How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question

by Michael Schur

Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.

So in Aristotle’s view, the very purpose of living is to flourish—just like the purpose of a flute is to produce beautiful music, and the purpose of a knife is to cut things perfectly.

We have said, over and over, that caring about what we do requires us to accept and endure a lifetime of screwing up.