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We achieve this - or not - through a combination of
virtues
such as fortitude in the face of relentless training, physical courage as we persevere through pain, and cleverness when we outsmart our opponents, along with other factors such as helpful coaching, optimized equipment, and sound nutrition.
Courage, fortitude, competitive savvy, and other
virtues
rightfully command our moral admiration.
So much for the
virtues
of referenda.
They can thus prove their merits to the people, who can choose to “prolong the utility of [their leaders’] talents and virtues, and to secure to the government the advantage of permanency in a wise system of administration.”
After all, before the meltdown in 2008, the captains of finance and industry could trumpet the
virtues
of globalization, technology, and financial liberalization, which supposedly heralded a new era of relentless growth.
But the two giants of Europe can agree to disagree about the
virtues
of German-style budgetary rigor or French-style fiscal stimulus as long as they don’t insult each other, and, more importantly, as long as they compensate for their philosophical differences with a well publicized program of joint initiatives on key subjects.
The gangs then upheld classic Japanese
virtues
of manliness and loyalty – and paid for mistakes by slicing off one of their fingers in atonement.
But, when teams lose, these stereotypical
virtues
are damned with equal conviction as characteristic defects: German lack of imagination, Italian fear of attack, Dutch selfishness, the absence of national feeling among ethnic minorities in France, and so on.
Now that the US has at last begun to move, gradually and thoughtfully, away from the passions that characterized the country’s response to the 2001 terrorist attacks, it is worth asking if Bill Clinton was right to say that America’s
virtues
and assets always prevail against its vices and defects.
Most famously, Bell Labs recognized the
virtues
of such a culture in the 1930s-1970s, assembling a collection of creative physicists to whom it gave unadulterated freedom.
At the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos this year, Chinese President Xi Jinping was the one extolling the
virtues
of globalization, while many Western business leaders wandered the halls trying to sound concerned for the supposed losers of the process.
Having exhausted most of the alternatives over the years, national leaders have begun to internalize the
virtues
of cooperation.
The traditional
virtues
of “true love” have been replaced by pragmatism and a willingness to become a mistress before youth expires and all chances of getting a good apartment are lost.
Management talked of the
virtues
of writing to allow readers to read between the lines.
The most effective advocates for democratic change are not American or European officials, but citizens of the region who understand Western
virtues
as well as flaws - and can adapt them to indigenous conditions to press for social change.
Indeed, speaking on the Russian radio program Direct Line last month, he extolled the genetic
virtues
of the Russian people.
A fervent opponent of Australia’s carbon price, and a battle-hardened opponent of US President Barack Obama, Murdoch lauded the
virtues
of austerity and minimal regulation, and railed against the corrosive effects of social safety nets.
Preaching the
virtues
of a rule-based order to others, but being coy about some of those rules oneself, is not a good look.
In this election, as in previous ones, votes will be cast on electronic voting machines invented in India, which combine the
virtues
of simplicity, reliability, and ruggedness.
On the other hand, it crowds out
virtues
that have no economic utility, like heroism, honor, generosity, and pity.
The problem is not just the moral inadequacy of the economic virtues, but their disappearance.
The paradox of capitalism is that it converts avarice, greed, and envy into
virtues.
But instead of seeking to encourage these civic (and economic) virtues, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) use threats of communal violence to boost its electoral ends.
This approach combines the
virtues
of direct democracy with the benefits of meritocratic technocracy, which leverages data to make long-term, utilitarian decisions.
The Bank loudly proclaims the
virtues
of research – and then spends almost as much – $44 million – on “External and Corporate Relations.”
By contrast, Germany’s far-right National Democratic Party has demonstrated nostalgia for East German virtues, calling the defunct German Democratic Republic “a better Germany” than the Federal Republic.
The trouble with the human-rights agenda is that its advocates become trigger-happy, whereas Russia’s foreign policy displays the
virtues
of conservative prudence.
To resist the populist backlash, we Europeans should be proclaiming the EU’s
virtues
more loudly, without descending to the populists’ level.
Perhaps one of the few
virtues
of George W. Bush’s administration is that the gap between rhetoric and reality is narrower than it was under Ronald Reagan.
Our triumphs and
virtues
are exaggerated; our villains externalized; our failings covered up.
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