Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
J. L. Mackie
Born: August 25, 1917
Died: December 12, 1981 (aged 64)
Bio: John Leslie Mackie, usually cited as J. L. Mackie, was an Australian philosopher, originally from Sydney.
Known for:
- Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong (1977)
- The Miracle of Theism
- Problems from Locke (1976)
- The cement of the universe (1974)
- Hume's moral theory (1980)