'Let right and wrong alone decide' - from 'God Was Never on Your Side'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Leave moral judgments to objective standards.
- In plain terms
- Let right and wrong decide outcomes.
- What can you take from it?
- Trust principles over bias.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who decides what's right?
- How do you define fairness?
Another view
Right and wrong are not always clear or agreed upon.
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