Harold J. Laski: “They did not ask whether the organization they envisaged was…”

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They did not ask whether the organization they envisaged was economically profitable, but whether it was ethically right.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski emphasizes the ethical considerations over economic profitability in the envisioned organization, highlighting a moral approach to economics.

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