We don’t hear people refer to prudence very muchnowadays, but the virtue of prudence is needed perhaps more now than ever.Using examples from The Witch of Blackbird Pond and The Odyssey,Rhonda provides an overview of the virtue of prudence and its relationship totruth, and then begins consideration of the component virtues that contributeto the exercise of prudence.

We don’t hear people refer to prudence very muchnowadays, but the virtue of prudence is needed perhaps more now than ever.Using examples from The Witch of Blackbird Pond and The Odyssey,Rhonda provides an overview of the virtue of prudence and its relationship totruth, and then begins consideration of the component virtues that contributeto the exercise of prudence.

Episode 3 Introducing Prudence: Knowledge in Action

We commonly use the term “virtue signaling” to refer to an outward gesture of “virtue” that is meant to win approval from an audience as opposed to an action arising out of authentic personal integrity. In The Virtue Signal, host Rhonda McDaniel looks past applause-winning gestures to engage with the timeless foundations of personal character and demonstrate the importance of virtue for personal growth in character and integrity as well as for citizens in a self-governing society.

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Episode 3 Introducing Prudence: Knowledge in Action

Episode 3 Introducing Prudence: Knowledge in Action