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Cardinal Virtue In Cry Freedom By Donald Woods

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The cardinal virtues serve as the four principle moral values in Catholicism, which are prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. These virtues ultimately call individuals to form habits that will incline one to do good and to avoid all evil. The first cardinal value is prudence, which allows individuals to correctly judge what is right and what is wrong in any given situation. The second cardinal value, justice, is connected to the idea of one’s rights and is explained as the constant determination to give everyone his or her rightful due. The cardinal virtue fortitude allows individuals to overcome their fears, and to remain steady in the face of obstacles while always remaining reasonable. The two protagonists, Steve Biko and Donald Woods fully demonstrate these virtues throughout the entirety of the film ‘Cry Freedom’. …show more content…

A primary example is when Donald goes to support and cheer on Steve while he speaks to the fellow civilians regarding service justice as it’s needed and wanting equality between all. By wisely encouraging Steve to act upon what is right within their community it shows that Donald rightly judged the situation at hand and did what he knew was morally right. Steve himself displayed this virtue of prudence by doing what Donald would encourage and speak to his community and raise awareness to address the issue rather than do what is wrong, and use violence and force to try and solve it. Thus portraying that Steve Biko was able to correctly judge what was the right thing to do to properly address the tough situation at hand, and what the wrong thing to do would have

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