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Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung's 'Glittering Vices'

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In Glittering Vices, Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung discusses the various virtues and vices and how they can be exercised. Specifically, she notes the difference between “acting according to virtue” and “acting from the virtue” by giving an example of two married people (DeYoung 16). The first, Jane, does not act on feelings toward other men, but nevertheless still experiences such wayward emotions. The second, Joe, has demonstrated a committed marriage through both good and bad times. I agree with DeYoung that both Jane and Joe are faithful toward their spouses, but there clearly is a difference between the two different levels of virtuousness. First, as DeYoung points out, the difference lies in the root of the action, either according to or

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