What is the foundation of virtue?

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Answer 1

Great question !

Virtue is closely related to righteousness, morality, cosmic consciousness and the doing of the fruits of the divine spirit of God's will within each normal adult human being. Thus the foundation of virtue is God and his perfect will within us.

"Be you perfect, even as I AM perfect" is the loving invitation-command of our Father God.

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Answer 2

Noble intention and fortitude.You must really want to be good and do the right thing.This could be a conclusion you reach after much personal experience and/or reflection or you may have sensibly taken on this wisdom from a parent or mentor.But this conviction is not enough - you will need something that will take you successfully through many trials.No doubt life will provide these tests and you will have to learn to endure hardship and go without joy and comfort, etc. but there will still be good times.

Atheists and humanists, etc practise virtue as an end in itself and as a good way to lead your life.This is true also of believers but the practise of virtue is also tied into what happens after their death, their eternal destiny.Only the virtuous man or woman will enter heaven/paradise/nirvana/... So that also is a foundation stone for virtue.

In any case, virtue is self-evidently a good thing and we all know the little voice in our heads which tells us what we should do and how to act.The virtuous individual is an example to many and has peace of mind, if not wealth and power, in a world that is increasingly neurotic and anxiety-ridden.The virtuous community or nation or world is something we may never achieve despite many attempts and failed political ideologies.But we change the world by changing ourselves and becoming more virtuous.That is another reason or foundation for virtue.

Answer 3

The course is set for a homebound journey when something is originally displaced, or placed away from its origin, and then for the purpose of that journey, right direction needs to be identified first - the first consolation for a lost traveler would be a certain knowledge as to which way is the destination, the home, then it would matter less how long are the distance laid ahead.

Note: The analogy is valid as if life is not a journey with a certain purpose then why not live just about any way we like, why choose things carefully even when all seems to be all right; and if there is no ‘displacement’ then what for is this search for things better and better in life, a journey within a journey?

I do not exactly know what caused human life, and why, as why we are so different from the rest of the living things on the very same planet. For instance, we are free to choose among various things, and courses of action, and then we have free will to follow our choices we make. We can deviate from the right path at will, and then we could retrace our footsteps to once again to resume our journey. A virtuous life in this sense, therefore, is a life lived along the path of righteousness; may this concept of righteousness be derive from religion, or conceived through a more rational moral standpoint. One thing is for sure that virtue is essentially a human concept as nothing else living would ever need to be virtuous, as nothing would ever deviate from the course set for them by their nature, that in comparison to our human nature call general nature.

Religion sates that virtue as a way to God, that it is the origin God Who we come from and He is the ultimate objective of all that we choose to do in life, and that if we live a virtuous life in according to the will of God not only we will be happy and safe in this world but also we will eventually regain the blissful state that we once lost. In this sense the foundation of virtue is our essential and innate nature based upon the divine love of God, the Supreme in being.

A rational moralist, however, might allow you to say that it is the human nature itself where our moral and ethical sense is enshrined. That it is because of our very nature that we have need to be virtuous – if we consider virtue as merely practical attitudes of moral and ethical excellence adopted for the purpose of survival in best possible way. It can be said that it is our essential human nature that sees most beneficial to do so. That if we live in accordance with certain codes of behavior we would live the best a human being can. But a rational approach would not answer why human nature is fashioned this way, and what is the ultimate goal of its progression to search and find ways ever so better.

Answer 4

Virtue has its meaning in the same root word that brings us the word "strength"; so strength would seem to be the foundation of virtue.

In the context of your question, my assumption is that you mean "moral virtue"; so "moral strength" would seem to be the foundation of "moral virtue".

Then come the questions of conscience, character, courage, etc.

Answer 5

living a life reality
creates the foundations of virtue!
=)

Answer 6

I think that the foundation of virtue is Love. Love is what helps us to raise our children with the ideas of virtue. With out virtue there would be no reason for caring what happened to others and what was happening to the world around us. Virtue is not something that we're born with though it's something that has to be taught and nurtured. It's something that's nebulous and very easily destroyed. If it's not taken care of and made sure that it's something that we pass on to our children.

Answer 7

I tink the foundation of virtue is morality, in morality including: nice, pure, stronger, excellent or superior and love.
you never gate bother hood or virtue of frendship and lovely without to be made for moral in your self like nice each other.

Answer 8

Foundation of virtue is actions/ideas that contribute to the the well-being, happiness and joy of others, individually or as larger groups

Answer 9

The parents for virtue, the suffering for its absence, the learning of its creation, the learning for its production, parenting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erick_Erickson

The Erikson life-stage virtues, in the order of the stages in which they may be acquired, are:

hope- Basic Trust vs. Mistrust
will- Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
purpose- Initiative vs. Guilt
competence- Industry vs. Inferiority
fidelity- Identity vs. Role Confusion
love (in intimate relationships, work and family)- Intimacy vs. Isolation
caring- Generativity vs. Stagnation
wisdom- Ego Integrity vs. Despair

Answer 10

Good solid sound morality.... if you have a good sense of morality, then you will be virtuous. I think the foundation of the best human quality's (along with morality) are; empathy, tolerance, patience, loyalty and respect.