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First, individual rights cannot be sacrificed for the sake of the general good, and second, the principles of justice that specify these rights cannot be…

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The way things are does not determine the way they ought to be
Other animals can make sounds, and sounds can indicate pleasure and pain. But language, a distinctly human capacity, isn´t just for registering…
Self-knowledge is like lost innocence; however unsettling you find it, it can never be 'unthought' or 'unknown'.
Parental love is not contingent on the talents and attributes the child happens to have. We choose our friends and spouses at…
The most fateful change that unfolded during the past three decades was not an increase in greed. It was the expansion of…
A better way to mutual respect is to engage directly with the moral convictions citizens bring to public life, rather than to…
There is a tendency to think that if we engage too directly with moral questions in politics, that's a recipe for disagreement,…
Whether you're a libertarian liberal or a more egalitarian liberal, the idea is that justice means being non-judgmental with respect to the…
[T]he state should not impose a preferred way of life, but should leave its citizens as free as possible to choose their…
First, individual rights cannot be sacrificed for the sake of the general good, and second, the principles of justice that specify these…
Markets are useful instruments for organizing productive activity. But unless we want to let the market rewrite the norms that govern social…
A market economy is a tool - a valuable and effective tool - for organizing productive activity. A market society is a…

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FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day… — Felix Adler
He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite,… — William Blake
Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests.… — Marie Curie
It is much to be lamented that a man of Franklin's general good character and great influence should have been an unbeliever… — Benjamin Franklin
Wherever indeed a right of property is infringed for the general good, if the nature of the case admits of compensation, it… — Alexander Hamilton
Your Marines having been under my command for nearly six months, I feel that I can give you a discriminating report as… — John J. Pershing
Not all design is for the general good. — Paola Antonelli
If I lose my life in a good cause I am willing to be sacrificed on the altar of virtue, righteousness and… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
It is our duty to endeavor always to promote the general good; to do to all as we would be willing to… — Samuel West
Ownership is not a vice, not something to be ashamed of, but rather a commitment, and an instrument by which the general… — Vaclav Havel
The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things… — Henry Knox
So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it;… — William Blackstone

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