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The Cardinal Virtues
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Josef Pieper's The Cardinal Virtues explores prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude from a philosophical and theological perspective, arguing for their centrality in human flourishing under Christian anthropology.
Pieper draws on classical and medieval sources, especially Aquinas, to show how these virtues orient persons toward the good and enable right action in community.
The book challenges modern attempts to reduce ethics to technical rules, instead recovering character and habitual disposition as central to moral life.
Pieper's lucid, pastoral prose made the work influential in 20th-century Catholic thought and in contemporary virtue-ethics conversations.
Pieper draws on classical and medieval sources, especially Aquinas, to show how these virtues orient persons toward the good and enable right action in community.
The book challenges modern attempts to reduce ethics to technical rules, instead recovering character and habitual disposition as central to moral life.
Pieper's lucid, pastoral prose made the work influential in 20th-century Catholic thought and in contemporary virtue-ethics conversations.
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Alan Noble
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Virtues For Living Well with Dr. Alan Noble
