Human nature is the vast toxic dump on which all the evils of the world are blamed, now that the perfections of universal growth and development have been achieved.
And, on this view, the right thing to do is to promote development or perfection, and only a regime securing extensive liberty for each person can accomplish this (Wall, 1998).
But, for Mill what matters for humankind's spiritual growth and development are ideals of moral, not metaphysical perfection.
The book recorded Miller's reconstruction of the extinct fishes he had discovered in the Old Red Sandstone and contended, on theological grounds, that their perfection of development disproved the theory of evolution.
Necessary perfection — is better than contingent perfection, and so by perfect-being reasoning is God's.
For the pluralist, then, autonomy, perfection or development are not necessarily ranked higher than hedonistic pleasures, environmental preservation or economic equality.
By contrast, "An Ideal Wine: One Generation's Pursuit of Perfection — and Profit — in California" (HarperCollins, $27) by David Darlington takes on a far more extravagant subject: the development and industrialization of the California wine business.
The adverse effects of this quest for perfection underpin the development of overvalued ideas and at times delusional beliefs, particularly with regards body image, in the minds of our youth".
"This is perfection, and perfection is death.
