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Patience: A New Account of a Neglected Virtue

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The goal of this article is to outline a new account of the virtue of patience. To help build the account, we focus on five important issues pertaining to patience: (i) goals and time, (ii) emotion, (iii) continence versus virtue, (iv) motivation, and (v) good ends. The heart of the resulting account is that patience is a cross-situational and stable disposition to react, both internally and externally, to slower than desired progress toward goal achievement with a reasonable level of calmness. The article ends with an application of the account to better understanding the vices associated with patience.

Source: Journal of the American Philosophical Association

DOI: 10.1017/apa.2024.5

Authors: CHRISTIAN B. MILLER, R. MICHAEL FURR

Institution: Wake Forest University

Language: English

Topic: Philosophical Ethics and Theory

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,450

Funder: Templeton Religion Trust