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reverence: a standalone construct

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reverence1 CONSTRUCTReverence (virtue)WOODRUFF · VIRTUE

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Ethics / philosophy

A virtue of awe and respect before what is beyond human control

In ethics, reverence is treated as a virtue: the well-developed capacity to feel awe, respect, and shame in the face of something larger than oneself (the divine, truth, justice, or nature) that stands beyond human power to control or create. Woodruff's Reverence: Renewing a forgotten virtue argues that this disposition underlies the appropriate hierarchy of respect in communities and restrains arrogance in leaders and citizens alike. The referent is a settled trait of character expressed across many situations, assessed by how a person responds to what is awe-inspiring, and it is an entirely different construct from a dancer's codified closing bow.[1]

Unit
A character disposition of awe and respect toward what transcends the self
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Appraised philosophically through the consistency of a person's awe, humility, and respect across situations rather than by any single act

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References

  1. Woodruff, P. (2014). Reverence: Renewing a forgotten virtue (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199350803

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