Virtue
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Virtue is 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. In other words, it is a behavior that shows high moral standards: doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong. The opposite of virtue is vice.
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Etymology
The ancient Romans used the Latin word virtus (derived from vir, their word for man) to refer to all of the "excellent qualities of men, including physical strength, valorous conduct, and moral rectitude." The French words vertu and virtu came from this Latin root. In the 13th century, the word virtue was "borrowed into English".
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See also
- Bushido
- Civic virtue
- Common good
- Consequentialism
- Defence mechanism#Level 4: mature
- Epistemic virtue
- Evolution of morality
- Foresight (psychology)
- Humanity (virtue)
- Ideal (ethics)
- Intellectual virtues
- Moral character
- Nonviolence
- Prussian virtues
- Value theory
- Virtue signalling
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