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Deference

August 17, 2019 by admin

“Great men always pay deference to greater things”

– Walter Savage Landor

Definition:

  • Giving a superior his due respects
  • Obeying the rule of higher goods

Vices:

  • Excess: weak-willed, the unjust obeying of authority
  • Deficiencies: Stubbornness, the unjust disobeying of authority

Example:

Accepting the existence of rules and authority in the workplace
Related Virtues: Accepting, Compliant, Courtesy, Cultivated, Decency

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