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“The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words, that this is a moral universe, and that there are moral laws of the universe just as abiding as the physical laws. (from "Rediscovering Lost Values")”
― A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
― A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities.”
― What's Wrong with the World
― What's Wrong with the World
“In truth, laws are always useful to those with possessions and harmful to those who have nothing; from which it follows that the social state is advantageous to men only when all possess something and none has too much.”
― The Social Contract
― The Social Contract
“good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws”
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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 premised on any particular vision of the good life. What justifies the rights is not that they maximize the general welfare or otherwise promote the good, but rather that they comprise a fair framework within which individuals and groups can choose their own values and ends, consistent with a similar liberty for others.”
― Liberalism and Its Critics
― Liberalism and Its Critics
Scott’s 2025 Year in Books
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