Girl Scouts and bushido (the seven virtues of the samurai warrior), to name a few. The notion that there are guideposts pointing us in the direction of our better selves is as old as religion ...

For millennia, scholars have debated what virtues should be part of the moral life. While the seven deadly sins might be more interesting, the virtues—such as prudence, justice and fortitude ...

The fisherman god Ebisu, music goddess Benzaiten, and warrior god Bishamonten are among ... stated that the seven virtues of an ideal statesman were longevity, prosperity, popularity, integrity ...

Christopher Beem, managing director of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State, attempted to answer that question in his upcoming book, "The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do ...