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f7150e2	Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.	majority right-and-wrong truth wrong	Leo Tolstoy
3679ddb	"I want to pause here and talk about this notion of consensus, and the rise of what has been called consensus science. I regard consensus science as an extremely pernicious development that ought to be stopped cold in its tracks. Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.	bisphenol-a bpa consensus darwinism dr-jack-cohen-podiatrist evolution excitotoxins fluoride global-warming id intelligent-design macro-evolution macroevolution majority majority-view man-made-global-warming manmade-global-warming minority minority-view monosodium-glutamate msg science scientific-discovery scientific-inquiry scientific-method scientific-process scientific-research scientific-revolution scientific-theory september-11-attacks	Michael Crichton
85f017b	Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority. (p. 102)	majority minority	Cornel West
7539901	The existence of a majority logically implies a corresponding minority.	majority minority	Philip K. Dick
71ee545	If an action must be taken that will benefit the majority at the cost of the minority, is it morally indefensible? If an action taken for the benefit of a majority occurs at the expense of a minority, is it moral action?	benefit garth-nix majority minority morals shade shades-children	Garth Nix
9dec874	A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority.	democracy majority minority politics power restance	Henry David Thoreau
142dd53	In a democracy, we should be reluctant to take any action that amounts to an attempt to coerce the majority, for such attempts imply the rejection of majority rule, to which there is no acceptable alternative. There may, of course, be cases where the majority decision is so appalling that coercion is justified, whatever the risk. The obligation to obey a genuine majority decision is not absolute. We show our respect for the principle, not by blind obedience to the majority, but by regarding ourselves as justified in disobeying only in extreme circumstances.	ethics law majority	Peter Singer

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

Leo Tolstoy

3679ddb

"I want to pause here and talk about this notion of consensus, and the rise of what has been called consensus science. I regard consensus science as an extremely pernicious development that ought to be stopped cold in its tracks. Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.

bisphenol-a bpa consensus darwinism dr-jack-cohen-podiatrist evolution excitotoxins fluoride global-warming id intelligent-design macro-evolution macroevolution majority majority-view man-made-global-warming manmade-global-warming minority minority-view monosodium-glutamate msg science scientific-discovery scientific-inquiry scientific-method scientific-process scientific-research scientific-revolution scientific-theory september-11-attacks

Michael Crichton

85f017b

Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority. (p. 102)

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Cornel West

7539901

The existence of a majority logically implies a corresponding minority.

majority minority

Philip K. Dick

71ee545

If an action must be taken that will benefit the majority at the cost of the minority, is it morally indefensible? If an action taken for the benefit of a majority occurs at the expense of a minority, is it moral action?

benefit garth-nix majority minority morals shade shades-children

Garth Nix

9dec874

A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority.

democracy majority minority politics power restance

Henry David Thoreau

142dd53

In a democracy, we should be reluctant to take any action that amounts to an attempt to coerce the majority, for such attempts imply the rejection of majority rule, to which there is no acceptable alternative. There may, of course, be cases where the majority decision is so appalling that coercion is justified, whatever the risk. The obligation to obey a genuine majority decision is not absolute. We show our respect for the principle, not by blind obedience to the majority, but by regarding ourselves as justified in disobeying only in extreme circumstances.

ethics law majority

Peter Singer