fanatical explosions of righteous behavior, aphorism 202, The Mechanics of Virtue, Matt Berry

202


If on the one hand fanatical explosions of righteous behavior are consequent of an overwhelming suspicion that one is not a “man of integrity” and can only win that rank by performing a grand and redeeming act ... and if on the other hand integrity really is impossible, then the attempt to hold to the moral identity becomes more and more dangerous as one becomes more and more honest about the failure: “Am I only too weak?”


A Human Strategy ** The Mechanics of Virtue ** Post-Atheism



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