What is The Philosophy Of Virtue

clipped from humanknowledge.net Virtue Philosophy: the study of how individual persons should conduct themselves. Virtue is any tendency or capacity to choose or behave in a way that is good. Wisdom is the highest virtue. Fortitude is the capacity to overcome fear and endure misfortune. Temperance is the moderation of the appetites. Fairness is the practice of justice and the equitable reciprocation of cooperation. Kindness is sympathy and helpfulness. In Greek philosophy the first four of these virtues were known as the natural or cardinal virtues. Christianity added the so-called theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity. Faith in and hope for divine providence are misplaced. Wisdom entails not faith but skepticism, and the combination of wisdom and fortitude yields an optimism that is better than empty hope. As a theological virtue, charity (or love of God) is also hollow, as God does not exist.