cardinal virtue

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Within a year of each other, Joseph Schumpeter coined the term "Ricardian vice," which you mentioned earlier, and Milton Friedman launched his campaign to revive it as a cardinal virtue.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2025

Doubt is a cardinal virtue in the sciences, which advance through skeptics’ willingness to question the experts.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2020

Truth was the cardinal virtue of Zoroastrianism, with lying being synonymous with evil.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Variety is its cardinal virtue, seasoned with the element of surprise.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2014

Finally the story of Red Riding Hood illustrates the cardinal virtue of childhood—obedience to parents.

From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix