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The Origins of Virtue

Virtue is a kind of behavior that is considered good and kind. It’s when you do the right things that help people and make the world a better place. Virtue comes from a long history of thinking about what kind of behavior is good, and it has been traced back thousands of years ago to Ancient Greece and China. People wrote down what they thought were the good virtues of behavior, and those ideas were passed down through the generations. We still see the effects of these ancient ideas today – in the way people think it’s important to be truthful and honest, to treat others well and with respect, and to work together to help make a better society. So, the origins of virtue come from people from long ago thinking about what was important in life and creating ideas of goodness that are still with us today.