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The prohibitions, therefore, that are imposed are an attempt to extract from the experience of society certain principles of action by which, in their own interest, men ought to be bound.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski discusses how societal prohibitions aim to derive principles of action that bind individuals for their own benefit.
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