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← Society can survive without beneficence but injustice would destroy it

17 connected korrents · 9 moments from 9 Mar 1776 to 30 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under friendship friendship Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under happiness happiness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Society can survive without beneficence but injustice would destroy it Society can survive without beneficencebut injustice would destroy it AS Adam Smith — holds since c. 1759–1777 — tap for who they are Same subject: Beneficence should be recommended but not enforced, while justice is the pillar of society — tap to centre the map on it Beneficence should be recommendedbut not enforced, while justice isthe pillar of society AS Adam Smith — holds since c. 1759–1777 — tap for who they are Same subject: Justice for the poor should not be left to the choice of individual givers — tap to centre the map on it Justice for the poor should not beleft to the choice of individualgivers TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1795–1797 — tap for who they are Same subject: You can build terrible societies without the truth, but a good society or a good life needs a strong basis in truth — tap to centre the map on it You can build terrible societieswithout the truth, but a goodsociety or a good life needs astrong basis in truth Last stated 2 years ago 28 Oct 2024 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2024-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Self-restraint, though essential to every society, can ruin it when carried to excess — tap to centre the map on it Self-restraint, though essential toevery society, can ruin it whencarried to excess TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: No individual can acquire personal property without the aid of society — tap to centre the map on it No individual can acquire personalproperty without the aid of society TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1795–1797 — tap for who they are Same subject: Social justice could advance far faster if primitive methods and weapons were abolished for good — tap to centre the map on it Social justice could advance farfaster if primitive methods andweapons were abolished for good JA Jane Addams — holds since c. 1906 — tap for who they are Same subject: No society can flourish when most of its members are poor, and those who feed and house everyone deserve to be decently fed and housed — tap to centre the map on it No society can flourish when most ofits members are poor, and those whofeed and house everyone deserve tobe decently fed and housed Last stated 251 years ago 9 Mar 1776 AS Adam Smith — holds since 1776-03-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: The benefits of society depend on how complex a code people will uphold, not on freedom from one — tap to centre the map on it The benefits of society depend onhow complex a code people willuphold, not on freedom from one GS George Bernard Shaw — holds since c. 1906–1907 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pacesustainably without constantoverwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago 4 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city of only the very rich and very poor is one of masters and slaves, without friendship — tap to centre the map on it A city of only the very rich andvery poor is one of masters andslaves, without friendship AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A very long life would not grow boring, because pleasures spaced far enough apart do not wear out. — tap to centre the map on it A very long life would not growboring, because pleasures spaced farenough apart do not wear out. Last stated 5 months ago 16 Jun 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: After age 30 people start seeing friends less, and older men especially are left with no social life. — tap to centre the map on it After age 30 people start seeingfriends less, and older menespecially are left with no sociallife. Last stated a month ago 30 Sept 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-30 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Society can survive without beneficence but injustice would destroy it Last stated c. 1759–1777 Holds Adam Smith Read this korrent →