Human, All Too Human, Part 88 summary
Part 88 of 152 · 1 min to read the part
In 88, the speaker argues that justice can permit taking a person's life but cannot permit denying that person death. By calling such denial cruel, the aphorism presents the prevention of suicide as a limit on what justice can authorize.
What happens
- The speaker allows that a form of justice can justify taking a person's life.
- The speaker denies that any justice permits withholding death from a person.
- The speaker calls that denial cruelty.
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What does the speaker describe as cruelty?
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