By Selwyn Duke October 2, 2013 Take a look at the following list and tell me if anything strikes you: Prudence Justice Temperance Courage Faith Hope Charity Viewing these, the Seven Cardinal Virtues, anything make an impression? Okay, now try the Seven Heavenly Virtues of: Chastity Temperance Charity Diligence Patience Kindness Humility Anything? What strikes me is that equality is not among them. Scour great works, such as the Bible, and you won't find talk of equality. Not one bit -- that is, unless you consider The Communist Manifesto a great work. One thing about virtues -- which are defined as "good moral habits" -- is that their exercise doesn't require the cooperation, or compulsion, of another person. I can cultivate prudence, temperance, courage and the other virtues in myself, and I can do it all by myself. So while a virtuous society is desirable, virtue can also be a purely personal goal. And this is one time when focusing on the self needn't be selfish, for we should take the log out of our own eyes before worrying about the speck in our brother's. Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/10/why_equality_must_die.html#ixzz2gfp5Yu00 We are all distinct individuals and in truth like the "Animal Farm" some pigs are more equal than others.
If you were to practice those virtues, then why would the word "equality" be of any concern at all? I guess I don't understand the problem.
Equality isn't something an individual practices. You don't practice being equal to someone else, it's your outward treatment of others that promotes it. So in list 1, Justice and Charity would lead to equality. In the second list, charity, kindness and humility would lead to equality. Again, the writer of this article is quite a spin doctor but anyone with half a critical brain knows that these values were directed towards individuals. If he understood the principals of math, he'd know you need 2 items for comparison, represented by = (the equals sign) and that carries over into comparison of people, i.e. equality. Ironically, he's on a site called 'American Thinker' and apparently they don't expect their readers to do too much of that.
