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To: steve-b

The intention to lead man to virtue is not a moral defect in itself, it is, in fact, another virtue. However, as one goes about this task, one has to (1) have a proper concept of virtues and (2) lead by moral means. The Soviets and the Nazis lacked both.


24 posted on 02/09/2009 7:52:41 AM PST by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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To: annalex
lead by moral means

Precisely. That excludes statist coercion.

25 posted on 02/09/2009 7:53:28 AM PST by steve-b (Intelligent design is to evolutionary biology what socialism is to free-market economics.)
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