Cardinal virtues

In the New Testament, Junia, Pricilla, Phoebe, and Mary Magdalene were four females with leadership roles in the Jesus movement. These females were deaconesses, evangelists, educators, or preachers. The New Testament provides insight into the debate of female leadership and ordination during the early church movement; a debate that continues now. Certain Christian denominations today permit female ordination, while other denominations stand firm against female pastors; both use the New Testament…

This historical study will define the impact of St. Francis of Assisi on Italian cultural identity in the rejuvenation of the Roman Catholic Church in the medieval period. In the late 12th and 13th centuries, St. Francis of Assisi was a religious figure that chose to live a life of poverty and self-sacrifice in the image of Jesus Christ. During this historical period, the Roman Catholic Church had become an ostentatious and well-funded organization that did not embrace the common people of Italy…

Chapter one discusses the three parts of mortality. The three parts of mortality, defined by C.S. Lewis are harmony among people, cleaning up the harmony within the individual, and the purpose of life for a human being. Chapter two addresses the Cardinal Virtues which are prudence, temperance, justice and fortitude. Chapter three talks about social morality, and within this chapter he touches on the importance of charity. Chapter four covers morality and psychoanalysis. This chapter discusses…

facilitate ethical behavior. According to Mele ́, as cited in Morales-Sánchez and Cabello-Medina (2013) moral competencies are virtues which provide an example and promote the trust and willingness of people to follow the leader. Morales-Sánchez and Cabello-Medina (2013) proposed the four traditional cardinal virtues are universal moral competencies for management. Competence, as a virtue, is manifested across a diversity of…

The great philosopher Socrates is all about teaching and growing as a student, thus he has a lot to teach. In everything he does he has a lesson that can be learned. Some of the things Socrates touches on include: the four virtues, the natural formation of classes, as well as when education begins In Gary Alan Scott’s book, “Plato’s Socrates as Educator” Scott states, “Teaching produces as total increase in knowledge since the knowledge spreads from one to two or more persons. The teacher must…

around having a soul filled with virtue and the idea of justice, while the Confucians focused on living an educated, moral, and virtue filled life. Fulfilling the purpose of man through virtue was the ultimate life goal of both cultures, however, each followed different foundations and ethical ideals. Both the Greeks and the Confucians agreed that possessing virtue was part of the purpose of man on earth. The Greeks centered their life around four cardinal virtues: wisdom, courage, moderation,…

Cry Freedom Assignment In our curriculum we have focussed on the four Cardinal Virtues that are in correspondence with our morals ; prudence, fortitude, justice, and temperance. In a brief overview, temperance is the idea of self-restraint and moderation to suppress our greed and desire. Prudence is the ability to judge right and wrong in any situation. Justice is the the constant and permanent determination to give everyone his or her rightful due. Finally, fortitude allows us to overcome fear…

Philosophy is the study of knowledge. It helps us understand how we form our ideas and thoughts. Philosophy helps us lay the foundational basis for the acquisition of our knowledge and thoughts. It important to study the many different people that helped lay the foundation of philosophy for us. Some of those people include Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, and C.S. Lewis. Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates were the early philosophers that laid the general foundation of philosophy for all other…

who believed that a Theory of Virtues should dominate philosophy. Theories of virtue have roots in different…

Virtue is one of the major universal themes and a recurring theme throughout the readings in this course. A virtue is a standard of how humans standardize their behaviors based on moral excellence. Although the characteristics of virtues from different times in history and different societies show differences, they are interrelated, which is a ability to do what is good. In a closed ancient society, virtue becomes distinctive through comparison to negative acts. Western and Eastern literatures…