Personal VIRTU3

The three domains of VITRU3 show up in many other areas of human action. The table below shows how some important conflicts and differences of opinion map back to fundamental disagreements about the nature of virtue. The columns represent the three absolutist stances on each of the different topics. More complex, nuanced views would apply to the three blindnesses. A full understanding of VIRTU3 comes from synthesizing these views without compromising any of them.

	INTENTIONS	ACTIONS	RESULTS
DOMAIN	Moral	Ethical	Consequential
PLUS/MINUS	Good/Bad	Right/Wrong	Positive/Negative
CATEGORY	Belief	Theory	History
TIME	The Future	The Present	The Past
SPACE	Hearts and Minds	The World of Forms	The Real World
HIGHEST VALUE	Ideals	Truth	Experience
MEASURE OF SUCCESS	Popularity	Wisdom	Prosperity
BASIS	Self-Knowledge	Human Nature	Observed Results
STYLE OF REASONING	Intuitive	Deductive	Inductive
FAILURE MODE	Self-Delusion	Logical Fallacies	Black Swans
SOURCE OF ERROR	Belief ≠ Reality	Theory ≠ Reality	Data ≠ Reality
MORAL PHILOSOPHY	Intentionalism	Natural Law	Utilitarianism
SCIENTIFIC PRIORITY	Social Advancement	Procedural Correctness	Practical Utility
JUDICIAL EMPHASIS	Mens Rea	Fault-Based Liability	No-Fault Liability
RELIGIOUS FOCUS	Divine Grace	Divine Justice	Divine Favor
ECONOMIC TOOLS	Economic Philosophy	Economic Praxeology	Econometric Analysis
POLITICAL NARRATIVES	Aspirational	Rational	Pragmatic
AMERICAN POLITICS	Democratic Party	Liberty Movement	Republican Party
POLITICAL ECONOMICS	Socialism	Voluntaryism	Capitalism
POLITICAL HIERARCHY	Progressive Meritocracy	Associative Individualism	Traditional Aristocracy
POLITICAL POWER-GROUP	Scientific-Technical Elite	Guerilla Patriot-Terrorists	Military-Industrial Complex
POLITICAL FAILURE MODE	Totalitarian Communism	Feudal Anarchy	Totalitarian Fascism