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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.