Ethics, Tuesday, October 19, 2021

[sith_happened]

"Welcome back from vacation," Anakin began. "I trust you enjoyed your trip up to Boston. Christianity, one of this planet's major religions, takes a group of behaviors or habits that lead to other immoralities and call them, slightly melodramatically, the 'Seven Deadly Sins.' The seven sins are pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth."

He smiled a little ruefully. "I know I've fallen victim to...most of them...over the course of my life, the emotions that can overwhelm you and lead to some monumentally stupid life choices."

And Anakin Skywalker knew from monumentally stupid life choices.

"There are some instincts that call to us more strongly than others, though: a favorite vice, if you would. There's a saying here that is as probably as old as this list of deadly sins: 'pride goes before a fall'. In my world, we put it slightly differently: 'Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.'"

He passed out a sheet of paper that gave links to that wiki article up there summaries of the deadly sins. "Now, which of these is your go-to? Where do you gravitate when you are angry or stressed? Do you think these behaviors are even all that negative? Can they be channeled into a positive direction?"

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Re: Favorite sin?

[mylandmyrules]

"Pride's the one I get most in trouble for back home," Nell admitted.