vice and virtue
Sin and righteousness
Vice and virtue are moral opposites—vice names bad habits or immoral behavior, virtue names good character or moral excellence.
The pairing appears in discussions of ethics, religion, and human nature: a tale of vice and virtue, the eternal struggle between vice and virtue.
Traditional lists name seven deadly sins (vices) against seven heavenly virtues.
- sinViolation of divine law
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- moral compassInner ethical guidance system
- dharmaCosmic moral order
morality · grace · utilitarianism · stoicism · generosity · blasphemy · humility · hedonism · altruism · impulsiveness · relativism · absolutism · righteousness · patience · honesty · deontology · deceit · prayer
- moral talesfable, parable, moral stories, allegory, moral fables
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Lacking ethical concern
neutrality · moral ambiguity · gray areas · beyond good and evil
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Rejection of moral categories
amorality · nihilism · moral relativism · indifference · apathy
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