Talk:Vice

Miami Vice
Furthermore, what does Miami Vice have to do with vice, apart from the obvious similarities in the names? I removed [] this link, as it did not seem overly relevant to the topic. If anyone has a reason to keep it in, feel free to revert my edit. --222.153.63.59 06:27, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Sources?
The Christian vices seems unfounded and unreasonable. Where are the sources for this? --Alexander 08:56, 26 May 2006 (GMT+2)

Homosexuality
I feel that the inclusion of "homosexuality" with the terms drugs, gambling, recklessness, cheating, lying, selfishness and sexual promiscuity is extremely offensive, misplaced and stereotypical. It should be removed, unless certain sexual behaviours in the "heterosexual" community are also listed (some of which are too shocking to list). -- Paul 10:35, 14 November 2006 (GMT)


 * This article is a study of views on vices. In reference to homosexuality, whether or not one considers it offensive is irrelevant to whether it should be included since as part of a complete study of what people perceive as vice, it has been and is still considered a vice by existing populations.  I would advise that rather than taking offense, someone edit the article to note specifically which groups or demographics today consider rejection of homosexuality a vice.  --kjr99044 Sun Dec 17 2006

If you look at it that way then being part of a religion could be a vice! You practice a religion and so that could make it a vice. So why not put up every single religion? Why single out homosexuals?

Anything can be a vice, yes. Its what society deems immoral in that particular area, or particular time. Religion isn't listed because Western culture does not see religion as vice as a whole, or in any significant minority at this time.

Taking offense to it being included in the list is, honestly, just stupid, since it does not claim, or even imply, that any of the things listed truly are immoral, just that they are viewed by a significant portion of Western society as such, which isn't inaccurate.

Saying you take offense to it being in the list is like a black person taking offense to someone acknowledging the existance "of racism. - --99.147.227.251 (talk) 16:42, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Your admission that "homosexuality shouldn't be there, it doesn't belong there...but I'll settle if you include some heterosexual practices" is an obvious indicator of a strong POV here. I have re-added homosexuality to the list.

Personally, I do not think homosexuality is a negative lifestyle choice, but society typically does, and it therefore should be included. As a recreational drug-user, I do not see drug-use as a negative lifestyle choice, yet I do not object to it being included in the list becuase the list is an example of things considered "vices". The list is not an automatic indicator of what is bad, which I think is where the controversy is arising. --Ryan1711

Homosexuality is becoming mainstream because homosexuals have successfully convinced people that homosexuality is not so much a vice as something ingrained and innocuous. Homosexuals successfully redefined public attitudes by treating child molesters as pariahs while convincing most straight people that homophobic violence is a threat to people other than gays and lesbians... and grief to people whose loved ones are homosexual. People apparently cannot choose whether they are homosexuals or not, but they can certainly decide that they will not treat children as sexual targets.

So child molestation of any kind as self-indulgent behavior is a vice, and violence against homosexuals is a crime. The fitting position is that same-sex rights are not vice because such is necessary for the fundamental decency of law and order. Straight or not, we are similarly denied the license to abuse children whether as "straight" or "same-sex" vice -- if one considers "vice" to mean self-indulgent behavior that hurts or exploits others for personal gratification.Pbrower2a (talk) 20:38, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

"Vice" as in Vice-President?
I was originally looking up the word 'vice' with reference to titles like 'vice - president'. Does anyone know why such an unlikely word preceeds such titles? GN 15:10 07Dec2006
 * "Vice" also means "instead of" or "in succession to", according to the OED. The etymologies of the different meanings are entirely different. unless 03:11, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Guilt is bad?
I have never heard of "guilt" being considered a vice--perhaps the self-recognition of committing a vice, but I really don't think guilt itself is condemmed as one. I may be wrong, and if I am I'm very interested in hearing the explanation of how it is a vice, but until then I'm cutting it from the list. Irish♣Pearl 21:04, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

definition and distinctions
The definition used in this article needs to show the full scope of vice as shown in NPOV dictionaries. This article seems to be missing many things about vice in the real world. I am going to include a broader study of vice so that this article is more complete. Please offer suggestions.

Also we need to make distinctions between what religious people call vices and what the secular societies see as vices. This article as written seemed be packed with religious points of view about vice. We need to separate religious points of view as religious in nature, show the secular definitions and make clear distinctions between them so that this article remains NPOV...otherwise it will resemble a religious rant. 128.111.95.36 04:25, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Opposites
I am confused with the associations between certains vices and the corresponding virtues. I already made a change regarding "blasphemy" and "apostasy". I am also confused how the opposite of "temperance" is "lust". Also, I am simply not familiar with "venality". It is very probable that these are all correct, but they are not intuitive, and so they require some kind of justification (read sourcing).—Red Baron 15:03, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Bad Eyesight
I didn't do a throught examination of the list, but bad eyesight AKA "shortsightedness" is on the list as a vice. The list needs a review and then a lockdown of some kind.--Mark v1.0 15:12, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

It has nothing to do with eye sight in this context, but not looking to the future, and just thinking about the immediate result. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.147.227.251 (talk) 16:45, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Stupidity
Is stupidity a vice? I think it is - trust me 24.129.239.143 07:09, 3 December 2007 (UTC) (foar tilde pawaa)

Apathy
Why is apathy considered a vice? I don't see it as a bad thing, and am apathetic often towards stuff. (Hence the fact I don't care if I use "stuff") 24.129.239.143 07:11, 3 December 2007 (UTC) (foar tilde pawaa)

List
I think the listing of possible vices is out of touch with Wikipedia as a project - stylistically, it's rather lack-luster. Wouldn't we be better served to make a category for traditional vices? There are still those qualities - for example, alcoholism and homosexuality - which are under debate by a sizable number of people as to their viciousness, though these could be included in a subcategory if need be. Iro (talk) 19:14, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I suggest getting rid of the list entirely. It's unnecessary, politically charged, and adds literally nothing to the article. Not to mention a serious lack of thoroughness regarding the list. If it is based on "cultural norms," what cultures consider each act a vice? During what time periods? Why? The linked articles do not explain any of this, and the vice article doesn't contain any of this information -- let alone citations from anthropologists explaining -- OBJECTIVELY -- which cultures consider(ed) what a vice, why, etc.. - BL

Why do we use the word "vice" along with important positions.. eg. vice president
Why do we use the word "vice" to call important position.. eg. vice president —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.170.10.119 (talk) 07:26, 21 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Old thread but, in case anybody is wondering, the two uses come from two different Latin expressions:
 * vitium - fault
 * vice - instead of
 * --Mcorazao (talk) 16:31, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Moved material
The following material is largely redundant with the content of this article, but didn't belong on the virtue page:

 Capital vices

The seven capital vices or seven deadly sins suggest a classification of vices and were enumerated by Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century. The Catechism of the Catholic Church mentions them as "capital sins which Christian experience has distinguished, following St. John Cassian and St. Gregory the Great."[1] "Capital" here means that these sins stand at the head (Latin caput) of the other sins which proceed from them, e.g., theft proceeding from avarice and adultery from lust.

These vices are pride, envy, avarice, anger, lust, gluttony, and sloth. The opposite of these vices are the following virtues: meekness, humility, generosity, tolerance, chastity, moderation, and zeal (meaning enthusiastic devotion to a good cause or an ideal). These virtues are not exactly equivalent to the Seven Cardinal or Theological Virtues mentioned above. Instead these capital vices and virtues can be considered the "building blocks" that rule human behaviour. Both are acquired and reinforced by practice and the exercise of one induces or facilitates the others.

Ranked in order of severity as per Dante's Divine Comedy (in the Purgatorio), the seven deadly vices are:


 * 1) Pride or Vanity — an excessive love of self (holding self out of proper position toward God or fellows; Dante's definition was "love of self perverted to hatred and contempt for one's neighbor"). In the Latin lists of the Seven Deadly Sins, pride is referred to as superbia.
 * 2) Avarice (covetousness, Greed) — a desire to possess more than one has need or use for (or, according to Dante, "excessive love of money and power"). In the Latin lists of the Seven Deadly Sins, avarice is referred to as avaritia.
 * 3) Lust — excessive sexual desire. Dante's criterion was "lust detracts from true love". In the Latin lists of the Seven Deadly Sins, lust is referred to as luxuria.
 * 4) Wrath or Anger — feelings of hatred, revenge or even denial, as well as punitive desires outside of justice (Dante's description was "love of justice perverted to revenge and spite"). In the Latin lists of the Seven Deadly Sins, wrath is referred to as ira.
 * 5) Gluttony — overindulgence in food, drink or intoxicants, or misplaced desire of food as a pleasure for its sensuality ("excessive love of pleasure" was Dante's rendering). In the Latin lists of the Seven Deadly Sins, gluttony is referred to as gula.
 * 6) Envy or jealousy; resentment of others for their possessions (Dante: "Love of one's own good perverted to a desire to deprive other men of theirs"). In the Latin lists of the Seven Deadly Sins, envy is referred to as invidia.
 * 7) Sloth or Laziness; idleness and wastefulness of time allotted. Laziness is condemned because others have to work harder and useful work can not get done. (also accidie, acedia)

Several of these vices interlink, and various attempts at causal hierarchy have been made. For example, pride (love of self out of proportion) is implied in gluttony (the over-consumption or waste of food), as well as sloth, envy, and most of the others. Each sin is a particular way of failing to love God with all one's resources and to love fellows as much as self. The Scholastic theologians developed schema of attribute and substance of will to explain these sins.

The 4th century Egyptian monk Evagrius Ponticus defined the sins as deadly "passions," and in Eastern Orthodoxy, still these impulses are characterized as being "Deadly Passions" rather than sins. Instead, the sins are considered to invite or entertain these passions. In the official Catechism of the Catholic Church published in 1992 by Pope John Paul II, these seven vices are considered moral transgression for Christians and the virtues should complement the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes as the basis for any true Morality.

-Do c t orW  23:56, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

World view
The article is heavily slanted toward Christianity, and really Roman Catholic Christianity at that. I have added some sections that address a broader range of views on the subject but these are essentially just stub sections at the moment. In addition to these sections there should be a general section discussing the nature of vice in general (i.e. how societies have historically defined vice, what commonalities there are in the definition of vice by different societies, why people are tempted to do things that are taboo or frowned upon by their societies, etc.).

--Mcorazao (talk) 21:16, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Vice in Christian beliefs
It seems to me that vice is related to concupiscence or the tendency to sin. Neither article mentions the other; perhaps a treatment of their related qualities is in order. Elizium23 (talk) 20:54, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

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Link for foot note one: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/did2222.0000.010/--vice?rgn=main;view=fulltext — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roni Salza (talk • contribs) 21:51, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Atheism
Someone has written under the section of religion. Atheism: Vices are those behaviors which are inherently harmful to oneself and society. First off, atheism is not a religion. Second, there isn't anything moral in atheism. Atheism is just a label for someone who does not believe in any particular god or claims there are no gods. The opposite of atheism is theism. That's someone who believes in 1 or more gods. These don't have anything to do with morals. Vmelkon (talk) 01:05, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

One can be an atheist and recognize that self-indulgent behavior that hurts innocent or helpless people is vice. It is possible to be an atheist and decry drunkenness, drug use, child molestation, gambling, and prostitution as vices. I could make the case that atheism gives one even more responsibility for personal morality than does a religious position that offers cheap grace.

If anything I have my definition of vice that I might propose: self-indulgent behavior that either hurts or exploits others or offers only ephemeral delight at exorbitant cost.Pbrower2a (talk) 20:51, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Vice Squad?
The only source for this subsection is an archived article on The Free Dictionary. Nothing I read about that site suggests it's reliable, but even if it were, the section doesn't offer anything besides a generic definition. No examples of where these operate (if they still do), or any real evidence that they even exist. The releant image is a black and white photo of a couple of people hanging out in an office. Not to mention that people who search for the band Vice Squad or any of the movies, will be redirected here. This needs better sourcing. 46.97.170.40 (talk) 11:13, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Being and becoming a victim of vices
My concern and suggestion is that when you are blip a call or Christian or any type of religion that does sacrifice themselves when they are victimized by such cruelty and immoral sins like the seven deadly sins and the deadly sins and prerogative worry what can a person actually due to circumference themselves what kind of person actually due to domain there in complacent Ness of the seven deadly sins 70.65.182.65 (talk) 19:38, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

School
School 88.118.3.188 (talk) 16:08, 21 December 2022 (UTC)