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[[Image:Giotto - Scrovegni - -48- - Envy.jpg|right|thumb|120px|A personification of envy, painted by [[Giotto]].]]

[[Image:Giotto - Scrovegni - -48- - Envy.jpg|right|thumb|120px|A personification of envy, painted by [[Giotto]].]]

'''Envy''' is the [[sin]] of wanting (or coveting) what other people have, or more precisely resentment or bitterness over what other people have. This can include possessions, power, social standing, or even things that the envious person could not possibly gain for himself, such as talent or looks. To covet what another has is to desire primarily to deprive the other person of the good they have, and secondarily to take and possess it as one's own, not usually to enjoy, but solely as revenge for the other ever having had it. It is forbidden by one of the [[Ten Commandments]] and also considered one of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]].  In Virtue ethics, envy is considered an excess of Righteous Indignation- "the envious person is pained [by the] good fortune of others, whether deserved or not"<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20100108184422/http://www.molloy.edu/sophia/aristotle/ne2_notes.htm Aristotle's Virtues (molloy.edu)]</ref>. As such, even people not among God's chosen recognized this as a vice before the birth of Christ.

'''Envy''' is the [[sin]] of wanting (or coveting) what other people have, or more precisely resentment or bitterness over what other people have. This can include possessions, power, social standing, or even things that the envious person could not possibly gain for himself, such as talent or looks. To covet what another has is to desire primarily to deprive the other person of the good they have, and secondarily to take and possess it as one's own, not usually to enjoy, but solely as revenge for the other ever having had it. It is forbidden by one of the [[Ten Commandments]] and also considered one of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]].  In Virtue ethics, envy is considered an excess of Righteous Indignation- "the envious person is pained [by the] good fortune of others, whether deserved or not".<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20100108184422/http://www.molloy.edu/sophia/aristotle/ne2_notes.htm Aristotle's Virtues (molloy.edu)]</ref> As such, even people not among God's chosen recognized this as a vice before the birth of Christ.

The sin of envy is interesting in that it does not cause any direct harm to others by itself and its indulgence never gives any pleasure or satisfaction to the envious person, but only the dissatisfied torment of feeling deprived or cheated by bitter contrast with others. Rather, people commit other sins such as [[theft]] or [[deceit]] when they act on their envious feelings.  (Like other sins, of course, it distances the sinner from God.) Envy is a form of [[enmity]] or [[hate]] and is opposed by the virtues of [[generosity]] and [[charity]].

The sin of envy is interesting in that it does not cause any direct harm to others by itself and its indulgence never gives any pleasure or satisfaction to the envious person, but only the dissatisfied torment of feeling deprived or cheated by bitter contrast with others. Rather, people commit other sins such as [[theft]] or [[deceit]] when they act on their envious feelings.  (Like other sins, of course, it distances the sinner from God.) Envy is a form of [[enmity]] or [[hate]] and is opposed by the virtues of [[generosity]] and [[charity]].

[[Vandalism]] which defaces beautiful buildings and public and religious works of art is [[Motivation|motivated]] by envy.

[[Vandalism]] which defaces beautiful buildings and public and religious works of art is [[Motivation|motivated]] by envy.

The modern atheistic and egalitarian [[envy]] of genuine greatness or admirable public moral rectitude impels many persons in the [[Media|public media]] to attempt to [[slander]] and [[libel]] anyone who displays virtue or is in an enviable position of power. (See [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/egalitarianism/ ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'': egalitarianism (plato.stanford.edu)].) It is a form of hatred of the good and of moral-ethical leadership (''auctoritas''). They want no heroes or leaders of admirable character, and outwardly act as if they do not believe such people could possibly be what they seem to be and have tasked themselves with the mission of unmasking them as frauds who have betrayed the public trust. See [[Hypocrites]]. Many of them who despise and ridicule Christianity and the Ten Commandments as repressively intolerant [[bigotry]], virtually hold public figures and governmental officials to a standard of essentially [[Judeo-Christian]] moral behavior and condemn them when they are charged with violations of it, calling for their removal. This is not because they admire virtue, but because they despise it and are disgusted by it, and because the very sight of genuine virtue is a hardship for them. (See [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Wisdom+2%3A12-24&version=RSVCE Wisdom 2:12-24 "''through the envy of the devil death entered the world''."])

The modern atheistic and egalitarian envy of genuine greatness or admirable public moral rectitude impels many persons in the [[Media|public media]] to attempt to [[slander]] and [[libel]] anyone who displays virtue or is in an enviable position of power. (See [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/egalitarianism/ ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'': egalitarianism (plato.stanford.edu)].) It is a form of hatred of the good and of moral-ethical leadership (''auctoritas''). They want no heroes or leaders of admirable character, and outwardly act as if they do not believe such people could possibly be what they seem to be and have tasked themselves with the mission of unmasking them as frauds who have betrayed the public trust. See [[Hypocrites]]. Many of them who despise and ridicule Christianity and the Ten Commandments as repressively intolerant [[bigotry]], virtually hold public figures and governmental officials to a standard of essentially [[Judeo-Christian]] moral behavior and condemn them when they are charged with violations of it, calling for their removal. This is not because they admire virtue, but because they despise it and are disgusted by it, and because the very sight of genuine virtue is a hardship for them. (See [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Wisdom+2%3A12-24&version=RSVCE Wisdom 2:12-24 "''through the envy of the devil death entered the world''."])

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==See also==  

==See also==

[[Mockery|Ridicule]] <br> [[Defamation]] <br> [[Slander]] <br> [[Libel]] <br> [[Polemic]].

[[Mockery|Ridicule]] <br> [[Defamation]] <br> [[Slander]] <br> [[Libel]] <br> [[Polemic]].