Politics & Society
The Quest for Cosmic Justice
by Thomas Sowell · 1999
The difference between justice and "social justice," and why confusing the two destroys both.
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The difference between justice and "social justice," and why confusing the two makes everything worse for the people it claims to help.
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Quotes from The Quest for Cosmic Justice
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“Freedom is unlikely to be lost all at once and openly. It is far more likely to be eroded away, bit by bit, amid glittering promises and expressions of noble ideals.”
p. 184
“Envy was once considered to be one of the seven deadly sins before it became one of the most admired virtues under its new name, 'social justice'.”
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