Harold J. Laski: “A thing becomes good by the end it has in view; and the deformities of…”

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A thing becomes good by the end it has in view; and the deformities of time and place ought not to lead us to deny the beauty of the end.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski argues that the goodness of an action is determined by its intended end, regardless of its imperfections.

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