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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

6586	Cynics are committed to morality, but disappointed or disgusted by human failings [Fogelin]
	Full Idea: Cynics are usually unswerving in their commitment to a moral ideal, but disappointed or disgusted by humanity's failure to meet it.
	From: Robert Fogelin (Walking the Tightrope of Reason [2003], Ch.3)
	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?