Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the eternal fitness of things?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- This asks if anyone can truly understand the ideal rules of right and wrong.
- In plain terms
- Can anyone really know the perfect rules of right?
- What can you take from it?
- True moral perfection is hard to know.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can moral rules be absolute?
- Who defines right and wrong?
Another view
Some philosophical systems claim to know these rules.
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