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How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question

7 memorable lines from How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur, each with the idea behind it.

“Ethics is a practice, not a trophy.”

Schur makes moral philosophy useful by treating it as repeated improvement.

“Intent is not the whole story.”

Good motives still need to answer for consequences.

“Consequences need names.”

A choice gets clearer when you ask who is helped, harmed, or ignored.

“Virtue is built through repetition.”

Small acts train the kind of person you are becoming.

“Rules reveal fairness.”

A private exception can look different when imagined as a universal rule.

“Moral exhaustion is real.”

The answer is not apathy; it is sustainable effort and honest repair.

“Repair counts.”

Apology and correction matter because no one reasons perfectly in real time.