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I read this first many years ago. The author then impressed me as being more lucid and broadly learned than many contemporary writers on this and similar areas. He still does. (****)Loren Lomasky: Person's, Rights, and the Moral Community
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"who has failed to recognize the face that evil wears in the modern world.."..brilliant post David..You do give the "benefit of the doubt", which belies your good heart. I, at this point, remain angry and cynical however as to Olmert's or anyone elses motives while poor Israel remains vulnerable and with gaping wounds hun. sigh.
Posted by: Angel | 14 August 2006 at 21:34