A fine Line

Virtue at times is over-rated.

I would like to use 2 examples to explain why I say this. One is from Mahabharat and which laid the foundation of The Gita. Arjun was in a dilemma of how he can fight his brothers and the natural instinct of being virtuous was clouding his thought process. That's when Lord Krishna's discourse very brilliantly brings out how being virtuous is important but living by it in all circumstances might not be the wisest thing to do. To fight for one's right at times tough calls have to be taken.

Similarly, in the bestseller - Immortals of Meluha the army chief Parvateshwar is in a constant battle to do what he should as the army chief or follow the orders and laws which as a law abiding Meluhan he should do. This constant strife is there because following the law and orders or being virtuous is of prime importance no matter what and when Shiva tries to change that there are conflicts of opinion. 

Can't say which of the two are right but there's a fine line between being smart in using your discretion for the larger good at the cost of being "non -virtuous" and mis-using it for own convenience. I would re-use my favorite line here - the best things in life are grey and not black or white. How the grey is made from the black or white is where the point is.