Phase IIExamine

The Four Virtues as Shield

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When one virtue is missing, can a deed still be truly good? The learner learns to use the four virtues as one integrated shield that protects against wrong judgments, cowardice, injustice, and excess.

Core ability: Use the four virtues as one integrated system for judgment and action.

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Lesson 4 · 15 min

Wisdom: Seeing What Is True and Relevant

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Wisdom is practical judgment: seeing facts, values, consequences, and limits clearly.

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Courage: Doing Right Despite the Price

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Courage is not recklessness, but steadfastness in the face of fear, loss, pain, and social pressure.

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Justice and Temperance: Strength That Serves

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Justice directs us toward the other; temperance keeps our desires and power from derailing.

Two guardians of virtue, a woman and a man, standing beside the shared shield of the four virtues

Test your judgment by the four virtues.