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Vice

Vice. Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life Chapter 6. Vice, Plutarch. A pleasant and happy life comes from good character. There is no true pleasure in vice. Reason and virtue bring contentment. The Depths of Vice, Augustine. Augustine recounts an act of theft he committed as a youth.

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Vice

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  1. Vice Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life Chapter 6

  2. Vice, Plutarch • A pleasant and happy life comes from good character. • There is no true pleasure in vice. • Reason and virtue bring contentment.

  3. The Depths of Vice, Augustine • Augustine recounts an act of theft he committed as a youth. • The motive for the theft was that it was wrong. • The result of vice is that the individual lives in lack. • True joy is found in God.

  4. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Edwards • If we do not have genuine faith in Christ, we are in danger of everlasting punishment. • Moral effort is insufficient for salvation.

  5. The Hypocrites, Dante • Hypocrites appear happy on the outside, but they are burdened on the inside. • The hypocrite is weary and defeated.

  6. Self-Deception, Johnson • Self-deceivers think a single good act is the same as being habitually good. • The habitual faults of self-deceivers are taken to be individual lapses. • To avoid self-deception, we must consult our friends and our enemies. • We learn the truth in adverse times.

  7. Upon Self-Deceit, Butler • Good people can deceive themselves (King David). • We are all partial to ourselves. • Know thyself. • We must all be wary of self-partiality and self-deceit.

  8. Jealousy, Envy, and Spite, Kant • We should morally evaluate ourselves by the idea of perfection, rather than by other people. • Jealousy, grudge, and spite • Ingratitude, envy, and malice are three vices that are the essence of wickedness.

  9. Kant • Love and hatred are both reciprocated. • Haters are damaged by their hatred more than those they hate.

  10. How Much Land Does a Man Need?, Leo Tolstoy • The life of peasants vs. the life of the wealthy • The story of Pahom and his land • The lesson of the story about the nature and danger of greed.

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