That torture is wrong can never be the conclusion to any line of reasoning because it has to … - Giles Fraser

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As women in industrial societies join the paid workforce, they gain the economic means to depart unhappy marriages more easily.

Giles Fraser

That torture is wrong can never be the conclusion to any line of reasoning because it has to be a fundamental premise. Witnessing to the humanity of the other is the place where all moral reasoning must begin.

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