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The virtue of forgiveness consists, roughly, in giving up angry feelings of resentment toward one who treated us wrongly. If we follow Aristotle's golden-mean method, what would be the opposite vices?
{ 1 } - One opposite vice is vengefulness, which is to harbor resentment and try to get even.
{ 2 } - One opposite vice is moral passivity, which is to have too little resentment toward those who wrong us.
{ 3 } - Both of the above.
{ 4 } - Neither of the above.
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The virtue of forgiveness consists, roughly, in giving up angry feelings of resentment toward one who treated us wrongly. If we follow Aristotle's golden-mean method, what would be the opposite vices?
{ 1 } - One opposite vice is vengefulness, which is to harbor resentment and try to get even.
{ 2 } - One opposite vice is moral passivity, which is to have too little resentment toward those who wrong us.
{ 3 } - Both of the above.
{ 4 } - Neither of the above.
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The virtue of forgiveness consists, roughly, in giving up angry feelings of resentment toward one who treated us wrongly. If we follow Aristotle's golden-mean method, what would be the opposite vices?
{ 1 } - One opposite vice is vengefulness, which is to harbor resentment and try to get even.
{ 2 } - One opposite vice is moral passivity, which is to have too little resentment toward those who wrong us.
{ 3 } - Both of the above.
{ 4 } - Neither of the above.
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The virtue of forgiveness consists, roughly, in giving up angry feelings of resentment toward one who treated us wrongly. If we follow Aristotle's golden-mean method, what would be the opposite vices?
{ 1 } - One opposite vice is vengefulness, which is to harbor resentment and try to get even.
{ 2 } - One opposite vice is moral passivity, which is to have too little resentment toward those who wrong us.
{ 3 } - Both of the above.
{ 4 } - Neither of the above.
The virtue of proper forgiveness is to have the right degree of resentment but be ready to give this up when appropriate. This is midway between the vices of vengefulness (which harms both the vengeful person, who lives in anger, and those who suffer retaliation) and moral passivity (which harms both oppressors, who need to be confronted about their wrongdoing, and suffering victims).
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The virtue of forgiveness consists, roughly, in giving up angry feelings of resentment toward one who treated us wrongly. If we follow Aristotle's golden-mean method, what would be the opposite vices?
{ 1 } - One opposite vice is vengefulness, which is to harbor resentment and try to get even.
{ 2 } - One opposite vice is moral passivity, which is to have too little resentment toward those who wrong us.
{ 3 } - Both of the above.
{ 4 } - Neither of the above.
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