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Quotation of the Day…

Posted By Don Boudreaux On October 9, 2012 @ 8:29 am In Civil Society,Property Rights | Comments Disabled

… is from page 74 of Jonathan Haidt’s important 2012 book, The Righteous Mind ^[1] (original emphasis):

[T]he most important principle for designing an ethical society is to make sure that everyone’s reputation is on the line all the time, so that bad behavior will always bring bad consequences.

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