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Equality & Envy

The Genius of Thomas Sowell

CHAPTER

The Quest for Cosmic Justice

Selden: The quest for cosmic justice imposes certain costs on society. He says the attempt to sort between faults and merits of others is a daunting task which borders on intellectual hubris. Selden: If you want excellence, you have to accept a bit of the unfairness of life because not only is life unfair, but unfairness is life.

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