VIRTUE DEFINITION CATALOGUE
DEFINITION OF VIRTUE A STATE OF CHARACTER OR HABIT WHICH IS THE RESULT OF DISPOSITIONS AND DELIBERATIONS PROMPTING US TO ACTIONS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE HUMAN GOODS WHICH WE PURSUE IN OUR LIVES CHOICE OF A MEAN BETWEEN EXTREMES THE PRIORITES OF VIRTUES AND THEIR PRACTICE WILL VARY FROM INDIVIDUAL TO INDIVIDUAL IN A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY TOLERANCE BECOMES THE PREFERRED NORM
VIRTUES [OF PATIENTS] INTEGRITY ACCEPTANCE JUSTICE ASSERTIVENESS PATIENTCE PERSEVERANCE PRUDENCE REFLECTION RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY RISK-TAKING SELF-RESTRAINT TOLERANCE [FOR UNCERTAINTIES] TRUST TRUTHFULNESS ACCEPTANCE ASSERTIVENESS COMMUNICATIVENESS COURAGE CURIOSITY DECISIVENESS DETACHMENT DISCRETION EFFORT HONESTY HOPE HUMILITY
VIRTUES OF PHYSICIANS/PROFESSIONALS BENEVOLENCE COMPASSION COURAGE FIDELITY FRIENDLINESS HONESTY INTEGRITY JUSTICE PRUDENCE RELIGION RESPECT SELF-EFFACEMENT TEMPERANCE TOLERANCE TRUST