Keeping the Tablets: Modern American Conservative ThoughtWilliam F. Buckley (Jr.), Charles R. Kesler |
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... person is considered as the central moral entity , and society as but a set of relations between persons , not as an organism morally superior to persons . For if society be given a moral status supe- rior to persons , then it follows ...
... person is considered as the central moral entity , and society as but a set of relations between persons , not as an organism morally superior to persons . For if society be given a moral status supe- rior to persons , then it follows ...
Page 144
... persons ; beauty illumines the consciousness only of persons ; virtue can be pursued only by persons . A social order is a good social order to the degree that men live as free persons , under conditions in which virtue can be freely ...
... persons ; beauty illumines the consciousness only of persons ; virtue can be pursued only by persons . A social order is a good social order to the degree that men live as free persons , under conditions in which virtue can be freely ...
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... persons who are excluded from the Food Stamps program are in greater need than some persons who receive Food Stamps . It can always be demonstrated that someone who is technically ineligible for Medicaid really " ought " to be receiving ...
... persons who are excluded from the Food Stamps program are in greater need than some persons who receive Food Stamps . It can always be demonstrated that someone who is technically ineligible for Medicaid really " ought " to be receiving ...
Contents
Preface by William F Buckley Jr | 1 |
You Ever See a Dream Walking? by William | 19 |
The Quest for a Tradition | 37 |
Copyright | |
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