I wish to reflect on the effect of virtues and vices on society, in general and in certain instances.
Every action that can be seen to have moral character have a virtue or vice that corresponds to it. The Catholics refer to the vices as the seven deadly sins; they have seven heavenly virtues to go with them.
A common mistake that seems to go with this idea is that there are seven sins and they are all equal; any transgression is seen to have dire consequences for the perpetrator and will result in their unhappiness at the very least.
Over the following week I'm going to go through these in more depth and discuss the virtues of sin and the vices of virtue; all things are good in moderation but even the most virtuous acts can be sinful in some circumstances.
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