The seven deadly sins can be classified according to the degree of 'empathy' required, the degree to which they depend, implicitly, on entering into, or merely realising, the mind of an other or more generally, the minds of others, the general mind. In this sense gluttony and sloth are the most 'self-reliant', or self-contained. Greed, lust and wrath require some sense of the other against which they are posed - in the case of greed, the value ascribed of what one covets depends on others. Envy is premised upon a deep involvement with what is projected into the other, but pride, despite its appearance of self-directedness, is surely the most 'empathetic' of the sins, since it is set against the inner state or status of all others.