The Cardinal Virtues and the Common Good: Lessons from France

The four cardinal virtues—prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance—form the practical foundation of life together. Whether in a household, a workplace, a neighborhood, or a nation, they enable people to pursue genuine goods without destroying the conditions that make those goods possible. St. Thomas Aquinas treated them as habits that perfect reason, will, and the passions. […] The post The Cardinal Virtues and the Common Good: Lessons from France appeared first on Must Read Alaska.

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