Editing Virtue (section)

===Ancient India===
[[File:இலண்டன் திருவள்ளுவர்.JPG|thumb|right|Valluvar (Statue at SOAS, [[University of London]]).]]
While religious scriptures generally consider {{transliteration|sa|[[dharma]]}} or {{transliteration|ta|aṟam}} (the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] term for virtue) as a divine virtue, [[Valluvar]] describes it as a way of life rather than any spiritual observance, a way of harmonious living that leads to universal happiness.<ref name="Sanjeevi_SeminarPapers">{{cite book |author= N. Sanjeevi |title= First All India Tirukkural Seminar Papers |year= 1973 |edition=2nd |publisher=University of Madras | location=Chennai |pages= xxiii–xxvii}}</ref> For this reason, Valluvar keeps {{transliteration|ta|aṟam}} as the cornerstone throughout the writing of the [[Tirukkural|Kural literature]].<ref name="UMI_WhyNationalBook?">{{cite book
 | last = N. Velusamy and Moses Michael Faraday (Eds.)
 | title = Why Should Thirukkural Be Declared the National Book of India?
 | publisher = Unique Media Integrators
 | edition = First
 | date = February 2017
 | location = Chennai
 | pages = 55
 | language = ta, en
 | isbn = 978-93-85471-70-4
 }}</ref> Valluvar considered [[justice]] as a facet or product of {{transliteration|ta|aṟam}}.<ref name="Sanjeevi_SeminarPapers"/> While many before his time opined that justice cannot be defined and that it was a divine mystery, Valluvar suggested that a divine origin is not required to define the concept of justice.<ref name="Sanjeevi_SeminarPapers"/> In the words of [[V. R. Nedunchezhiyan]], justice according to Valluvar "dwells in the minds of those who have knowledge of the standard of right and wrong; so too deceit dwells in the minds which breed fraud."<ref name="Sanjeevi_SeminarPapers"/>