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Page 383
... individual dignity and self - respect . The offer of charity says , in effect , that they are not competent to care for themselves ; and the statement is self - fulfilling - they cease to be self- reliant and become passively dependent ...
... individual dignity and self - respect . The offer of charity says , in effect , that they are not competent to care for themselves ; and the statement is self - fulfilling - they cease to be self- reliant and become passively dependent ...
Page 384
... individual- that is , if the individual has any moral worth- then we must agree that this life is of su- preme importance . After all , it is all one has , and all one is . 2. The ethics of altruism regards the life of the individual as ...
... individual- that is , if the individual has any moral worth- then we must agree that this life is of su- preme importance . After all , it is all one has , and all one is . 2. The ethics of altruism regards the life of the individual as ...
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... individual or group of individuals could do : it has killed people , enslaved them , sent them to forced labor and concentration camps , and regularly robbed and pillaged them of the fruits of their expended labor . Unlike individual ...
... individual or group of individuals could do : it has killed people , enslaved them , sent them to forced labor and concentration camps , and regularly robbed and pillaged them of the fruits of their expended labor . Unlike individual ...
Contents
What Is Philosophy? | 1 |
A Little Bit of Logic | 23 |
Philosophy of Religion 3355 | 35 |
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