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

Tag: liberty freedom society justice liberalism laws rights individuals good-life greater-good

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[T]he commitment to a framework neutral among ends can be seen as a kind of value [...] but its value consists precisely in its refusal to affirm a preferred way of life or conception of the good.

Michael J. Sandel

Tag: liberalism good-life

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Человек рождается на свет единожды и вправе прожить свой век без потрясений и с минимальным числом печальных дней.

Vladislav Krapivin

Tag: good-life

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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Tag: art music poetry self-improvement good-life

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Find your focus by seeking all that is good in your life.

Lorii Myers

Tag: focus good-life make-it-happen

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The pauper is vulnerable to pride and pride is the destroyer of man's glory.

Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Tag: barack-obama riches success-self-improvement good-life book-reading greater-glory higher-living the-best-option be-different agu chiyson jachynma the-greatest-man the-prince

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I have a very good life - I'm lucky enough not to be deprived.

Meryl Streep

Tag: good-life

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Positive thinking is great, if you'll take action.

Guy Harduf

Tag: self-improvement positive-thinking improvement good-life

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I'm seriously laughing

Guy Harduf

Tag: humor self-improvement laugh good-life

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Besides, I can't get to where I want to go by conscious or unconscious suicide. I've got my strange little life to lead. Leading it the best I can - that's how I buy the ticket to where I want to be.

Dean Koontz

Tag: life-after-death salvation living-life ticket good-life

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