A Theory of
Justice.
" . . . [E]xtorted promises are void ab initio."1a*
" . . . [I]n order to make a binding promise, one must
be fully conscious, in a rational frame of mind, and know the
meaning of the operative words, their use in making promises, . .
. Furthermore, these words must be spoken freely or voluntarily,
when one is not subject to threats or coercion, and in situations
where one has a reasonably fair bargaining position . . ."1b
" . . . [T]o employ the coercive apparatus of the state in
order to maintain manifestly unjust institutions is itself a
form of illegitimate force that men in due course have a right
to resist."1c
ORIGEN
GANDHI
ZINN
PAGELS
"The bad man desires arbitrary power . . . What moves the evil
man is the love of injustice . . . "1d
FROMM
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