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What is a moral saint? Is moral saintliness a desirable ideal? Why or why not?

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Wolf defines a "moral saint" as a person who


A) is as morally worthy as possible.
B) tries to be as religiously observant as possible.
C) dies for the cause of morality.
D) All of the above

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A Loving Saint is someone


A) whose happiness lies in the happiness of others.
B) who pays little or no attention to his own happiness, in light of the overriding importance of morality.
C) loves all human beings equally.
D) is morally perfect only in relation to those she loves.

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Moral sainthood shares its troubling feature of fanaticism with


A) the pure aesthete.
B) the thoroughgoing egoist.
C) certain religious ideals.
D) All of the above

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