Showing posts with label indifference to individual suffering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label indifference to individual suffering. Show all posts
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
The enlightened principle
"Not even the apparently enlightened principle of the ‘greatest good for the greatest number’ can excuse indifference to individual suffering. There is no test for progress other than its impact on the individual. " Aneurin Bevan, In Place of Fear (William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1952), p. 167-8.
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