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On Duties

by Cicero

Cicero's letter to his son on moral obligation: the honorable versus the expedient, justice, the four virtues. The most influential ethics text in the Western tradition after the Bible.

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  1. Nothing expedient is dishonorable.
  2. Justice first.
  3. Keep your word.

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