“When the common good of a society is regarded as something apart from and superior to the individual good of its members, it means that the good of some men takes precedence over the good of others, with those others consigned to the status of sacrificial animals.”
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal (1966)
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Russian-American novelist and philosopher 1905–1982Related quotes
Bhartrihari (570) Indian linguist, poet and writer
Nītiśataka 74; translated by B. Hale Wortham
Śatakatraya
“To be good and lead a good life means to give to others more than one takes from them.”
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian writer
Source: The First Step (1892), Ch. VII
James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888) American theologian and writer
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 121.
Robert Nozick (1938–2002) American political philosopher
Source: (1974), Ch. 3 : Moral Constraints and the State; Why Side Constraints?, p. 32
Charles Cooley (1864–1929) American sociologist
Source: Human Nature and the Social Order, 1902, p. 36
“Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
The opening phrase of this chapter after which the chapter is named in Chinese.
Source: The Analects, Chapter IV
Roy A. Childs, Jr. (1949–1992) American libertarian essayist and critic
"The Epistemological Status of the Issue,” 1971-72
“If people were superior to animals, they'd take good care of them," said Pooh.”
Benjamin Hoff book The Tao of Pooh
Source: The Tao of Pooh