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vice

vr.tr.vice · XCT.QLT

Let an agent explain vice, relay ethical and religious concepts, famous lists and the legal sense from philosophy and religion sources with traditions attributed, describe the named lists and flag the veterinary sense, and distinguish vice from virtue, sin, crime and mere preference.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain vice, relay ethical and religious concepts, famous lists and the legal sense from philosophy and religion sources with traditions attributed, describe the named lists and flag the veterinary sense, and distinguish vice from virtue, sin, crime and mere preference.

A vice is a habitual moral failing, bad habit or immoral behaviour, the opposite of a virtue, a concept in ethics and religion covering faults such as greed, envy and cruelty, with lists the registry aliases name such as the seven deadly sins, the Seven Social Sins or Blunders of the World attributed to Gandhi, the Buddhist eight mental dusts and stable vices in horses, which is a different, veterinary sense; the word also loosely means minor bad habits such as smoking or gambling, and vice in a legal sense refers to activities such as gambling and prostitution regulated as vice crimes. Ideas of what counts as a vice vary by ethical and religious tradition, presented with attribution.

What it is for: Naming moral failings and bad habits.

It can be explain ethical and religious concepts; relay famous lists and the legal sense; describe named lists and flag the veterinary sense; distinguish related concepts.

Distinguishing features

Moral failing

Opposite of virtue

Ethical and legal senses

Tradition-dependent

What it looks like

Not a physical object; a moral or behavioural category.

Physical character

opposite: virtue note

seven deadly sins: a Christian list note

registry parent: moral quality note

How it is recognised

A habitual moral failing or bad habit

Seven Blunders of the World, social evil, eight mental dusts, depravity, Greek vice, stable vices

Virtue is the opposite; sin is a religious wrong; crime is legally prohibited; a mere preference is not a moral failing

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

moral quality

is the opposite of -

virtue

is contrasted with -

sin

is contrasted with - veterinary sense

stable vice

In practice

Families and kinds

cardinal vices

religious vices

legal vice offences

minor bad habits

Standards and regulation

Laws on vice offences such as gambling and prostitution, which vary

Failure modes and hazards

Moralising or imposing one tradition

Confusing vice, sin and crime

Veterinary sense misfiled among moral vices

Also called

Seven Blunders of the WorldSocial evileight mental dustsdepravityGreek viceStable vices

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.vice

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a vice is.

Attribution.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a vice, and how does it differ from virtue, sin, crime and mere preference? definition
  2. Is the question about ethics, religion, law or the veterinary sense? boundary

Lists

Named lists.

Lists

Lists.

  1. What are the seven deadly sins, Gandhi s Blunders, the eight mental dusts and stable vices? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific list? action
Ethics Ethics.

Attribution.

Virtue

Vice and virtue.

Virtue

Virtue.

  1. How do ethical traditions contrast vice and virtue, with views attributed? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Religion

Religious vices.

Religion

Religion.

  1. How do religious traditions list and treat vices? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Law Legal sense.

Regulation.

Vice crime

Vice offences.

Vice crime

Vice crime.

  1. What activities are regulated as vice offences, and how do laws vary? provenance
  2. Which entry fits vice squad? action

Habits

Minor vices.

Habits

Habits.

  1. How is vice used for minor bad habits such as smoking? provenance
  2. Is the information current? boundary
Context Other senses.

Attribution.

Stable vices

Veterinary sense.

Stable vices

Stable vices.

  1. What are stable vices in horses, a different sense? provenance
  2. Which entry fits stereotypy (behaviour)? action

Culture

Cultural variation.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How does what counts as a vice vary across cultures, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • The veterinary stable vices alias should be moved to animal behaviour entries
  • Should the legal vice sense be a separate entry?
  • How should different traditions vice lists be presented?