The comments on the post get into what’s required for moral excellence. Is there some justifiable cutoff? Or do we demand moral perfectionism/sainthood? The author wrote:
On moral improvement vs moral excellence: You are right that the examples really concern moral improvement, and I don’t clarify what exactly is required for moral excellence. The implicit premise is that a moderate number of such improving moral choices or actions will be sufficient for moral excellence in most cases. This is perhaps implicit in my comparison to walking 10 miles a few times a week. The amount of effort and sacrifice involved in adding that to one’s life is probably, for most people, sufficient (I suspect more than sufficient) for moral excellence by father-in-law as oppose to saint standards.
How much is moderate?
I’d propose aiming for continuous improvement, but at what rate? That’s arbitrary, too.
The comments on the post get into what’s required for moral excellence. Is there some justifiable cutoff? Or do we demand moral perfectionism/sainthood? The author wrote:
How much is moderate?
I’d propose aiming for continuous improvement, but at what rate? That’s arbitrary, too.