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Lots of virtues to talk about. Where do they all start?

1 posted on 05/02/2009 9:36:43 PM PDT by Salvation

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Virtues Discussion Ping.

**Prudence, the “mother” of all of the virtues, is the virtue by which a person recognizes his moral duty and the good means to accomplish it. Actually, prudence is part of the definition of goodness.**

Has our country forgotten virtue altogether?

2 posted on 05/02/2009 9:38:06 PM PDT by Salvation ( Â†With God all things are possible.Â†)

Thanks for the ping!

6 posted on 05/02/2009 10:05:16 PM PDT by G8 Diplomat (I'm learning Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Pashtu, and Russian so someday you won't have to)

great post. Thanks!!

11 posted on 05/03/2009 12:42:47 AM PDT by GOP Poet

Virtue?

You are SOOOOOO Intolerant!!

You should respect diversity (i.e., you should embrace narcissism)

YOU HATER!!!!

/sarc

12 posted on 05/03/2009 3:28:19 AM PDT by markomalley (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)

This article took me back to my days of teaching and a unit that I did on “Virtue and the Formation of Conscience”.

I promise that I did a great job teaching the unit, but these are the responses that I got back on the quiz of my then 7th graders.

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What are some important virtues to acquire and why?

Hope, faith and charity are some good virtues that we should “require”.
- Jenn

Fortitude, kindness, peace, love are good virtues to acquire. They are good
because they make us become the good person I am.
- Austin

Patience, because you can tell people about God without getting frustrated.
- Brennan

One is humility, because no one is perfect and you have to know that.
- Kevin

One important virtue to acquire is patience because we need to wait a lot in
life and another virtue is fortitude so we won’t give up.
- Brendan

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What negative effects can some of today’s TV shows, movies and music have on
a conscience formation?

They say bad words and show bad images that go into our brain.
- Elizabeth

Some negative affects would be cursing, shooting and killing.
-Jenn

Some negative effects of TV shows, movies and music are that they could have
bad words and could lead that person to using them. Another is that TV just
has powerful rays that can harm the eyes.
- Joseph

Todays TV programs can have negative effects on conscience growth because
some shows today have harsh language and make bad themes look cool. Movies
have the same problem. Music today can have harsh words and talk about
things best left unsaid. Such things can give us a bad conscience.
- Austin

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What can we do to form a good conscience?

Practice doing good things and pick good idles.
- Sean

14 posted on 05/03/2009 5:35:21 PM PDT by incredulous joe ("Barack Obama; Our Neville Chamberlain for the New Millennium")

great article, thanks for posting.

19 posted on 08/04/2011 5:47:57 PM PDT by Coleus (Adult Stem Cells Work, there is NO Need to Harvest Babies for Their Body Parts!)

To: Running On Empty

24 posted on 08/04/2011 11:08:47 PM PDT by Running On Empty (The three sorriest words: "It's too late")

The Politics of Prudence, Russell Kirk

http://tinyurl.com/3qcgkmz

27 posted on 08/06/2011 10:40:25 PM PDT by Pelham (Obama, the vanguard of the proletariat since 2008)

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