Do vices make life more bearable or do they make life worse?
Are vices akin to having addictions?
My vices are smoking, junk food esp. chocolate and the internet.
2006-10-30 21:40:09 · 8 answers · asked by bluenose 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes it's impossible not to have some vices. Yours are pretty tame except for the smoking (try to give that up! It'll kill you!)
My guilty pleasures are shopping, coke (cola! not drug!), big macs, cheezies and yahoo answers!
Vices are distractions. They can make life better temporarily but depending what they are (alcohol, drugs, food addiction) they can make life a lot worse. Unhealthy addictions don't really help you escape life, they just create new problems.
But nothing wrong with a few harmless vices here & there! No one is perfect!
2006-10-31 00:17:06 · answer #1 · answered by amp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if 'vice' is the right word for what you're talking about.
Here's a definition from the www:
- frailty: moral weakness
- a specific form of evildoing; "vice offends the moral standards of the community"
I don't think that 'junk food', 'smoking', and 'internet use' really "offends the moral standards of the community". Perhaps the word we really want to be using here are "addictions"?
That being said - I don't believe that it's possible to go through life without "vices". People will do what brings them pleasure -- after all, isn't that one of the reasons we're here? And, honestly, as long as it's done in MODERATION and without unduly imposing those actions on others, why not?
Peace & love.
RXZ
2006-10-30 21:51:55 · answer #2 · answered by RXZephyr 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People without vices are unbearable. Just check with any ultra conservative religious fanatic.
Some vices can be addictions like smoking, but some are just quirks that make us individuals. One of my vices is roller skating. It's probably an addiction by now, but not an obsession even though I just about live for Thursdays (the evening I go).
2006-10-30 21:55:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vice is nice, addiction is a medical matter. smoking is addiction, chocolate is usually no more than a vice, doubt you can honestly become addicted. junk food in general is just bad choices. internet could qualify as addictive in some cases.
2006-10-30 21:51:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vices and addictions are not as bad as evil, but they are bad. Most of them are harmful to health. More importantly, they become a habit and enslave us - so that we are no longer as free to do what we want as before.
Life without any vice or addiction would be ideal to serve its purpose, but not even one percent of people can manage to retain that kind of purity. It is simply conviction and will power of the highest order that can empower us to remain free from these even in adverse company and circumstances!!
2006-10-30 22:19:01 · answer #5 · answered by small 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost impossible...
The so called vices are the temptations that basic urges are naturally drawn towards, instinctively. Only over a period of time, or with dedicated support a person can avoid or overcome it.
2006-10-31 01:48:15 · answer #6 · answered by Spiritualseeker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All I can tell is that I haven't been able to go through life without any. I smoke as well, but consider that a choice that led to addiction.
2006-10-30 21:53:40 · answer #7 · answered by sparkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes quiet impossible
2006-10-31 01:44:15 · answer #8 · answered by michael c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋