Sentences with phrase «define human virtues»

Christopher Peterson defines character strengths as the psychological ingredients, processes, or mechanisms that define human virtues.

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Rather, specifically human existence is, in Whitehead's term, a «personal society,» i.e., a temporal sequence of occasions which share, by virtue of inheritance from the earlier to the later, a defining characteristic that makes the man or woman in question just this individual and not some other.

Again and again such thoughtful writers as Alasdair MacIntyre and Robert Bellah tell us that moral rectitude, fundamental truthfulness, and all of the other virtues and skills that make us human depend upon society: upon our having a lifelong place within a social order and contemplating the historical «narrative» that defines the social order.

Although uncertainties about the nature of these virtues have been raised since classical times, Gardner reveals that in an age defined by vast technological advancement and relativistic attitudes toward human nature, current trends are largely a product of postmodern...

Although uncertainties about the nature of these virtues have been raised since classical times, Gardner reveals that in an age defined by vast technological advancement and relativistic attitudes toward human nature, current trends are largely a product of postmodern thought and digital media.

Those seven virtues become a template for creating our kids» character, guiding their actions, and ultimately defining their reputations as caring, good human beings.

«Climate change commitment is defined as the future warming to which we have committed ourselves by virtue of past human activities.

For the sake of argument, we'll define ethics as the well - founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues; the study and development of one's standards and beliefs to ensure they're reasonable and well - founded; and striving to ensure that we, and the institutions we help to shape, live up to standards that are reasonable and solidly - based.

Aristotle defined personal development as a category of practical wisdom, where the practice of virtues leads to happiness, human flourishing and living well.