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> [However, within the limits of the human, it is important to recognise our common humanity. I think that a perspective based on common human needs has the most chance of being accepted and this does not depend on any particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-assiter/however-within-the-limits-of-the-human-it-is-important-to-recognise/)

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## More by Alison Assiter

> [I think that both pornography and the imposition (common in some areas of the world) of a dress code on women are problematic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-assiter/i-think-that-both-pornography-and-the-imposition-common-in-some-areas/)

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> [Autonomy is the capacity to act on principles that are one's own and one will exercise this capacity by means of a process of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-assiter/autonomy-is-the-capacity-to-act-on-principles-that-are-one-s-own-and/)

[Alison Assiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-assiter/)

> [If someone says that they have to 'tolerate' cultural differences and cultural groupings different from themselves then that may make it difficult, at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-assiter/if-someone-says-that-they-have-to-tolerate-cultural-differences-and/)

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> [The universal basis for the categorisation 'woman' will, no doubt, be constantly shifting but it is important not to deny it's existence altogether. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-assiter/the-universal-basis-for-the-categorisation-woman-will-no-doubt-be/)

[Alison Assiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-assiter/)

> [If one really believes that the metaphysic one adopts has much to commend it, then one should obviously try to persuade others of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-assiter/if-one-really-believes-that-the-metaphysic-one-adopts-has-much-to/)

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> [When it comes to deep and difficult ethical matters - such as the relation of an individual to God, or, I think, an individual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-assiter/when-it-comes-to-deep-and-difficult-ethical-matters-such-as-the/)

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> [I believe that a concept that may have some flaws is nonetheless important as a tool to critique abuses on all sides of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-assiter/i-believe-that-a-concept-that-may-have-some-flaws-is-nonetheless/)

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> [Ethically and politically it is important to face up to the need for a universal perspective in our divided, multi-cultural, unequal and unjust world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-assiter/ethically-and-politically-it-is-important-to-face-up-to-the-need-for/)

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> [If there are more than two sexes, then so be it and, of course, the assumption that there are two helps shape, as many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-assiter/if-there-are-more-than-two-sexes-then-so-be-it-and-of-course-the/)

[Alison Assiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-assiter/)

> [From a political perspective, it is important to uphold certain universal principles so that, for example, you can condemn both Islamist forms of violence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-assiter/from-a-political-perspective-it-is-important-to-uphold-certain/)

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> [However, within the limits of the human, it is important to recognise our common humanity. I think that a perspective based on common human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-assiter/however-within-the-limits-of-the-human-it-is-important-to-recognise/)

[Alison Assiter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-assiter/)

> [The subject of feminism cannot be purely a fiction, as some postmodern writers suggest, produced by the discourses of power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-assiter/the-subject-of-feminism-cannot-be-purely-a-fiction-as-some-postmodern/)

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> [Whatever the universal perspective one adopts, it is important to recognise that some form of universalism is politically and ethically necessary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-assiter/whatever-the-universal-perspective-one-adopts-it-is-important-to/)

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