| ### QUESTION 71 ### OF VICE AND SIN CONSIDERED IN THEMSELVES ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We have in the next place to consider vice and sin: about which six points have to be considered: (1) Vice and sin considered in themselves; (2) their distinction; (3) their comparison with one another; (4) the subject of sin; (5) the cause of sin; (6) the effect of sin. #### Under the first head there are six points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether vice is contrary to virtue? #### (2) Whether vice is contrary to nature? #### (3) Which is worse, a vice or a vicious act? #### (4) Whether a vicious act is compatible with virtue? #### (5) Whether every sin includes action? #### (6) Of the definition of sin proposed by Augustine (Contra Faust. xxii): "Sin is a word, deed, or desire against the eternal law." ####  |