Course 4. Practicing The Four Fundamental Virtues

Description

This course will help you discover what true leadership is, grow in the virtues of wisdom, courage, self-mastery and justice, avoiding the pitfall of rules-based ethics.

In addition, the workbook for the course is recommended, find it here:

Course 4. Practicing the Four Virtues e-Workbook

Content

U1. Practicing The Four Fundamental Virtues

Course Overview: Practicing The Four Fundamental Virtues
Practicing The Four Fundamental Virtues

U2. Lessons

Why are these Four Virtues Called Fundamental
Prudence is the Mother of All the Virtues
Practicing Prudence
Prudence and the Four Temperaments
Practicing Courage
Courage and the Four Temperaments
Practicing Self-Mastery
Self-Mastery and the Four Temperaments
Practicing Justice
Justice and the Four Temperaments

U3. Review of the 12 Basic VL Principles

Why do leaders need virtues?
What is the essence (specific
ty) of leadership? Why?
Why is leadership a life ideal?
What are the foundations of leadership? Why?
What is “fundamental humility”? What is its function?
“Leaders are trained, not born”. Why?
What is the difference between Potestas and Auctoritas? What is the meaning of each of these notions in leadership?
What is the role of the intellect, the will and the heart in the life of a leader?
Maturity in judgments, emotions, and behavior. What does this mean in practice?
Leaders reject a utilitarian approach to virtue. What does this mean?
What is the difference between virtue ethics and rules-based ethics? Why the former is more relevant?
What is the relation between the human virtues and the specifically Christian virtues of faith, hope and charity? What does the practice of the Christian virtues add to leadership?

U4. Resources

Recommended reading: “Virtuous Leadership”