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Post by lukejoo on Sept 28, 2014 6:40:17 GMT
Along with human nature, Ms. Boyd had our class to think about virtues. So, what are your thoughts about them?
Simply put, I'd say that virtues are ideals that overcome human nature, human instinct. For example, bravery would be a virtue because it implies that one overcomes his or her fear. We value such virtues because those who have them are different from the majority, are greater than everyone else. While others follow their basic instincts, whether it be to slack off and be lazy or steal from others because of greed, those with virtues go further and withstand from indulging in such desires or tendencies.
This is what I think virtues are, at least in respect to human nature. So, what are your thoughts? Do you have any examples, connections, or other ideas?
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Post by jooyoungparkyesbaby on Sept 28, 2014 11:27:17 GMT
I think that virtues are things that is considered important and highly regarded as important and positive factors in society. For example, bravery is a virtue since it allows one to overcome many things. And love even, since it is a huge benefactor in our society. Basically, anything that we think of as important and vital for a positive life or a successful life.
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Post by jooyoungparkyesbaby on Sept 28, 2014 11:30:17 GMT
I think that virtues are anything we think and perceive as important factors or beneficial factors to society and one's life. Virtue are often hard to achieve but not always since sometimes they are inherent in our lives. For example, bravery and love show traits that is required by many of us to be stronger human beings or the ability better one self.
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Post by estherchoi on Sept 28, 2014 13:31:18 GMT
I think virtue is something that enables us to do something further than the basic natural instincts, like what you guys said. It allows us to become better and stronger people. For example, courage, as you guys mentioned, is a big virtue because courage gives us the power to overcome our fear, limit, and more. Courage gives optimism, integrity, spark, grit, self-esteem, and many more character traits.
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Post by bachle on Sept 28, 2014 15:59:17 GMT
I agree with u guys that virtue enables us to become a better person. As you have proved your virtues, people will acknowledge and appreciate you. Thus, i can be a motivation for a person to overcome their fear to do some thing big.
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Post by sergeyfen on Sept 28, 2014 16:16:16 GMT
I think virtues are something that are important factors in anyone's life. Virtue is like an extra push to the limits or something that we don't think that we are able to do. Virtue helps us to become stronger people. For example: Courage as you all mentioned gives us strength and power to do something that we would never do without it. Saving the loved ones also pushes us to the limits because the thoughts of not helping or seeing them again just terrifies you and you do anything to protect the loved ones.
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Post by jmoon234 on Sept 28, 2014 17:21:37 GMT
I think that virtues are ideas or emotions that drive people to overcome something. Like how people are always afraid of something like the dark or height. By overcoming those fears can improve a person to become someone else, even if it is just a little bit.
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Post by saimoon1 on Sept 30, 2014 11:16:23 GMT
I think virtues are the behavior or characteristics that sets a great man/woman from the majority. It is human nature to give up a task when it gets very challenging, however, when someone shows grit and accomplishes what other could not, then he/she stands out, being virtuous.
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Post by bilal on Sept 30, 2014 11:51:07 GMT
i think virtues are the aspects of human nature, like bravery or other actions like honor, moral excellence or righteousness, a good or admirable quality or property and i also believe that virtues are emotions.
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Post by jason on Sept 30, 2014 16:43:32 GMT
For me, I think virtue is the opposite of human nature. Human nature is what we tend to have naturally. On the other hand, virtue is more focused on the human morals rather than survival. For example, cannibals would be understandable if you really think deeply about human nature. However, cannibalism definitely goes against human virtues or morals. Virtue is something that is considered a wrong doing by the whole society.
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Post by stephen on Oct 1, 2014 12:25:51 GMT
I think differently, I think most of the time virtue are those that not overcome the human instincts, but those who resists it. I believe there is huge difference between overcoming human instincts and resisting human resistance. Overcoming will be losing human instincts, which is impossible to do. However, by resisting human resistance you get to control them.
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Post by lins on Oct 4, 2014 4:11:15 GMT
I think that virtue is often going against the human instinct. I think human nature and virtue are hard to define, but we can tell that virtue often, not always, go against our natural behavior. For example, as Luke mentioned in his example, courage, the virtue, is going against fear, our natural instinct. Courage is overcoming the fear; thus removing human instinct. But as I said some virtues go along with other human instinct like love. Love is both virtue and human instinct, so we can say that in this manner, virtue and human nature goes along.
This is why I said defining virtue was hard. When I think of a connection, I can only think of my physics class because during the class, for every day, we write down a quote that is related to our 10 character trait. Those character traits were all important virtues that we need in our life.
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Post by justink on Oct 4, 2014 14:55:27 GMT
I think that human nature is present in every human being and is heavily influenced by one's survival.
Virtue on the other is created by society. The society rewards and encourages certain traits that best suite the community as a whole.
Often, virtue would go against human nature. For instance, we are prone to be greedy and selfish, but in a community, such trait is not appropriate; therefore we encourage generosity or empathy.
How a person perform is based on his or her human nature and heavily influenced by virtues and personal values. One can choose to ignore virtues set by the society.
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Post by hansoo on Oct 5, 2014 2:23:34 GMT
I believe someone who goes against human nature is considered virtuous. It is human nature to seek for recognition, financial abundance, acknowledge, and egocentricity. However, we never call those who follow their nature virtuous. Instead, we regard someone humble, volunteering without rewards, help others behind-the-scene as virtuous. This has always been the issue for me. I'm not sure whether the concept of virtue is fair to everyone. Humans should live unlike humans in order to be virtuous... what an irony...
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Post by anyuchen on Oct 5, 2014 14:37:12 GMT
I think virtue means being friendly and kind to others. This means we need to ccare about others feeling and learn to respect others. When someone ask you for help, you need to help them immediately. If someone get trouble, just try to help them at firs time. I think virtue also means we need to have good behavior in our daily life. Speak in a polite language and do good things instead of bad things.
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