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Social Virtues have been listed with terms like Being Loved, Charisma, and Unpretentious but these may be more merely products or fruits of virtues rather than the virtues themselves. Others list honesty, friendliness, forgiveness, concern for others, patience, and kindness, which includes virtues like generosity, courtesy, politeness, and cleanliness.

Virtue, by definition, is the moral excellence of a person and a morally excellent person has a character made-up of virtues valued as good. That would mean they are honest, respectful, courageous, forgiving, and kind, just as examples.

Social Virtues may be so closely related to the moral virtues that they may not even be distinguishable from them. They are generally viewed as the virtues or traits of character that promote social harmony.

If virtue is the “character muscle” of the individual Social Virtues can be described as the sinew of society.

Moral and therefore social issues are the product of right reasoning, not the rule making of an autocratic authority. Social virtue suggests the interaction of members of society such as gratitude is the virtuous reaction to the virtue of generosity.

For virtue to be real it must be the result of choice. We can see that Aristotle lists generosity as a virtue. Generosity is not merely the act of giving but the choice to give. Without a choice made by a member of society to give there is no place to direct or attach the gratitude of the individual who receives.

Hobbes defines gratitude as acting in such a way as the person to whom you are grateful would "have no reasonable cause to repent him of his good will."

The virtues of society are those events that bind the people together with each other. The word grateful expresses the bond of that feeling or showing an appreciation for kindness; thankful.

People may have mutual love for each other but there is no mutual love between a system and an individual because a system is merely a creation of man.

Socialism is a system. Systems produce results. According to their natural patterns comprehensive systems will produce predictable results.

No pain no gain is a rule about exercise of your body. Society is a body too. If virtue is the “character muscle” of the individual Social Virtues can be described as the sinew of society.

There is no such thing as a free lunch unless it is provided by charity.

Socialism is not Charity. The systems of Socialism are Covetous Practices.

Covetousness is the antitheses of generosity. Giving someone else's stuff is not being generous. To take from others, to seem to be generous, is dishonest and is opposed to the virtue of honesty. It is also disrespecting the rights of others, which is the antitheses of respectful. You may want to think it is kind to grant benefits but, since you are doing it at someone else's expense it is at best a nullified act of kindness which is not kind. Hiring the government to take from your neighbor for yours or someone else's benefit is also not courage.

So there are no Social Virtues in Socialism. There are only Social Contracts.

It binds people together by contract and debt where there is seldom the virtue of forgiveness.

People become selfish as the muscles or bands of society atrophy and decay. Then in the life of society, its blood diminishes until the people become Dry Bones.

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 [[Social Virtues]] have been listed with terms like ''Being Loved'', ''Charisma'', and ''Unpretentious'' but these may be more merely products or fruits of virtues rather than the virtues themselves.
-Others list honesty, friendliness, forgiveness, concern for other, patience, kindness, which includes virtues like generosity, courtesy, politeness, and  cleanliness.
+Others list honesty, friendliness, forgiveness, concern for others, patience, and kindness, which includes virtues like generosity, courtesy, politeness, and  cleanliness.
-Virtue, by definition, is the moral excellence of a person and a morally excellent person has a character made-up of virtues valued as good. That would mean they are honest, respectful, courageous, forgiving, and kind, just as  example.
+Virtue, by definition, is the moral excellence of a person and a morally excellent person has a character made-up of virtues valued as good. That would mean they are honest, respectful, courageous, forgiving, and kind, just as  examples.
 [[Social Virtues]] may be so closely related to the moral virtues that they may not even be distinguishable from them. They are generally viewed as the virtues or traits of character that promote social harmony.
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 If virtue is the “character muscle” of the individual [[Social Virtues]]  can be described as the sinew of society.
-Moral and therefore social issues are the product of right reason not the rule making of and autocratic authority. Social virtue suggest the interaction of members of society such as ''gratitude'' is the virtuous reaction to the virtue of ''generosity''.
+Moral and therefore social issues are the product of right reasoning, not the rule making of an autocratic authority. Social virtue suggests the interaction of members of society such as ''gratitude'' is the virtuous reaction to the virtue of ''generosity''.
 For virtue to be real it must be the result of choice. We can see that Aristotle  lists ''generosity'' as a virtue. Generosity is not merely the act of giving but the choice to give. Without a choice made by a member of society to give there is no place to direct or attach the ''gratitude'' of the individual who receives.
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 Hobbes defines ''gratitude'' as acting in such a way as the person to whom you are grateful would "have no reasonable cause to repent him of his good will."
-The virtue of society is those events that bind the people together with each other. The word ''grateful'' expresses that bond of that ''feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful.''
+The virtues of society are those events that bind the people together with each other. The word ''grateful'' expresses the bond of that ''feeling or showing an appreciation for kindness; thankful.''
 People may have mutual love for each other but there is no mutual love between a system and an individual because a system is merely a creation of man.
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 [[Socialism]] is not [[Charity]]. The systems of [[Socialism]] are [[Covetous Practices]].
-''Covetousness'' is the antitheses of ''generosity''. Giving someone else's stuff is not being generous. To take from others to seem to be generous is dishonest and opposed to the virtue of honesty. It is also disrespecting the rights of others which is the antitheses of respectful. You may want  to think it is kind to grant benefits but since you are doing it at someone else's expense it is at best a nullified act of kindness which is not kind. Hiring the government to take from your neighbor for your or someone else's benefit is also not courage.
+''Covetousness'' is the antitheses of ''generosity''. Giving someone else's stuff is not being generous. To take from others, to seem to be generous, is dishonest and is opposed to the virtue of honesty. It is also disrespecting the rights of others, which is the antitheses of respectful. You may want  to think it is kind to grant benefits but, since you are doing it at someone else's expense it is at best a nullified act of kindness which is not kind. Hiring the government to take from your neighbor for yours or someone else's benefit is also not courage.
-So their are no [[Social Virtues]] in [[Socialism]]. There is only a [http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/SocialContracts.php Social Contracts].
+So there are no [[Social Virtues]] in [[Socialism]]. There are only [http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/THL/SocialContracts.php Social Contracts].
 It binds people together by contract and debt where there is seldom the virtue of forgiveness.
-People become selfish as the muscle or bands of society atrophies and decays. The life of society, its blood diminishes until they people are [[Dry Bones]].
+People become selfish as the muscles or bands of society atrophy and decay.  Then in the life of society, its blood diminishes until the  people become [[Dry Bones]].
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