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If wrong in one case, it must be wrong in the other.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “If wrong in one case, it must be wrong in the other.”
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Sumner argues that if war is wrong in one context, it is equally wrong in another, promoting consistency in moral reasoning.
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