The Pardoner

I found the Pardoner a very interesting character. Again, I believe Chaucer writes about many different types of charterers to emphasize the diversity of people traveling  on the pilgrimage. One may have a set idea, as to maybe the type of person who would be going on a pilgrimage, but Chaucer defies those typical people. The Pardoner appears to be a hypocrite. As he is a preacher, I would expect him to be a good person and do respectable actions. Instead  he is the total opposite.The Pardoner does not try to hide who he is which I find very interesting. He is very open about why he preaches. Later in his tale, he states that gluttony,drunkedness,gambling and swearing are what makes people evil. The Pardoner talks about these specific "sins".Does he think what he is doing is right? Is he aware that he also is committing sins as well?