The only standard we have for judging all of our social, economic, and political institutions and arrangements as just or unjust, as good or bad, as better or worse, derives from our conception of the good life for man on earth, and from our conviction that, given certain external conditions, it is possible for men to make good lives for themselves by their own efforts.


Desires, Right & Wrong: The Ethics of Enough (ed. MacMillan Publishing Company, 1991)

Mortimer Adler Quotes

The only standard we have for judging all of our social, economic, and political institutions and arrangements as just or unjust, as good or bad, as...

The only standard we have for judging all of our social, economic, and political institutions and arrangements as just or unjust, as good or bad, as...

The only standard we have for judging all of our social, economic, and political institutions and arrangements as just or unjust, as good or bad, as...

The only standard we have for judging all of our social, economic, and political institutions and arrangements as just or unjust, as good or bad, as...