Gives one Virtue
Temperance
is moderation in the desire for physical pleasures.
An excess of desire is overindulgence.
Deficiency has no common name,
but may be labeled "insensitivity".
Justice
consists in a propensity to give or return
to a person the right amount (what is due to them).
Whereas injustice allots the person either more or less than what is due. We might label the vices "favoritism" and "discrimination".
Courage
is moderation in the tendencies to feel fear
and boldness or confidence.
Excess in the propensity to fear
combined with deficiency
in the propensity to be confident
constitutes cowardice.
Deficiency of fear and excess of confidence
producers rashness or foolhardiness.
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