Yes, like you say, only allowing that one definition of success is exactly the moral framing that the author is talking about! I would say that any person is su

Yes, like you say, only allowing that one definition of success is exactly the moral framing that the author is talking about! I would say that any person is successful if they feel like they have been successful. Additionally, they should not need any external validation of their success, and somebody else's diminution of their standard of success is oppressive.