 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
A slogan such as "Justice will triumph”, or "Right will prevail”, is merely the protest of impulse against calculation, as may be seen by the fact that, in a dispute, both sides equally appeal to such encouraging falsehoods, and therefore both sides equally conclude that conciliation would be pusillanimous.
Source: Bertrand Russell: Human Society in Ethics and Politics, 1954, part II: The Conflict of Passions, chapter 3: Forethought and Skill, n.2
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The dichotomy between right and wrong is not acceptable. In fact, there are only ‘better’ or ‘worse’ things. Of course, some things are considered ‘very bad’ (not good) and ‘very bad’ (not good) things need to be stopped or detoxified. However, no one has the right to ‘kill off’ something because it is ‘very bad (not good)’.
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