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William Lloyd Garrison: If they are valid, then why is not the jesuitical doctrine, that the end sanctifies them, and that it is right to do…

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If they are valid, then why is not the jesuitical doctrine, that the end sanctifies them, and that it is right to do evil that good may come, morally sound?
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William Lloyd Garrison

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Garrison critiques the moral reasoning that justifies wrongdoing for perceived good outcomes.

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