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Edmund Burke: “It is not worth our while to discuss, like sophisters, whether in no case some evil for the sake of some benefit is to…”

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It is not worth our while to discuss, like sophisters, whether in no case some evil for the sake of some benefit is to be tolerated.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke questions the philosophical debate on tolerating some evils for the sake of benefits, emphasizing practical morality.

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