Values

List of Values
Peoples Values

Virtue Theories

• Aristotle virtues
• benevolence
• Plato four virtues cardinal virtues: wisdom, courage, temperance and justice
  Other important virtues; fortitude, generosity, self-respect, good temper, sincerity
• virtue theorists hold that we should avoid acquiring bad character traits, or vices, such as cowardice, insensibility, injustice, and vanity.
• medieval theologians supplemented Greek lists of virtues with three Christian ones, or theological virtues: faith, hope, and charity
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• Virtue Theories
• United States Declaration of Independence recognizes three foundational rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
• Ross's list of duties is much shorter, which he believes reflects our actual moral convictions:
• Fidelity: the duty to keep promises
• Reparation: the duty to compensate others when we harm them
• Gratitude: the duty to thank those who help us
• Justice: the duty to recognize merit
• Beneficence: the duty to improve the conditions of others
• Self-improvement: the duty to improve our virtue and intelligence
• Nonmaleficence: the duty to not injure others