Little more than a series of jottings

Little more than a series of jottings

Like all animals we act with reference to the future. But unlike other animals, we are self-conscious; we are aware that ordinary life is an unintelligible sequence of actions. Thus, we alone are also equipped to look to an ordering principle which will give intelligibility in mere sequence. For Aristotle, that principle is virtue.

The state provides the legal framework for the protection of the rights of the people. In a democratic country people can address the ways in which their rights are limited and propose measures for legislative reforms.

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