A vice is a morally evil operative habit. A single evil human act is a sin. Vice is the habit of a sin. We distinguish different vices in as much as different habits of sin stand opposed to virtues. For vice is a habitual lack of virtue and it stands opposed to virtue either by defects or by excess. Virtue stands in the middle, being neither defective nor excessive when measured by the requirements of right reason while vice lies upon either hand.
Leave a Comment
