Member Of Species

@sarahdoingthing Jim’s interpretation of “Works of Supererogation, cannot be taught without arrogancy and impiety” seems important insight >

@sarahdoingthing about ethics in general, but going back to original I doubt it’s what they had in mind. http://anglicansonline.org/basics/thirty-nine_articles.html …

@sarahdoingthing In context, it’s an implication of “sola fide,” which is an orthogonal point (and irrelevant to non-Christians).

@sarahdoingthing Supererogation is important and deserves more attention I think.

@sarahdoingthing I realized only recently that utilitarianism does not allow supererogation; everything not compulsory is forbidden.

@Meaningness @sarahdoingthing from social strategies of the form "if you don't do the strictly best thing, you should feel terrible".

@MemberOfSpecies Agreed, but let me see if I can steelman your objection further… Separate measure of goodness from threshold of adequacy.

@Meaningness Yes, that sounds right, and it seems to me "adequacy" applies on the same level as "praiseworthy" or "blameworthy".