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Should we want to be moral saints?

In her classic article "Moral Saints," Susan Wolf argues that a person should not wish to be morally perfect, i.e. a moral saint. What is her basic argument? What's right or wrong about it? Does it apply to rational egoism?

legendre007, 03.07.2013, 14:33
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Tjitze de Boer, 21.08.2013, 04:29
"Sainthood" sounds catholic and sacrificial-ish.

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