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Morality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠inextricable from thinking. the ability to tell right from wrong has to do with the ability to think. Thus, we must be able to "demand" its exercise from every sane person, no matter how erudite or ignorant, intelligent or stupid, he may happen to be.

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Morality (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be perfectly beyond the grasp of an average, normal person, neither feeble-minded nor indoctrinated nor cynical; judges too good to admit this miss the greatest challenge of the case — right and wrong.

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Morality (n.) stayed ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠perfectly clear as right and wrong to the silent few who did nothing: neither heroes nor saints, they never suffered a 'crisis of conscience.'

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Morality (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠our time shows neither nihilism nor cynicism but an extraordinary confusion over elementary questions — as if moral instinct were the last thing to be taken for granted.

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Morality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the coincidence of the private and the public — being fit to be seen, by men and finally by God.