Poll: The greatest virtue

[CosmicCommander]

WHOO!! Reason is up!!

 

[Captain Blackout]

Calling intelligence a virtue strikes me as saying virtue is genetically determined, not chosen. I'm not saying you're wrong, just expressing my impression.

I should clarify.
Intelligence must be applied, otherwise it is just wasted potential.
Which is usually where wisdom comes into play.
I was going to edit it, but I'm lazy.
Part of being intelligent is the want of knowledge, for me.
So I guess you could also say, "The yearning (and gathering) for/of knowledge is the highest virtue."
If you felt like being annoyingly convoluted and possibly confusing.

I edited the OP, I think you'll appreciate it.

 

[LockHeart]

This one may seem strange, but I say reason is man's greatest virute.

Randian influence there? I like it

Your right! I am inspired by Rand in many areas.

Yeah same here, thought something in your post seemed familiar

 

[Echo3Delta]

Most Christian churches recognize 7 "Cardinal Virtues" - kind of the antithesis of the 7 Deadly Sins. They are:

Faith
Hope
Love (sometimes called Charity)
Wisdom
Justice
Courage
Temperence

The first three of which are considered the theological (spiritual) virtues, while the last four are the temporal (wordly) virtues. Of these, I think wisdom and temperence are my favorites, because I see these as the stem from which the other virtues grow. If one is wise and knows the workings of the world and human nature, he can find the right path to take. With temperence (self-discipline), he can follow that path. I've found in my own life that the practice of the other 5 is extremely logical.

 

[King of the N00bs]

for me it is humility. I find that that is an honest and honorable way to live.

 

[King of the N00bs]

This one may seem strange, but I say reason is man's greatest virute.

Randian influence there? I like it

Your right! I am inspired by Rand in many areas.

Yeah same here, thought something in your post seemed familiar

reason is my second virtue, it allows one to follow the path of logic and wisdom

 

[JemJar]

Eclecticism.

 

[Captain Blackout]

Eclecticism.

I hadn't thought of that as a virtue, but I like it. I assume you mean the practice of keeping one's perspective broad and taking the best of what you see for your own use.

 

[bladester1]

No virtue is more important than another one. Truth without grace and compassion is cold and heartless. Compassion and faith without reason is foolish. Hope without faith is meaningless. So on and so forth. Basically, one virtue without the others is lacking in some way.

 

[Del-Toro]

Courage, because it's the one that assures all the others, ESPECIALLY truth, and yes, I did just rip from Winston Churchill, deal with it (although if you has put other I would have thrown innocence into the midst because I consider that to be a rarely, if ever, manifestant virtue).

 

[A Weary Exile]

This one may seem strange, but I say reason is man's greatest virute.

You are not alone.

 

[nate30030]

humility, duh, it's the root of the virtues, no other virtue can exist without it, just try.

 

[kjrubberducky]

Many "virtues" have their own "vice" when you take them to far or use them improperly. For example, patience can be seen as laziness and apathy, humility as low self esteem, and determination as stubbornness. I think humility is the greatest of those listed, and would pick patience, though not listed, as a close second.

 

[wewontdie11]

Compassion. I think it's part of what makes humans human.

 

[Horizontalvertigo]

The greatest virtue one can have is to know what the right thing to do is, and then have the integrity of character to do it.

 

[Roamin11]

Where is sacrifice?

 

[Seanchaidh]

You forgot 'productivity', 'asceticism', 'pleasure', and 'preference utility.'

 

[jonnywarlock]

Hope: The one good thing that came out of Pandora's Box.