Virtue

Virtue (Greek αρετη; Latin virtus) is the habitual, well-established, readiness or disposition of man's powers directing them to some goodness of act. (1) Virtue is moral excellence of a man or a woman. The word αρετη is derived from the Greek arete (αρετη). As applied to humans, a virtue is a good character trait. The Latin word virtus literally means "manliness," from vir, "man" in the masculine sense; and referred originally to masculine, warlike virtues such as courage. In one of the many ironies of etymology, in English the word virtue is often used to refer to a woman's chastity.

See also

• Paideia
• Intellectual virtues
• Chivalry
• Knightly Virtues
• Bushido
• Virtues of Ultima
• morality
• ethics
• goodness
• value theory
• consequentialism
• social justice
• piety
• virtue ethics
• aretaic turn
• Seven Deadly Sins
• Three theological virtues.
• epistemic virtue
• Forty-nine charismatic virtues