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The circumstances of justice may be described as the normal conditions under which human cooperation is both possible and necessary.


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A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you'd be willing to enter it in a random place.

A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you'd be willing to enter it in a random place.



The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have.

The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have.



The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.

The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.



An injustice is tolerable only when it is necessary to avoid an even greater injustice.

An injustice is tolerable only when it is necessary to avoid an even greater injustice.



Justice is happiness according to virtue.

Justice is happiness according to virtue.



A society regulated by a public sense of justice is inherently stable.

A society regulated by a public sense of justice is inherently stable.



The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.

The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.



The sense of justice is continuous with the love of mankind.

The sense of justice is continuous with the love of mankind.



The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them.

The intolerant can be viewed as free-riders, as persons who seek the advantages of just institutions while not doing their share to uphold them.



Many of our most serious conflicts are conflicts within ourselves. Those who suppose their judgements are always consistent are unreflective or dogmatic.

Many of our most serious conflicts are conflicts within ourselves. Those who suppose their judgements are always consistent are unreflective or dogmatic.





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Surely, the gods' judgment is certain. But as for us, we must be satisfied to 'come close' to those things, for we are men, who speak according to what is likely, and whose lectures resemble fables.

Surely, the gods' judgment is certain. But as for us, we must be satisfied to 'come close' to those things, for we are men, who speak according to what is likely, and whose lectures resemble fables.



When you learn to say yes to yourself, you will be able to say no to others, with love.

When you learn to say yes to yourself, you will be able to say no to others, with love.



Animals have no unconscious, because they have a territory. Men have only had an unconscious since they lost a territory.

Animals have no unconscious, because they have a territory. Men have only had an unconscious since they lost a territory.



No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only in proportion as we lose that youthful heart that we lose the inner warmth in ourselves.

No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only in proportion as we lose that youthful heart that we lose the inner warmth in ourselves.



What we are seeing is there is a lot of anger out there about the failure of the government to resolve the immigration crisis.

What we are seeing is there is a lot of anger out there about the failure of the government to resolve the immigration crisis.



It is more important to let a child's imagination develop than it is to labor to inculcate in him or her some correct ethical point of view.

It is more important to let a child's imagination develop than it is to labor to inculcate in him or her some correct ethical point of view.



I am no prophet-and here's no great matter.

I am no prophet-and here's no great matter.



For loving draws us more to things than knowing does, since good is found by going to the thing, whereas the true is found when the thing comes to us.

For loving draws us more to things than knowing does, since good is found by going to the thing, whereas the true is found when the thing comes to us.



Men fed upon carnage, and drinking strong drinks, have all an impoisoned and acrid blood which drives them mad in a hundred different ways.

Men fed upon carnage, and drinking strong drinks, have all an impoisoned and acrid blood which drives them mad in a hundred different ways.




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