Does a notion of virtue (of any sort... Greek, Chinese...) necessarily imply a corresponding notion of the obscene or disgusting?
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. trying to get around using the word "vice" which I think has somewhat formalist connotations narrower than anti-virtuous
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Virtue lies in our power, and similarly so does vice; because where it is in our power to act, it is also in our power not to act...
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not at all. The lack of something (virtue) does not equal its opposite (vice). Disgust could land anywhere in between or not all
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