#Three Virtues

The virtue triad is a self-styled three-course menu of benevolence, righteousness, and propriety designed to stage-manage one’s meager conscience. It artfully conceals the high bar of genuine action behind a parade of lofty words. Recite the three virtues on a podium and watch as crowds intoxicate themselves with borrowed moral resonance. In reality, satisfaction comes from small discounts at the market, and profound introspection remains gathering dust on the shelf. By the third repetition, everyone forgets their own shortcomings and continues to bask in the mirage of the virtue triad.