and American citizen really means.
3) If you can't get the desired education (which incudes non-radicalization) at the local schools, consider private education or home schooling.
4) Spend quality time (and lots of it) with your children. Make sure they are confident ink both parent's love.
5) WORK at keeping your marriages intact.