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A Just Society Requires Virtuous Citizens

A Just Society Requires Virtuous Citizens
An American flag is displayed behind a statue of George Washington in a Sept. 2002 file photo in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Paul Adams
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I live in a small, faith-based college town. Ave Maria University, Florida, is formally Catholic, and the town is informally but predominantly so. The iconic parish church is at the heart of the town, physically and spiritually. So no one was surprised by the experience of a new undergraduate the other day, just settling in.

Paul Adams
Paul Adams
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Paul Adams is a professor emeritus of social work at the University of Hawai‘i, and was professor and associate dean of academic affairs at Case Western Reserve University. He is the co-author of "Social Justice Isn’t What You Think It Is," and has written extensively on social welfare policy and professional and virtue ethics.
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