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Dear Avid Bloggers,

I tried my absolute hardest to find some form of morality in the slop-festival you people call Jersey Shore Season Two. It was a long and treacherous task, but I have dug DEEP down to the core and attempted to scrape up something i can call virtuous. Of course, these barbarians by no means have moral virtues, for they would need to continuously practice acts of virtue which they clearly do not. The way I see it, the easiest way to begin a pathway to any kind of virtue is to find a right reason.To create a right reason, you should have a right time, place, manner, and end.

Well, the only example I could find that could possibly be labeled as virtuous is the note that Ms. Nicole "Snooki" and Ms. Jennifer "JWOWW" wrote to Ms. Samantha concerning the scandalous acts of infidelity her beau Ronald committed numerous evenings. The word "vice" fits well for those repeated acts of crude behavior. Jennifer and Nicole were concerned about their fellow roommate and seemed to feel obligated to let her know of the indecencies without upsetting dear Ronald.

These girls had a good reason to be so cautious of their friends feelings, they tried to time it right, they kept the confrontations at the house, and also did attempt to stay in a (somewhat- not including the minor altercation between Jennifer and Samantha) civil manner throughout the entire process. I'd say I can give them their right reason. Next is the proper prudence, and I'd say Ms. Nicole and Ms. Jennifer performed a courageous  prudence act this Season. 

Although I was able to contort my findings to showcase these ladies as having prudence, I cannot however dub them morally virtuous. This is because though they learned the right reason associated with a moral virtue, they lacked delight in performing the act for the virtue. Virtues contain four characteristics; delight, ease, quickness, and readiness. You must have all of them in order to be complete, so until the ladies have all four of these characteristics they are not yet morally virtuous. In the end, Ms. Snook and Ms. Jwoww have prudence, but lack relevant moral virtue.

-The Blessed Duns Scotus