The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories
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The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories, sometimes just called The Book of Virtues (ISBN 0-684-83577-0), is an anthology edited by William Bennett
. It was published on November 1, 1993 by Simon and Schuster, and was followed by The Moral Compass: Stories for a Life's Journey in late 1995.
The book is intended for the moral education of the young and is divided into the different virtues namely self-discipline, compassion
, responsibility
, friendship
, work
, courage
, perseverance
, honesty
, loyalty
and faith
.
A spinoff for young audiences, The Children's Book of Virtues, also came out in 1995. It served as the basis for a PBS Kids
TV series
a year later.
William Bennett
William John "Bill" Bennett is an American conservative pundit, politician, and political theorist. He served as United States Secretary of Education from 1985 to 1988. He also held the post of Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under George H. W...
. It was published on November 1, 1993 by Simon and Schuster, and was followed by The Moral Compass: Stories for a Life's Journey in late 1995.
The book is intended for the moral education of the young and is divided into the different virtues namely self-discipline, compassion
Compassion
Compassion is a virtue — one in which the emotional capacities of empathy and sympathy are regarded as a part of love itself, and a cornerstone of greater social interconnection and humanism — foundational to the highest principles in philosophy, society, and personhood.There is an aspect of...
, responsibility
Moral responsibility
Moral responsibility usually refers to the idea that a person has moral obligations in certain situations. Disobeying moral obligations, then, becomes grounds for justified punishment. Deciding what justifies punishment, if anything, is a principle concern of ethics.People who have moral...
, friendship
Friendship
Friendship is a form of interpersonal relationship generally considered to be closer than association, although there is a range of degrees of intimacy in both friendships and associations. Friendship and association are often thought of as spanning across the same continuum...
, work
Employment
Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as:- Employee :...
, courage
Courage
Courage is the ability to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation...
, perseverance
Perseverance
Perseverance may refer to:* Perseverance , a card game* Perseverance , American fighter Brock Lesnar* Perseverance...
, honesty
Honesty
Honesty refers to a facet of moral character and denotes positive, virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, and straightforwardness along with the absence of lying, cheating, or theft....
, loyalty
Loyalty
Loyalty is faithfulness or a devotion to a person, country, group, or cause There are many aspects to...
and faith
Faith
Faith is confidence or trust in a person or thing, or a belief that is not based on proof. In religion, faith is a belief in a transcendent reality, a religious teacher, a set of teachings or a Supreme Being. Generally speaking, it is offered as a means by which the truth of the proposition,...
.
A spinoff for young audiences, The Children's Book of Virtues, also came out in 1995. It served as the basis for a PBS Kids
PBS Kids
PBS Kids is the brand for children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States founded in 1993. As with all PBS programming, PBS Kids programming is non-commercial. It is aimed at children ages 2 to 10...
TV series
Adventures from the Book of Virtues
Adventures from the Book of Virtues is an animated television series which originally aired on PBS Kids in the United States for three seasons, beginning in 1996 and ending in 2000. There was a two-year gap in between the second and third seasons. In 2008 the series aired twice daily on qubo...
a year later.