![Our search for such [moral] principles can start with . . . the unconditional imperative to acknowledge every person as a person. If we ask for the contents given by this absolute, we find, first, something negative-the command not to treat a person as a thing. This seems little, but it is much. It is the core of the principle of justice.](/assets/img/quote-photos/our-search-for-such-moral-principles-can-start-with-the-unconditional-imp.jpg)
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We wanted out of it. It was the most negative thing in the world. Patrick Stump
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