Virtues Map

A structured map of virtues, vices, and their relationships in the Christian moral tradition.

The project draws primarily from the Aristotelian and Thomistic tradition, especially the framework of the cardinal virtues and their related moral qualities.

Purpose

This project organizes virtues, vices, references, and relations into a navigable knowledge base that can also support graph export and visualization.

The Virtues Map aims to:

• organize moral knowledge in a structured way
• make classical virtue ethics easier to explore
• visualize relationships between virtues and vices
• provide a dataset usable for research, education, and visualization

Main Sections

The knowledge base is organized into four main areas.

• Virtues
• Vices
• Relations
• References

Virtues

Virtues are stable dispositions that perfect human action and guide moral decision making.

Cardinal Virtues

• Prudence
• Justice
• Temperance
• Fortitude

Theological Virtues

• Charity
• Faith
• Hope

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Vices

Vices are distortions or failures of virtue.

Capital Vices

Also know as the seven capital sins.

• Pride
• Anger
• Envy
• Gluttony
• Greed
• Lust
• Sloth

Opposed Vices

• Imprudence
• Injustice
• Intemperance
• Cowardice

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Relations

Virtues and vices are connected by structured relationships such as:

• supports
• opposes
• distorts
• perfects
• requires
• defect_of
• excess_of

These relationships form a graph of moral concepts. This graph can be found here.

References

The project includes references from important sources including:

• Sacred Scripture
• The Catechism of the Catholic Church
• St. Thomas Aquinas

➡ Browse references

Initial Focus

The first stage of the project centers on the cardinal virtues and selected related vices.

Notes

This site is also the canonical content source for future graph and spreadsheet exports.

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Repository

The source repository for this project is available on GitHub:

https://github.com/virtues-study/study-root