ALTRUISM IS NOT A GENERAL RULE – IT IS A HAND-CRAFT (choice words)(great paragra

ALTRUISM IS NOT A GENERAL RULE – IT IS A HAND-CRAFT

(choice words)(great paragraphs)

—“Altruism is not a mindless general rule to be obeyed as an act of faith – it is a craft to be mastered and put to wise use – it is a local activity, limited to personal experience, that must be personally judged, and can never be centralized in the state, or church. It must always be limited to the individual and his voluntary decisions. The only thing that we can centralize is war, and the only certainty we can depend upon is truth-telling and a jury’s judgement of that truth, and the ruthless punishment of liars, obscurers and deceivers, and the careful cautious demand for restitution from those who merely err.”—