And consequently religion is not a theological virtue, for the object of these latter is the ultimate end; but religion is a moral virtue, and the moral virtues are concerned with the means to the end.
But religion is neither an intellectual nor a theological virtue, but a moral virtue, for it is part of justice.
Religion is considered a part of Justice, and this is a moral virtue.
And this sacrifice of life has consecrated their memories in the hearts of their fellow-men more than any other acts of intellectual or moral virtue, however brilliant.
It is customary to speak also of the integral, subjective and potestative parts of a moral virtue.
The function of a moral virtue is to direct according to moderation all those things that are subject to the free will of man, and can be regulated by reason, namely, the actions of man and the external things of which he makes use.
It is evident that belief in a book cannot be faith in any sense in which that quality can rightly be pronounced to be a moral virtue.
To believe in the Book of Mormon is a moral virtue.
Take as an instance the following-- Faith is a moral virtue.
Such a transient temporary good-nature as this, is not that philanthropy, that love of mankind, which deserves the title of a moral virtue.
In one of my last week's papers, I treated of good-nature as it is the effect of constitution; I shall now speak of it as it is a moral virtue.
Moral virtue, which is that of the irrational desires so far as they are obedient to reason, is a purposive habit in the mean.
Moral virtue is with me a primum mobile in all things.
It is from the conviction that scientific pursuits, or a scientific education, must naturally lead to the extension of moral virtue, that I have been induced to submit this sketch to Men of Science.
However, lessons on moral virtue might be most appropriately mixed up with lessons on scientific subjects.
And therefore whatever virtue is in the will must be a moral virtue, unless it be theological, as we shall see later on (Q.
Further, "the principal act ofmoral virtue is choice" (Ethic.
For it is evident that a habit of moral virtue makes a man ready to choose the mean in deeds and passions.
Such a transient temporary Good-Nature as this, is not that Philanthropy, that Love of Mankind, which deserves the Title of a Moral Virtue.
In one of my last Week's Papers I treated of Good-Nature, as it is the Effect of Constitution; I shall now speak of it as it is a Moral Virtue.
Having designed this Paper as the Sequel to that upon Exercise, I have not here considered Temperance as it is a Moral Virtue, which I shall make the Subject of a future Speculation, but only as it is the Means of Health.
Footnote 560: Mandeville's Enquiry into the Origin of Moral Virtue, p.
Now a moral virtue is concerned with things ruled by reason, and these things are its proper object; wherefore it is proper to it to follow the mean as regards its proper object.
But it belongs to magnanimity, which is a moral virtue, to tend to the arduous.
Since, then, hope is a kind of expectation, it seems that hope is not a theological, but a moral virtue.
For justice is not a theological but a moral virtue, as was shown in the Second Part (II-II, Q.
Further, since justice is a moral virtue it observes the mean.
On the other hand, she sees that the arts are not to be encouraged because such encouragement is apt to lead to the destruction of moral virtue--the desire for fame and wealth.
Finally, the rules of art are perceptions of moral virtue, yet art which exhibits these rules can corrupt.
It is but at that period, at which we begin to perceive the charms of moral virtue, that we begin to perceive the real charms of beauty.
This line is quoted again by our author, "On Moral Virtue," § vii.
These lines are quoted again "On Moral Virtue," § vi.
Moral virtue is as the fly-wheel of an engine, a reservoir of force to carry the machine past the "dead points" in its working.
In a man of confirmed habits of moral virtue, Passion starts up indeed independently of Reason, but then Reason ordinarily finds little difficulty in regulating the Passion so aroused.
Or again, moral virtue is as discipline to troops suddenly attacked, or hard pressed in the fight.
To be able to do to others as we would be done by[21]--this is the true domain of moral virtue.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "moral virtue" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
