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To: NattieShea

A couple questions:
what is virtue?;
what is morality?.


26 posted on 07/03/2007 9:22:04 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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To: RightWhale
My instinct is that morality is more subjective, but according to the dictionary: virtue is moral excellence, moral is according to the rules of right conduct, and morality is conforming to the rules of right conduct.

I suppose the differnece is: virtue is morality taken to the next level.

30 posted on 07/03/2007 5:22:26 PM PDT by NattieShea ("Read your Bible: you'll never know when you'll need it." -George S Patton)
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To: RightWhale
"What is truth?" -- Pontius Pilate

"What is a core exercise?" -- Pontius Pilates

Cheers!

33 posted on 07/03/2007 7:19:44 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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