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virtue

Also known as moral value, virtuousness

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A virtue is a trait of excellence—whether moral, social, or intellectual—that represents doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong in a given situation. Cultivating virtue is considered fundamental to living a good human life and is valued as a core purpose of existence.

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Virtue and care ethics & humanism in medical education: a scoping review.BMC medical education · 2022Doukas DJ, Ozar DT, Darragh M et al.DOI: 10.1186/s12909-021-03051-6
Patience is a virtue.Blood · 2022Walkley CRDOI: 10.1182/blood.2021014427
Virtue, flourishing, and positive psychology in psychotherapy: An overview and research prospectus.ReviewPsychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.) · 2020Jankowski PJ, Sandage SJ, Bell CA et al.DOI: 10.1037/pst0000285
Virtue ethics, the next step in quality improvement?International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care · 2024Verstegen PMB, Kole JJ, Groenewoud AS et al.DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzae072
Virtue Ethics in a Value-driven World: Ethical Telemedicine.ReviewClinical orthopaedics and related research · 2019Humbyrd CJDOI: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000000908
Accountability as a virtue in medicine: from theory to practice.ReviewPhilosophy, ethics, and humanities in medicine : PEHM · 2023Peteet JR, Witvliet CVO, Glas G et al.DOI: 10.1186/s13010-023-00129-5
Friendship of Virtue-The Place of True Friends in the Psychotherapeutic Process.ReviewAmerican journal of psychoanalysis · 2023Guggenheim NDOI: 10.1057/s11231-022-09389-0
The virtue of nursing: the covenant of care.ReviewJournal of medical ethics · 1999Bradshaw ADOI: 10.1136/jme.25.6.477

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Contents

Etymology
History
Ancient Egypt
Greco-Roman antiquity
Platonic virtue
Aristotelian virtue
Intellectual virtues
Roman virtues
Ancient India
Chivalric virtues in medieval Europe
Religious traditions
Abrahamic religions
Bahá'í Faith
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Eastern religions
Buddhism
Daoism
Hinduism
Jainism
Sikhism
Modern philosophers' views
René Descartes
Friedrich Nietzsche
Benjamin Franklin
Contemporary views
Virtues as emotions
In modern psychology
Vice as opposite
See also
References
Further reading
External links

thumb|Cardinal and Theological Virtues, a 1511 portrait by Raphael A virtue () is a trait of excellence, including traits that may be moral, social, or intellectual. The cultivation and refinement of virtue is held to be the "good of humanity" and thus is valued as an end purpose of life or a foundational principle of being. In human practical ethics, a virtue is a disposition to choose actions that succeed in showing high moral standards: doing what is said to be right and avoiding what is wrong in a given field of endeavour, even when doing so may be unnecessary from a utilitarian perspective. When someone takes pleasure in doing what is right, even when it is difficult or initially unpleasant, they can establish virtue as a habit. Such a person is said to be virtuous through having cultivated such a disposition. The opposite of virtue is vice.

Other examples of this notion include the concept of merit in Asian traditions as well as (Chinese ).