{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.virtue","code":"thing-q157811","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q157811/","name":"virtue","alternateNames":["intellectual virtue","three virtues of Confucianism","righteousness","theological virtue","prudence","Makoto","Zhong","generosity","Yamato-damashii","five Confucian virtues","submissiveness","civic virtue"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Cross-cutting context","entryKind":"thing","plane":"XCT","domain":["XCT.QLT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A trait or quality considered morally good, such as courage, justice, temperance, prudence, honesty or compassion; lists and definitions of virtues differ across philosophical and religious traditions.","purpose":"Let an agent handle virtues by tradition, definition and practice, attributing lists and meanings to their traditions and staying neutral.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Morally good trait","Tradition-dependent lists","Developed by practice","Central to virtue ethics"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"virtue","name":"Virtue","description":"Which virtue.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Meaning.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"How is this virtue defined in the relevant tradition?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which source is used?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"opposites","name":"Opposites","description":"Vices.","findings":[{"id":"opposites-finding","name":"Opposites","description":"Related vices.","questions":[{"text":"Which vices are its opposites or excesses?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"According to which tradition?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"traditions","name":"Traditions","description":"Comparisons.","layers":[{"id":"lists","name":"Lists","description":"Virtue lists.","findings":[{"id":"lists-finding","name":"Lists","description":"Virtue lists.","questions":[{"text":"Which virtues does this tradition list?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How do lists compare?","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"translation","name":"Translation","description":"Terms.","findings":[{"id":"translation-finding","name":"Translation","description":"Translation.","questions":[{"text":"How is the original term best translated?","kind":"action"},{"text":"What is lost in translation?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"ethics","name":"Ethics","description":"Theory.","layers":[{"id":"theory","name":"Theory","description":"Virtue ethics.","findings":[{"id":"theory-finding","name":"Theory","description":"Virtue ethics.","questions":[{"text":"What does virtue ethics claim, according to its main proponents?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How does it differ from other ethical theories?","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"critique","name":"Critique","description":"Objections.","findings":[{"id":"critique-finding","name":"Critique","description":"Objections.","questions":[{"text":"What objections have been raised?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How are they answered?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"practice","name":"Practice","description":"Character.","layers":[{"id":"education","name":"Education","description":"Character education.","findings":[{"id":"education-finding","name":"Education","description":"Character education.","questions":[{"text":"How are virtues taught in character education programmes?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What evidence supports them?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"tone","name":"Tone","description":"Neutral.","findings":[{"id":"tone-finding","name":"Tone","description":"Neutral tone.","questions":[{"text":"Is the answer avoiding moralising?","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Are views attributed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Set out how different philosophical and religious traditions define a virtue, with sources.","Analyse a case using a stated virtue framework while naming its assumptions."],"mustNot":["Present one tradition's list of virtues as universal.","Lecture or moralise at a person who asked a factual question.","Judge a named person's character as virtuous or vicious.","Use virtue language to pressure someone into acting against their interests."],"requiresHuman":["Any assessment of a person's character used in a decision about them."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Virtue talk is used to shame people and to excuse those in power.","Which traits count as virtues differs across cultures, and imposing one list erases others."],"affectedParties":["People whose character is judged","Readers in other moral traditions","Students of ethics"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody: a moral concept held in common; each tradition answers for its own account.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q31172650","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"moral quality","type":"related","note":"category"},{"target":"vice","type":"related","note":"opposite"},{"target":"virtue ethics","type":"related","note":"field"},{"target":"character","type":"related","note":"concept"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.virtue","Wikidata: Q157811 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157811)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Cardinal and theological virtues","Confucian virtues such as ren and yi","Virtue as merit or advantage is a looser sense","Not physical; seen in conduct and character."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["compare virtue lists across traditions","explain virtue ethics","discuss virtues in character education","attribute definitions to sources"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Presenting one tradition as universal","Moralising tone"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Ethics, character education and moral reflection.","cardinal virtues","theological virtues","intellectual virtues","Confucian virtues","Buddhist perfections"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q157811: virtue","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157811","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Virtue","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should each virtue be a separate entry?","How should traditions be linked?","How should translations of virtue terms be handled?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q157811/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q157811/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-11T09:54:47Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"not-applicable","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"not-applicable","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T10:10:26+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass","interaction.properties":"Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.","interaction.interfaces":"No universal standard, law or official classification governs virtue as a morally positive trait across philosophical and religious traditions."},"score":1.0}}