I would agree that moral improvement is “easy”, like saving +$100 or running more 100m might be easy, but moral excellence? Yeah, Khorton is totally right.
What I realize is that moral excellence is really hard not because of the reasons most people invoke to justify not striving for that (“selfishness is natural”, “it’s just signaling”), but because, to extend the comparison with mountain climbing, it’s like climbing without never knowing where and when it will end.
Maybe hiking is a better metaphor. It’s quite “easy & simple”, but… Really, can you climb Aconcagua right now? Without prep? What if there are no maps,compass, GPS? Wouldn’t you prefer to do it with others you can count on?
I would agree that moral improvement is “easy”, like saving +$100 or running more 100m might be easy, but moral excellence? Yeah, Khorton is totally right.
What I realize is that moral excellence is really hard not because of the reasons most people invoke to justify not striving for that (“selfishness is natural”, “it’s just signaling”), but because, to extend the comparison with mountain climbing, it’s like climbing without never knowing where and when it will end.
Maybe hiking is a better metaphor. It’s quite “easy & simple”, but… Really, can you climb Aconcagua right now? Without prep? What if there are no maps,compass, GPS? Wouldn’t you prefer to do it with others you can count on?