A God out there and values out there, if they existed, would be utterly useless and unintelligible to us. There is nothing to be gained by nostalgia for the old objectivism, which was in any case used only to justify arrogance, tyranny, and cruelty. People [forget] ... how utterly hateful the old pre-humanitarianism world was.
Don CupittTags: morality ethics hate tyranny values justification cruelty objectivism humanitarian divine-command-theory
The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
Martin Luther King Jr.Tags: foundations justification human-rights nations nation foundation revolt justice-system
To use the past to justify the present is bad enough—but it’s just as bad to use the present to justify the past.
Amitav GhoshTags: past present justification
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