Acting Quote by Dale Jamieson

It's obvious that there are vast variety of consequentialist views, depending on what we think goodness consists in, what our notion of consequence is,…

— Dale Jamieson

Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.

— Alphonse Karr

Virtue, as such, naturally procures considerable advantages to the virtuous.

— Joseph Butler

No single virtue is, on its own, necessarily virtuous.

— Jonathan V. Last

The Consequentialist trinity is typically regarded in this way: Bentham is crude, Mill's writings are full of howlers and inconsistencies, and Sidgwick was too…

— Dale Jamieson

Virtue is a positive quality developed by taking a firm stand for the right in temptation, or by the suffering endured in consequence of…

— Max Heindel

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and quality of life.…

— Alexis Carrel

I don't think virtue has a downside. I think human nature does.

— Catherine Brady

According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication.

— Irving Babbitt

Virtue is harmony.

— Pythagoras

Virtue and decency are so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other but in our imagination.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero