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So long as people look upon it as religion they will not be ready for a change, because the idea of religion is generally speaking not associated with the idea of change. But the idea of law is associated with the idea of change, and when people come to know that what is called religion is really law, old and archaic, they will be ready for a change, for people know and accept that law can be changed.
Annihilation of Caste
B.R. Ambedkar
In the context of actual economic CBA, the basic claims seem to be (a) that any moral theory might be modeled in mathematical terms, and (b) that any such modeling could appropriately be labeled “cost-benefit analysis.” These claims are striking: (a) comes close to asserting that ‘cost- benefit analysis’ is just another name for ethical analysis, appropriately formalized, while (b) suggests that this is because the key terms -‘cost’, ‘benefit, and ‘analysis’ – are infinitely malleable. Moreover, it is far from clear that this bold thesis is correct.
A Perfect Moral Storm
Stephen M. Gardiner
a basic potential power of curriculum: it can be used to confront the material realities faced by students, particularly if we use their social locations as the starting point.
A Marxist Education
Wayne Au
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