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#individuals

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First, individual rights cannot be sacrificed for the sake of the general good, and second, the principles of justice that specify these rights cannot be premised on any particular vision of the good life. What justifies the rights is not that they maximize the general welfare or otherwise promote the good, but rather that they comprise a fair framework within which individuals and groups can choose their own values and ends, consistent with a similar liberty for others.


Michael J. Sandel


#good-life #greater-good #individuals #justice #laws

[E]ach of our voices has something unique to say. Not only should I not mold my life to the demands of external conformity; I can't even find the model by which to live outside myself. I can only find it within.


Charles Taylor


#individuality #individuals #self #uniqueness #life

In a world of democracies, in a world where the great projects that have set humanity on fire are the projects of the emancipation of individuals from entrenched social division and hierarchy; in such a world individuals must never be puppets or prisoners of the societies or cultures into which they have been born.


Roberto Unger


#born #cultures #democracies #division #emancipation

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.


Plato


#individuals #into #liberty #lies #only

Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of their day-to-day activities, including keeping their jobs.


Xavier Becerra


#activities #day-to-day #disease #early #experience

Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.


Martha Beck


#better #dating #every #good-looking #homely

Antiwhite racism is developing in sections of our cities where individuals - some of whom have French nationality - contemptuously designate French people as gaulois on the pretext they don't share the same religion, color or origins.


Jean-Francois Cope


#color #designate #developing #french #french people

Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights.


Thomas Sowell


#benefit #both #exercise #free #free speech

At many points during our nation's history, there have been times - known in our history textbooks as "panics" - when adverse conditions affecting the financial and economic sectors of the country have caused individuals to hoard more than they need.


Jo Bonner


#adverse conditions #affecting #been #caused #conditions

Since the September 11 attacks, nearly 400 individuals have been arrested by the Justice Department as a result of ongoing investigations into international terrorism. Of that total, over half were convicted as a result of their actions.


Jo Bonner


#arrested #attacks #been #convicted #department






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