Tom G. Palmer Quotes & Sayings
20 most famous Tom G. Palmer quotes and sayings (educator). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing.”
“Libertarians argue that no normal adult has the right to impose choices on other normal adults, except in abnormal circumstances, such as when one person finds another unconscious and administers medical assistance or calls an ambulance.”
“If an individual is born with the obligation to obey, who is born with the right to command?”
“Group personification obscures, rather than illuminates, important political questions.”
“It is obvious that different individuals require different things to live good, healthy, and virtuous lives.”
“Obligations may be universal or particular.”
“Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be violated.”
“Guardians are necessary for children and abnormal adults, because they cannot make responsible choices for themselves.”
“Abstraction is a mental process we use when trying to discern what is essential or relevant to a problem; it does not require a belief in abstract entities.”
“The first census in 1790 asked just six questions: the name of the head of the household, the number of free white males older than 16, the number of free white males younger than 16, the number of free white females, the number of other free persons, and the number of slaves.”
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