Righteousness and unrighteousness must be taken together; it is impossible to stress the one without stressing the other also: Now, what is "unrighteousness" in practice? It is in practice behaviour of a kind disliked by the herd. By calling it unrighteousness, and by arranging an elaborate system of ethics around this conception, the herd justifies itself in wreaking punishment upon the objects of its own dislike,..
Source:Has religion made useful contribution to civilization, 1930
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