Good leaders are people of good character who work to better themselves. Leaders should to be focused on followers and their ...

I do a lot of public speaking for business leaders about how using the science of happiness can improve their organization ...

Justice, along with prudence, fortitude and temperance, is a virtue that must be defended for the good of society, Pope Francis told a group of Italian judges.

The first cardinal virtue is wisdom. Wisdom, in the ethical sense of the term, is a very different thing from book-learning. Illiterate people are frequently exceedingly wise, while learned people ...

Michael G asks: "Theologically, what is the difference between justice and mercy? When Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon, the ex-president did not receive justice, but he did receive mercy ...

The cardinal virtues, deeply rooted in Christianity and among philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle, represent a universal foundation of moral guidance. The virtues are prudence, temperance, ...

John Adams takes up the virtue of humility, with which he struggled his entire life. “Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal Vice and cardinal Folly,” our second president confided to his diary.

Their articulation of the cardinal virtues — prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance — offers a timeless lens through which to frame and evaluate grand strategy.

I prefer the shorter and simpler formulation in Aristotle’s four cardinal virtues: prudence, justice, temperance and courage. None of these virtues is distinctly male, of course.