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Author: Anbalsilfer

Feb 24th 2013 at 12:00:31 PM

I realized there is a case that is not covered by this trope definition, namely that of works that do not introduce an ''original'' system of virtues, but in which some such system (other than the seven heavenly etc.) nonetheless forms an important part of the narrative. In this case we are not dealing with classifications, but it seems that the trope ought to apply nonetheless. If not, this is not truly a supertrope of Seven Heavenly Virtues, unless we remove all examples from that article except the one source which actually invented that model (I doubt anyone even knows what that is).

This trope should be about ''occurrences'' of virtue systems in media, not necessarily introduction of them. The phrasing "This is the trope for works that define such a system in order to form a moral narrative" ought to be changed to "This is the trope for works that define ''or otherwise deal with'' such a system in order to form a moral narrative".

Unfortunately, this brings the working title question back to the table as well. :( How about "Virtue System"? The inclusion of vices is implied, but perhaps that is ok, considering the article definition is pretty clear about how they are an implicit part of any such system?