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Full Idea
Cynics are usually unswerving in their commitment to a moral ideal, but disappointed or disgusted by humanity's failure to meet it.
Gist of Idea
Cynics are committed to morality, but disappointed or disgusted by human failings
Source
Robert Fogelin (Walking the Tightrope of Reason [2003], Ch.3)
Book Ref
Fogelin,Robert: 'Walking the Tightrope of Reason' [OUP 2004], p.97
A Reaction
I felt quite suicidal the other day when I saw someone park diagonally across two parking spaces. They can't seem to grasp the elementary Kantian slogan 'What if everybody did that?' It's all hopeless. I wonder if I am becoming a bit of a Cynic?