Virtues

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Rationality - this is the cardinal virtue, which leads to all other virtues. Rationality means using reason (and rejecting emotions) to identify reality.

Honesty means keeping one's words true to reality.

Integrity is honesty in action.

Productivity means working to create value.

Independence means using one's own reason to think, value, judge and act.

Pride is the belief that one is capable of gaining and keeping one's values--and that one deserves it.

Justice is the principle of seeking that people get what they deserve; productive men keep the products of their labor, violators of others' rights get punished.