Social virtues

Social Virtues

Social virtues have been listed as the virtues Politeness, Charisma, Unpretentiousness, Friendliness, Sportsmanship, and Cleanliness. but hose may be more merely products or fruits of virtues rather than the virtues themseles.

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.

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 virtue 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.

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 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."