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1Virtue ethics — Virtue theory is a branch of moral philosophy that emphasizes character, rather than rules or consequences, as the key element of ethical thinking. In the West virtue ethics was the prevailing approach to ethical thinking in the ancient and… …
2Virtue — (Latin virtus ; Greek Polytonic|ἀρετή) is moral excellence. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting individual and collective well being, and thus good by definition. The opposite of virtue is vice.Etymologically the word virtue… …
3Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded — Infobox Book | name = Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded title orig = translator = image caption = Richardson s Pamela (1740 1) author = Samuel Richardson illustrator = cover artist = country = England language = English series = genre = Epistolary novel …
4Civic virtue — Civility redirects here. For the Wikipedia policy on civility, see Wikipedia:Civility. Jacques Louis David s 1784 painting The Oath of the Horatii, illustrating a dramatic moment from Livy s history of Rome, embodies eighteenth century ideas… …
5Van Gogh's family in his art — Memory of the Garden at Etten Artist Vincent van Gogh Year 1888 Type Oil on canvas Location The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia (F496) …
6Original position — The original position is a hypothetical situation developed by American philosopher John Rawls as a thought experiment to replace the imagery of a savage state of nature of prior political philosophers like Thomas Hobbes. In it, the parties… …
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8United Malays National Organisation — Infobox Political party name english = United Malays National Organisation name native = Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu leader = Abdullah Ahmad Badawi foundation = May 11, 1946 dissolution = headquarters = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia newspaper …
9Patron and Patronage — • A determinate sum of rights and obligations entailed upon a definite person, the patron, especially in connection with the assignment and administration of a benefice Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Patron and Patronage …
10Patron — Patron and Patronage † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Patron and Patronage I. By the right of patronage (ius patronatus) is understood a determinate sum of rights and obligations entailed upon a definite person, the patron, especially in… …
