The Cardinal Virtues: Prudence
The Cardinal Virtues: Prudence Or: Smart Living Reprinted with permission from the Holy Family School of Faith. Alright, let’s review: we want to be happy, and we want to pursue goods in a way that will make us happy. This means we have to learn how to act well, which in turn involves an acquisition of virtue. If that sounds complicated, let me put it more simply: virtue is about doing the right...
The Nature of Virtue
Reprinted with permission from the Holy Family School of Faith. The Nature of Virtue Or: How to Attain Happiness In the last chapter we saw what every human person craves, and what motivates all human action, namely, certain goods such as friendship, love, accomplishment, health, etc… Further, we saw that if we pursue all these goods in the right way, it will lead to our happiness, whereas if we pursue them...
Introduction to the Virtues: The Human Quest for Happiness
Reprinted with permission from the Holy Family School of Faith. The Human Quest for Happiness Or: Why do we do things? Before we can talk about the virtues, and the means of acquiring them, we first need to answer the question “Why does it matter?” Why should always come before what and how. We’re going to talk about why it’s beneficial to learn about the virtues. Let’s start by looking at...
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