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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5011713" data-attributes="member: 4937">This is IMO correct, although the Catholics make a slightly different list and arguably there's is more canonical.  Where I disagree with them, I'll note it.Pride / HumilitySloth / Joy (Diligence)Gluttony / Temperance Lust / Patience (Chastity)Wrath / Love (Patience)Envy / Thankfulness (Kindness) Greed / Courage (Generousity)The disagreement in the list is over the fact that there are usually multiple ways to cure a failing.  I believe that I'm focusing more strongly on root causes than the Catholic list; they would probably accuse me of not focusing enough on action.So, for example, the Catholic list focuses on 'diligence' and 'industry' as the cure to 'sloth'.  But to me this doesn't focus on the root cause of sloth, which IMO is a lack joy and satisfaction in your work.  I would say that not only is it unlikely that you would be able to overcome sloth by the application of willpower alone, but that even if you did you'd end up a joyless, bitter, cynical, and critical person.  They would probably say that talking about 'joy' is nonsense, since it would seem to imply that if you didn't enjoy it you should shirk it and that you are less able to control your emotions through an application of will than your actions.  I believe that there are answers to the objections on both sides, but we don't need to go into them here.I would say that Lust is a sin of impatience (when it isn't pride in a different form).  The canonical list makes it yet another failure of willpower, and suggests the cure to lust is simply being chaste.  Conversely, I would say that anger is a sin of lack of empathy (when it isn't pride in a different form), and they say that (once again) it's a sin of a lack of willpower - the cure to anger is just controlling your anger.  Likewise, I see greed (when it isn't rooted in pride) as being a failure of courage - you fear what might happen if you don't have possessions to protect yourself and so horde them - where as, once again, the canonical list makes it a failure of willpower to be cured with the application of its opposite.So, I might restate the list as:Pride / HumilitySloth / Joy -> (Diligence)Gluttony / Temperance Lust / Patience -> (Chastity)Wrath / Love -> (Patience)Envy / Thankfulness -> (Kindness) Greed / Courage -> (Generousity)Where the arrow implies that the one (undertaken in humility) leads to the other.</blockquote>

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