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Not only may particular decisions made according to rules result in material injustice, but a rule may systematically discriminate against the poor and the oppressed. In such circumstances, to be committed to applying the rules, however fairly or impartially administered, come what may, is to ignore the more obvious and direct demands of justice and human welfare.

Tom Campbell

Tom Campbell

Tom Campbell

Born: March 3, 1938

Died: July 27, 2019 (aged 81)

Bio: Thomas Douglas Campbell was a Scottish philosopher and jurist. He had held academic positions in Scotland and Australia, and was a professorial fellow of the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics in Canberra.

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