What Matters/Virtues Development

Virtues Development
Virtue is excellence. The virtue of a knife is apparent in the sharpness of the blade and the fineness of its cut. The virtue of a violin is apparent in the quality of its sound.

Human virtue is excellence at being human.

Virtues describe a way of being–they are enduring character traits. They are not just a way of doing—they require more than the occasional laudable behavior. Virtue is a matter of persistent intention, and not only action.

Author Robert Merrihew Adams captures these ideas in his succinct defining phrase: "Excellence in being for the good".

Assignment:

 * 1) Complete the Virtues course. Increase your virtuous behavior and decrease your vices.
 * 2) Complete the Moral Reasoning course. Develop your moral reasoning. Act on your well-chosen values.