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Just Social Policy on Life Issues: Ethical Considerations
Author(s) -
Bryce Rev. Edward M.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1994.tb00588.x
Subject(s) - pride , preamble , declaration of independence , conviction , happiness , independence (probability theory) , declaration , political science , law , law and economics , sociology , politics , channel (broadcasting) , statistics , electrical engineering , mathematics , engineering
“We hold these truths to be self‐evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” These words from the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence, proclaimed a conviction and announced a challenge for our newly formed nation. Today, they either stir the American heart with pride or generate nostalgia for a time when any truth was self‐evident and the right to life was deemed inalienable.