Rethinking Vice and Virtue There is but one virtue, sacrifice, and one vice, selfishness, from which all other virtues and vices are spawned. Let us begin with sacrifice. Sacrifice is an action. Sacrifice is giving of oneself for the betterment of others with no ulterior motives attached (unlike donating to charity for a tax deduction). The perfect man (Jesus) made the ultimate sacrifice (crucifixion) for our sins. We too must sacrifice in order to be close to him and repel the vices. Sacrifice repels the following vices because again, in order to sacrifice, one must be engaged in the opposite of that which characterizes selfishness and all the vices that flow from it.
Virtue and Vice, Time for a Re-think?
Virtue and Vice, Time for a Re-think?
Virtue and Vice, Time for a Re-think?
Rethinking Vice and Virtue There is but one virtue, sacrifice, and one vice, selfishness, from which all other virtues and vices are spawned. Let us begin with sacrifice. Sacrifice is an action. Sacrifice is giving of oneself for the betterment of others with no ulterior motives attached (unlike donating to charity for a tax deduction). The perfect man (Jesus) made the ultimate sacrifice (crucifixion) for our sins. We too must sacrifice in order to be close to him and repel the vices. Sacrifice repels the following vices because again, in order to sacrifice, one must be engaged in the opposite of that which characterizes selfishness and all the vices that flow from it.