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Re-education

than to others. These virtues
teach us to bring out the best
in ourselves and control our

urges with rationality. Let us
now deal with each virtuous
act separately and identify
the fruits we may reap from

practicing them.

One of these virtues is
prudence. It can be defined as

an act or thought pursued with
care for the future, making a
person cautious or foresighted.
Any endeavor is weighed with

its consequence for the future.
The climate change we face in ‘Justice as fairness.’ They justice.
presently shows our lack of consider justice as taking one’s
prudence. Prudence manifests share by leaving enough to Next on the list, we find the

an insight that is not limited to others and without harming the virtue of temperance. This can
the present but one that extends interest of others. Therefore, be defined as self-restraint or
onto the future. Unless we wish justice teaches us the value sobriety, or moderation in our
to obliterate human existence, of knowing our fair share and ambitions. This is not to be

such care is vital for the next limit. It is in conflict with contradicted with complete
generation. Even if we don’t greed. As far as my knowledge deprivation or detachment
care about the next generation, extends, every religion has from our desires. It teaches
we surely must realize such a one doctrine at heart – to do one to value limit. Complete

future might become a reality onto others as we want them indulgence gives birth to
tomorrow, when we are still do onto us. It is necessary to blind urges, which leads to
alive. So if we have anyone we see others in the same way destruction of others and the
care about, including ourselves, we see ourselves. We must self in the process. It is for this

we should practice prudence. realize every human being has sole reason that temperance or

an equal right to existence and moderation is a virtue.
Justice is the second virtue pursue and satisfy natural or Having the above values
we have to examine. I will do man-made ambitions. We are does not suffice to create the

my best to define justice by bound to cross lanes in this virtuous human being. The next
relying on the works of the adventure, so all will be well quality required is courage or
great philosopher, Plato in ‘The when it is done with a sense of fortitude. The courageous is the
Republic’, and John Rawls

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