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Is Tolerance a Virtue?
DONALD DEMARCO
Tolerance, of itself, is not a virtue.

The Virtue of Leadership
DONALD DEMARCO
A leadership vacuum exists in our culture.

The Virtue of Modesty
DONALD DEMARCO
One of the most basic and vexing problems in moral education is how to make virtue more attractive than vice. In this regard, modesty plays a key role.

The Virtue of Justice
DONALD DEMARCO
Sir Walter Scott has his bold hero, Arthur, speak like a saint or Father of the Church. Arthurs advice is timeless. We could use a novelist of the moral acumen of Sir Walter Scott in our own age.

The Virtue of Compassion
DONALD DEMARCO
Every virtue has its bogus pretenders. Foolhardiness passes for courage, timidity for prudence, apathy for patience, obsequiousness for courtesy, and credulity for faith. But there is no counterfeit that is more successful in obscuring the genuine article, especially in the present era, than false compassion.

The Virtue of Courtesy
DONALD DEMARCO
Courtesy is the entrance-level virtue that allows strangers to suddenly feel that they are kindred spirits. It is also the foundation on which other virtues might be established, such as kindness, thoughtfulness, amicability, and generosity.

The Virtue of Decency
DONALD DEMARCO
In the 1937 film Gone With the Wind, Clark Gable shocked a nation of moviegoers when he said to Vivien Leigh, Frankly, my dear, I dont give a dam.

The Virtue of Fairness
DONALD DEMARCO
It may very well be that the first moral judgment a child utters is Thats not fair! Virtually all studies on the subject report that children as young as four already have an active and flourishing sense of fairness.

The Virtue of Innocence
DONALD DEMARCO
"How many of you are 'pro-choice'?" she asked her grade school pupils. Immediately, all hands shot up, except one.

The Virtue of Unselfishness
DONALD DEMARCO
The story is told of a Chinese hero who acted with remarkable unselfishness during an earthquake.

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