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7The Evil of Self-Sacrifice
The view of existence contained in the altruist ethics is that disaster, calamity, and destruction are the normal and inevitable conditions of human life. Suffering, pain, and death swallow up the altruist’s view of life. He does not ask: “How should man achieve happiness?” He asks: “How should man... read more
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7Justice vs. Mercy
“Mercy” is a concept that applies to, and is called upon, only by the evil, never by the good. If a man has committed a heroic or a virtuous deed, what he asks is justice, not mercy. If a man has committed a despicable or vicious deed, what he dreads is justice, and what he cries for is mercy.... read more
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