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Some Things That Are Not Evil In Themselves

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1.) Some things that are not evil in themselves, but can become a vice include alcohol and nice clothing (Van Til 73). Both alcohol and nice clothing are not evil, but if we use them in the wrong way and they alter her lifestyle then they can become vices (Van Til 73). For example, if an individual drinks alcohol and constantly wants to drink they are putting drinking above friends, family, and God (Van Til 73). When an individual goes shopping for nice clothing in order to make them feel that they are more important than others or they go shopping because they are depressed these actions are seen as a vice (Van Til 73).
2.) Emotional virtues better than rational ones because of the way that an individual perceives something. For example, if we have a loved one who is sick we are going to be more emotional toward this fact than if we find out that a friends grandparent is sick. We will be more …show more content…

Our conscience does not judge an individual on their strength or on their beauty; its main focus is on an individual’s moral behavior (Van Til 81). Conscience works in our moral life because our conscience is what judges our actions on whether they were right or wrong (Van Til 81). Moral reflection is when an individual commits an action and they know that it was not the right thing to do (Van Til 81). For example, if an individual was to steal something from a store, their conscience would judge their action on whether that was the right thing to do or not and they would probably regret stealing because their conscience is telling them that it was the wrong thing to do. The conscience also works in our moral life because our conscience is there to help individuals to address the things that we have already done, things that we are doing, and things that we may do (Van Til

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