A short excerpt from Tolstoy

There was one thing he loved--merrymaking and women--and since, to his mind, there was nothing ignoble in these tastes, and since he was unable to reflect on the consequences that the satisfaction of these tastes had for other people, at heart he considered himself an irreproachable man, sincerely despised scoundrels and bad people, and with an easy conscience carried his head high.

A description of Anatole Kuragin, seducer of Natasha Rostov and the cause for a great deal of anguish and despair.

Such a description could be used for many young Christian men, who give themselves small and easy pleasures, while being unable to contemplate the consequences.