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← Someone who does what is right only from fear of punishment cannot be called just

17 connected korrents · 9 moments from 1 Feb 1867 to 1 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under America America Everything filed under courage courage Everything filed under CBT CBT Everything filed under politics politics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Someone who does what is right only from fear of punishment cannot be called just Someone who does what is right only fromfear of punishment cannot be called just BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are Same subject: Everyone fears punishment and loves life; remembering you are like them, do not kill or cause killing — tap to centre the map on it Everyone fears punishment and loveslife; remembering you are like them,do not kill or cause killing GB Gautama Buddha — holds since c. 500–401 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Someone who persecutes another person for holding a different opinion is a monster — tap to centre the map on it Someone who persecutes anotherperson for holding a differentopinion is a monster VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1752–1774 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most people now fear dismissal more than legal punishment; the capitalist is the Englishman's true master — tap to centre the map on it Most people now fear dismissal morethan legal punishment; thecapitalist is the Englishman's truemaster HB Hilaire Belloc — holds since c. 1912 — tap for who they are Same subject: Fear of other people's opinion, more than of the law, is the greatest restraint on antisocial behaviour — tap to centre the map on it Fear of other people's opinion, morethan of the law, is the greatestrestraint on antisocial behaviour TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: Bad people need only that good people look on and do nothing; someone who lets wrong be done in their name without protest is not good — tap to centre the map on it Bad people need only that goodpeople look on and do nothing;someone who lets wrong be done intheir name without protest is notgood Last stated 160 years ago 1 Feb 1867 JM John Stuart Mill — holds since 1867-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anyone who honestly opposes a multitude's wrongdoing in public life will not survive; a fighter for right needs a private station — tap to centre the map on it Anyone who honestly opposes amultitude's wrongdoing in publiclife will not survive; a fighter forright needs a private station SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A person should not play the coward to their own deeds by repudiating them once done; pangs of conscience are indecent. — tap to centre the map on it A person should not play the cowardto their own deeds by repudiatingthem once done; pangs of conscienceare indecent. Last stated 138 years ago 3 Sept 1888 FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since 1888-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: What pains a person is not the external thing but their own judgement about it, which they have the power to wipe out — tap to centre the map on it What pains a person is not theexternal thing but their ownjudgement about it, which they havethe power to wipe out MA Marcus Aurelius — holds since c. 171–175 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it. — tap to centre the map on it A backlash against women's economicrise is not automatic; it happensonly where politicians choose tomobilise it. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Dec 2024 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2024-12-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A citizen deciding politically should ask what is good for the community, not what is good for themselves — tap to centre the map on it A citizen deciding politicallyshould ask what is good for thecommunity, not what is good forthemselves JT Joseph Tussman — holds since c. 2000 — tap for who they are Same subject: A consistent liberal is not an anarchist — tap to centre the map on it A consistent liberal is not ananarchist MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on diesel exports would raiseoverall fuel prices and damageAmerica's energy superpower status. Last stated a month ago 1 Oct 2026 AE Alex Epstein — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports ismore likely to raise prices thanlower them. Last stated a month ago 23 Sept 2026 JM Josh Marshall — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade megafires more likely. Last stated 2 months ago 22 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Someone who does what is right only from fear of punishment cannot be called just Last stated c. 1670 Holds Baruch Spinoza Read this korrent →