Virtues

*Accountability Willingness and ability to account for one's activities, accept responsibility for them, and to disclose the results in a transparent manner Confidentiality Willingness and ability to protect secrets *Compassion Willingness and ability to offer regard for another person's welfare with empathy towards another's misfortune *Conscientiousness Willingness and ability to do what is right because it is right and exerts appropriate effort to do so. Courage Willingness and ability to confront dangerous situations *Discernment Willingness and ability to make fitting judgments and reach decisions with being unduly influenced by extraneous considerations. *Excellence Willingness and ability to offer the finest results through outstanding actions and recognized as such by others Faith Willingness and ability to believe and trust in others or have confidence in uncertainty Friendliness Willingness and ability to maintain healthy relationships with others Generosity Willingness and ability to give what one owns away Good Temper Willingness and ability to be patient when provoked Honesty Willingness and ability to use resources wisely Hope Willingness and ability to be confident in the future Integrity Willingness and ability to maintain moral wholeness, authenticity and coherence Justice Willingness and ability to treat others fairly Love Willingness and ability to start and maintain healthy relationships Loyalty Willingness and ability to make personal sacrifices in the interest of other commitments Magnanimity Willingness and ability to bear trouble calmly Modesty Willingness and ability to exercise restraint in dress or action Obedience Willingness and ability to act at another's instruction *Respect Willingness and ability to offer an attitude of admiration and deference towards someone else, often a person in authority Responsibility Willingness and ability to wisely fulfill social role Righteous Indignation Willingness and ability to react to injustice. Safety Willingness and ability to protect oneself and others Temperance Willingness and ability to resist opportunities of personal desire Trust Willingness and ability to rely on another's judgment when one is vulnerable Truthfulness Willingness and ability to offer an accurate witness to ideas and facts as understood. Wisdom Willingness and ability to act in a manner that integrates all facets of life well. Wittiness Willingness and ability to offer insights concerning ideas or others Work Hard Willingness and ability to enter into and complete projects   *Recent additions.  See Beauchamp, Principles of Biomedical Ethics for more information Runes, Dictionary of Philosophy