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...but doth not the person who expends vast sums in the furniture of his house or the ornaments of h...

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...the human being to lack that second skin we call egoism has not yet been born, it lasts much long...

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According to Melanie Klein, we develop moral responses in reaction to questions of survivability. My...

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Judith ButlerFrames of War: When Is Life Grievable?

I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselv...

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His immense self-pity, his demand for sympathy poured and spread itself in pools at their feet, and ...

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In one form or the other, the quest for human dignity has proved to be one of the most propulsive el...

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Wole SoyinkaClimate of Fear: The Quest for Dignity in a Dehumanized World

Sweep aside those hatred-eaten mystics, who pose as friends of humanity and preach that the highest ...

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self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do ...

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Keep in mind, Eragon, that no one thinks himself a villain, and few make decisions they think are wr...

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Certain motherfuckers think they can fuck with my shit, but you can't kill the Rooster. You might ca...

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