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To: Aquinasfan

"the primary duty of the State is to promote the common good. "

Only justification for the State is to protect rights. The common good is an empty concept altogether.

145 posted on 07/14/2004 10:47:16 AM PDT by spunkets

To: spunkets

Only justification for the State is to protect rights. The common good is an empty concept altogether.

What rights would those be?

171 posted on 07/14/2004 10:55:02 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)

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