'This work motivates a thorough reconsideration of the project of ethical theorizing. The "Perfectionist Turn makes the individual the center of ethical gravity, anchoring moral value in the particulars of exercising agency rather than abstract conceptions owing their objectivity to universality. A subtle, illuminating metaethics of virtue is articulated in conjunction with the complementary political principles.' - The City University ... Read moreof New York, Jonathan Jacobs. 'This outstanding work develops an illuminating contrast between moralities that arise from "the "template" of responsibility for one's self-perfection and moralities that arise from the "template" of respect for persons at large. The authors defend the responsibility approach especially through their sustained, innovative, and nuanced case for a highly individualistic moral perfectionism.' - Tulane University, Eric Mack. 'The Perfectionist Turn offers a powerful defense of perfectionism itself, and demonstrates how ethics can be independent of yet in rapport with politics.' - Fred D. Miller, Jr., University of Arizona Show Less