[xzins]

"The Paradoxical Commandments" by Kent Keith which addresses this question....As a Jesuit schooled, minored in philosophy type nonconformist, I've always who else thinks about things like this.

Does "wondered" go in the gap in your last sentence?

Any possibility that you can summarize Keith's book in paragraph or so?

The part that has me personally intriqued is the follow on question....HOW does it hurt?

I think may HOPE is one thing that's damaged if it is so that no one has ever achieved "perfect morality." It gives a sense of inevitableness about human weakness and incapacity.

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It gives a sense of inevitableness about human weakness and incapacity.

I think you're starting to get it...

FReegards,

FMCDH

[caisson71]

Yes, "wondered" should have been there. Thanks. I'll be glad to summerize the book once I've read it. I don't think "perfect' anything is achievable in this world. I may be too pragmatic or cynical to believe in "perfect morality" in this world also. We are imperfect beings after all.