 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
"Right", as opposed to "wrong", is originally a conception connected with power, and having to do with the initiative of those who are not bound to obedience. Kings should "do right in the sight of the Lord". There is something of the same kind of positive duty in the case of every kind of office or profession, and indeed of every position that gives power. Soldiers must fight, firemen must risk their lives in saving people from burning houses, lifeboatmen must put to sea in a storm, doctors must risk infection in an epidemic, fathers must do everything lawful to provide food for their children.
Source: Bertrand Russell: Human Society in Ethics and Politics, (1954), chapter 1
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