Ethics is a practice, not a trophy.
Schur makes moral philosophy useful by treating it as repeated improvement.
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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.
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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.
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