central. The ancient `cardinal' virtues are courage, justice, 'temperance', and wisdom; a contemporary account would add at least benevolence, and would be more inclined to talk in terms of a larger group of more specific virtues, such as patience, generosity, fairness, and so on.central. The ancient `cardinal' virtues are courage, justice, 'temperance', and wisdom; a contemporary account would add at least benevolence, and would be more inclined to talk in terms of a larger group of more specific virtues, such as patience, generosity, fairness, and so on....more