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To be alive is to be afraid, and much to our advantage in many cases, since alarm often preserves us from danger.

Judith N. Shklar

It seems to me that liberal and humane people, of whom there are many among us, would, if they were asked to rank the vices, put cruelty first. Intuitively they would choose cruelty as the worst thing we do.

Judith N. Shklar

Every adult should be able to make as many effective decisions without fear or favor about as many aspects of her or his life as is compatible with the like freedom of every other adult. That belief is the original and only defensible meaning of liberalism.

Judith N. Shklar

Judith N. Shklar

Judith N. Shklar

Born: September 24, 1928

Died: September 17, 1992 (aged 63)

Bio: Judith Nisse Shklar was a political theorist, and worked at Harvard University as the John Cowles Professor of Government.

Known for:

Ordinary vices (1984)
The Faces of Injustice (1990)
Legalism (1964)
Political Thought and Political Thinkers

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