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... wrong to steal ? A : Well , God [ Marx , Mao Tse - Tung , the Koran , the Bible , the Pope , the Church , etc. ] says so . Q : Is that a good reason ? A : Oh , yes , I mean that's the authority you have to follow , isn't it ? Otherwise ...
... wrong to steal ? A : Well , God [ Marx , Mao Tse - Tung , the Koran , the Bible , the Pope , the Church , etc. ] says so . Q : Is that a good reason ? A : Oh , yes , I mean that's the authority you have to follow , isn't it ? Otherwise ...
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... wrong with impunity , and worst , which is to suffer wrong without the power to retaliate . So justice is accepted as a compromise , and valued , not as good in itself , but for lack of power to do wrong ; no man worthy of the name ...
... wrong with impunity , and worst , which is to suffer wrong without the power to retaliate . So justice is accepted as a compromise , and valued , not as good in itself , but for lack of power to do wrong ; no man worthy of the name ...
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... wrong whenever he finds he has the power . Every man believes that wrongdoing pays him personally much better , and , according to this theory , that is the truth . Granted full licence to do as he liked , people would think him a ...
... wrong whenever he finds he has the power . Every man believes that wrongdoing pays him personally much better , and , according to this theory , that is the truth . Granted full licence to do as he liked , people would think him a ...
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FOREWORD by the Reverend Canon Ronald H Preston | 8 |
A Selfobeying | 27 |
B Otherobeying | 37 |
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