Thomas Sowell Quotes About Morality
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It doesnt matter what you do if you dont do what matters. If you do what matters it doesnt matter what you do.
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How you treat the helpless is the real test of morality. Lots of people are flunking that test big time.
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Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.
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Social values in general are incrementally variable: neither safety, diversity, rational articulation, nor morality is categorically a good thing to have more of, without limits. All are subject to diminishing returns, and ultimately negative returns.
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Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality.
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