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Alan Ryan

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Also known as Alan James Ryan

British philosopher

Person · Open Library

Born
17 May 1943
Died
3 Jun 2011
Works
30

Top works

  • The Year's Best Dark Fantasy And Horror 2012
  • The Back of Beyond
  • Slave Tree
  • Amazonas
  • MORT BLANCHE

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1974-11-05
alternative countryalternative rockamericanamericanacountryenglish

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
35
Total plays
496

Tags

instrumentallove songsBrasilianbrasileirohero songs

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Academic profile · OpenAlex

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Works
73
Cited by
7,449

Research areas

Computer scienceBusinessPsychologyEngineeringSociology

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Quotes

  • I say cowardice, because the stan­dards which is Isaiah Berlin himself has set for anyone who undertakes such an enterprise are dauntingly high. His ability to catch the allegiances and the emotional tone of the authors he has written about, as well as his ability to meet the commentator's first duty to the subtleties of their thought, has always meant that their per­ sonalities and ideas alike have remained in tact and alive.
  • Mankind has always argued about justice and injustice, while social scientists and politicians have endlessly discussed the conditions which make justice more or less attainable. These essays discuss a more philosophical issue-what justice is and why it matters. Although their authors were philosophers, few of them were 'professional ' philosophers...
  • This is appropriate. Justice is the most 'political' or institutional of the virtues. The legitimacy of a state rests upon its claim to do justice. … Doing justice is not the primary purpose of the family, the classroom, the small business, even though a father, teacher, or employer ought to behave justly towards children, pupils, or employees when rearing them, teaching them, . and employing them.
  • Justice is peculiarly stringent. Its demands may not be modified. Judges and rulers must 'do justice though the heavens fall', not allow family connections, friendship, or even personal worth to turn them aside.
  • Justice is a virtue, but not one that makes people lovable.
  • Justice stands in an awkward relationship with utility. The general practice of justice conduces to human welfare, probably more than anything else. The old tag sums up justice as 'honeste vivere, neminem laedere, suum cuique tribuere' … Yet, justice seems also to conflict with utility and even with the general welfare, let alone the welfare of particular people.

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date of birth
1940-00-00
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