Virtue is something very few people think about — and when they do, it’s probably as a word in their minds that’s interchangeable with values, or principles, or standards.
But virtue is actually a word that represents necessary components for successful, fruitful living.
“Virtues are essential for life,” said David Hein, author of “Teaching the Virtues” and a distinguished teaching fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal.
And there are seven he’s identified.
“There are seven key virtues — the four cardinal ones: prudence, justice, courage and temperance, and the three theological virtues — faith, hope and love,” Hein said.
And they’re not just necessary for the individual to thrive.
They’re necessary for all of America to stay free.
“Temperance, self-discipline,” Hein said, “is essential for liberty.”
Exactly, It goes toward the idea that only those who are moral and virtuous are capable of self-governance.
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