Candor, temperance, courage — these traits preempt problems like public scandals, harassment and discrimination and foster a positive moral pragmatism among coworkers and
practical wisdom among leaders.
Developed through the four cardinal virtues — prudence (
practical wisdom), justice, courage, and temperance (perhaps better styled today, «self - command»)-- freedom is the method by which we become the kind of people our noblest instincts incline us to be: the kind of people who can,
among other possibilities, build free and virtuous societies in which the rights of all are acknowledged, respected, and protected in law.