Promises aren’t enough, candidates need intellectual virtue

Promises aren’t enough, candidates need intellectual virtue
Promises aren’t enough, candidates need intellectual virtue

Promises aren’t enough, candidates need intellectual virtue

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Intellectual virtue encompasses mental alertness, mental ability, mental virtue, raw intelligence and more. Our elected leaders need to have these character traits so that we might have a successful government and move our cities, states and country forward. But look around during the campaign season. Do you see a lot of intellectual virtue? Philosophy and business professor Al Gini discusses the 10 most important intellectual virtues a candidate needs to be a successful leader. Plus, we talk about which past and present leaders exemplified these important virtues. Photo: Flickr/digitalbob8