What is moral effort? Do we need it in our lives? Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) considered it as the effort to identify and integrate in our lives true, good, and absolute values. William James thought of moral effort as the struggle to hold fast and to put to action the idea that brings the highest amount of good to each individual life. This talk explores the similitudes and differences of both conceptions.

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