Anger

Anger 1Anger is a common emotion felt by everyone, often many times a day. Whether it is road rage experienced when driving during rush hour traffic or the feeling of outrage associated with learning of social injustices half way across the world, anger is a part of our daily practice. It is an emotion that has been categorized, along with other emotions and acts, into the seven deadly sins of man. Why is this considered a sin' Why do we feel this anger' Can getting angry ever have a positive effect on our lives or is it always negative' What step should be taken against certain angers' In this paper I hope to discuss the nature of anger. 2We will look closer at anger as a vice and as a possible virtue. I would like to offer my opinion of how to use anger and the control of anger to optimize happiness in our lives. Hopefully, this will help us learn more about the deadly sin of anger. In ethics we study the seven deadly sins to help us identify what is important in trying to achieve the good life. When talking about sin we are inclined to refer to vice. anger, one, vice, life, virtue, good, aristotle, act, idea, state, sinful, seneca, pain, emotion, action, without, virtuous, taken, should, point, nonviolent, necessary, must, excess, end, deficiency, cause, york, two, take, suppression, study, sin, rage, new