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Beneficence Quotes

The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and beneficence

The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and beneficence

Moses Mendelssohn
Use, States, Beneficence
Moses Mendelssohn (2013). “Jerusalem: Or on Religious Power and Judaism”, p.45, Brandeis University Press

Beneficence is a duty.

Immanuel Kant
Duty, Beneficence
Immanuel Kant (2015). “The Ethics of Immanuel Kant: Metaphysics of Morals - Philosophy of Law & The Doctrine of Virtue + Perpetual Peace + The Critique of Practical Reason: Theory of Moral Reasoning”, p.319, e-artnow

Beneficence is always free, it cannot be extorted by force.

Adam Smith
Force, Beneficence
Adam Smith (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Adam Smith (Illustrated)”, p.96, Delphi Classics

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