The Baha'i Studies Listserv On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Stephen Kent Gray <skg_z...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> .... What does it mean to be ... too courageous? .... too prudent? Courage without wisdom & prudence would lead to bad outcomes, although courage is a virtue. > ....too merciful? too compassionate? too equanimous? > Equanimity in the face of the abuse of the defenceless would be comfortable, but not virtuous. Compassion and mercy that allow the abuse of the helpless, or that fail to correct and train someone who is going astray and could be corrected, do not lead to good outcomes, although compassion and mercy in themselves are virtues. Without justice and wisdom, individual virtues do not necessarily promote the good society, or happiness for those around us. Sen __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-688195-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
