Peace and Pekoe
Over at the Personalist Project, I’m talking about a definition of modesty that transcends sexual propriety and occasions of sin.
First of all, I want to reject any definition that defines modesty strictly in terms of a negative: “Modesty is avoiding tempting others to lust. Modesty is avoiding drawing attention to your sexual attributes. Modesty is not standing out.”
While some of those things might be the effects of a modest wardrobe, a virtue should not be a negative. A virtue must be something that can be aspired to and embraced, not merely the absence of a vice.
We should strive for more than to merely run away from what is harmful to us; we should be running towards something that heals and transforms us.
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