What follows is an interesting quote from a book by Donald Capps called "Deadly Sins & Saving Virtues."  In this quote, he is talking about the work of two moral philosophers, Judith Shklar and Mary Daily.

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What's more important, virtue or kindness? Who's better, a pure virtuous person or kind compassionate person?

If one person is very good & pure but occasionally has a mean streak, and another has lots of sex but is really nice, who's the better christian?

I was watching Doubt (Meryl Streep) and the priest said it's possible to kill kindness in the name of virtue. That's the origin of this question. Feel free to define what virtuous, pure or kind mean to you.