Brandon: We should be able to tell if something is a virtue using a fill-in-the-blank test, like “She has a __ character”
Ben: “Pragmatic” works…I think
Ben (March 2016): I don't know if "perseverent" is a word, but "tenacious" works
Ben: I also like Altruism (which derives from Empathy)
Brandon: It would be useful to look at lists of Greek and Catholic virtues, as well as the list from a quasi-scientific survey that tries to identify participants’ virtues
Catholicism has Humility, Chastity, Charity, and Prudence, which is kind of like Pragmatism
Ben: I like Humility, although I think it has to be balanced with something like Confidence to avoid being completely ineffective
Brandon: I have very little Humility and would like to work on that