VIRTUE

DEFINITIONCATALOGUE

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]

• ACCEPTANCE• ASSERTIVENESS• COMMUNICATIVENESS• COURAGE• CURIOSITY• DECISIVENESS• DETACHMENT• DISCRETION• EFFORT• HONESTY• HOPE• HUMILITY

• INTEGRITY• JUSTICE• PATIENTCE• PERSEVERANCE• PRUDENCE• REFLECTION• RESPECT• RESPONSIBILITY• RISK-TAKING• SELF-RESTRAINT• TOLERANCE [FOR

UNCERTAINTIES]• TRUST• TRUTHFULNESS

VIRTUES OF PHYSICIANS/PROFESSIONALS• BENEVOLENCE• COMPASSION• COURAGE• FIDELITY• FRIENDLINESS• HONESTY• INTEGRITY

• JUSTICE• PRUDENCE• RELIGION• RESPECT• SELF-EFFACEMENT• TEMPERANCE• TOLERANCE• TRUST