Does this invalidate the point, that a life of virtue will make one happier than a life of vice?
Only for those for whom virtue is a value.
The abuse of a power doesn't negate its goodness per se.
it's not that - just cult of intellect is what dangerous.
Did Scott Peterson ever aspired to be like Mother Theresa? I can write a huge and interesting essay here about how he feels and thinks...
Or you could answer the question. Is he really happier than Mother Theresa?
Does this invalidate the point, that a life of virtue will make one happier than a life of vice?
Only for those for whom virtue is a value.
So people who lead lives of vice can be objectively as happy as people who lead lives of virtue?
Members of the mafia are objectively as happy as the Sisters of Charity?