It may seem odd for some, old new for others but the people of the future have a new set of virtues and they are not very much like the old ones.

The ancients viewed temperance, wisdom, justice, and courage as the cardinal virtues. Later on in Western Civilization, Christianity synthesized the cardinal virtues to be chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, and humility.

All these are part of an old world. One that was made of blood and steal. The new world doesn't need these any more.

Virtues are the things that society holds up as desirable attributes to outstanding citizens. With times moving faster than one can read the newspaper, the world of today which wants to be on right side of history enshrines other best practices. Here are a few of the new virtues that a global citizen should adhere to:

being educated - this does not mean being wise or understanding necessarily, it means understanding the lingo of elite education institutions
equality - including a multitude of faces like income, gender, marriage equality and many others
multiculturalism - celebrating all cultures for the good they bring forth
authenticity - showing your true self to the world and letting nothing hinder expressing who you really are
love and compassion - the full embrace of all human beings regardless of who they are or what they've done
popularity - if you are good, society will let you know. There's a nifty app with like buttons, hearts and followers to let you know how good you are
global minded - understanding your role in the world and visiting as much of it as possible
freedom fighter - rebelling against anything that would hinder personal freedom
proud - it's not enough to agree with a certain point of view; you must be proud of it
anti-establishment - fighting the old order to make room for the new

Are these good or bad? The are good because society deems them good. What more is there to say?

The virtues are actually not virtues in the real sense of the word. They can not bear the weigh of morality because postmodernism doesn't really offer a transcendent morality. They merely take the place in a vacuum of a secular society sanitized of it's detested predecessor.

I'm not saying that only Christian societies have virtues. It would seem however, that only in Christian society that other-centered virtues arise. Values that are not based on a shame culture that is ultimately individualistic but ones that start from the premise that all humans have intrinsic value.

Without intrinsic values and transcendent morals, society will descend more and more intro tribalism and factions.