tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post4449034245440135991..comments2024-03-18T20:24:18.935-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Asymptotic approach to moral perfectionAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-32746759946192053192009-01-14T01:47:00.000-06:002009-01-14T01:47:00.000-06:00I agree with your overall point, but two quibbles:...I agree with your overall point, but two quibbles:<BR/><BR/>(1) I think that it's a mistake to define moral virtue as an absence of vice, as then rocks would be virtuous. More broadly, moral virtues are perfections--character traits to act and feel correctly-- and as such should not be defined privatively.<BR/><BR/>(2) Why think that perfection cannot be achieved in any finite time, as opposed to the time we actually have available to us?Tim O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07453097203870569554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-68804493521165631372009-01-14T00:46:00.000-06:002009-01-14T00:46:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tim O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07453097203870569554noreply@blogger.com