Rc – Heinlein – Starship Troopers – 175 – The moral ladder
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“We have such a theory now; we can solve any moral problem, on any level.
Self-interest, love of family, duty to country, responsibility toward the human race
— we are even developing an exact ethic for extra-human relations.
But all moral problems can be illustrated by one misquotation:
‘Greater love hath no man than a mother cat dying to […]
Rc – Swift – Gulliver – ### – Standing army
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Above all, he was amazed
to hear me talk of
a mercenary standing army,
in the midst of peace,
and among a free people.
He said, […]
Rc – Waltari – Sinuhé – 170 – Simiente de khabiri
– Necesito guardar simiente de khabiri para poder entrenar a mis soldados, porque si los pacifico matándolos a todos no existirá en todo el país un solo lugar donde batirse. La paz reina desde hace cuarenta años en el mundo, los pueblos viven en buena armonía y los reyes de los grandes Estados se […]
Rc – Waltari – Sinuhé – 247 – Los fuertes gobiernan a los débiles
Las costumbres de los hititas son austeras, y un noble no puede mostrarse embriagado en la calle sin perder su reputación, pero, como en todas partes, los nobles y los grandes bebían mucho vino, y también unos pérfidos vinos mezclados, y los curé de los males producidos por el vino y los liberé […]
Rc – Heinlein – Starship Troopers – 025 – History and Moral Philosophy
I thought about it during the last session of our class in History and Moral Philosophy. H. & M. P. was different from other courses in that everybody had to take it but nobody had to pass it — and Mr. Dubois never seemed to care whether he got through to us or […]
Rc – Heinlein – Starship Troopers – 033 – Oath
The Fleet Sergeant added, «Did you find exhibits relating to their present competence to take the oath of enrollment? If so, what?»
«We found,» the older one said, «appended to each record of physical examination a duly certified conclusion by an authorized and delegated board of psychiatrists stating that each of them […]
Rc – Heinlein – Starship Troopers – 182 – The welfare of the group
Under our system
every voter and officeholder is
a man who has demonstrated
through voluntary and difficult service
that he places the welfare of the group
ahead of personal advantage.
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Rc – Boleslav Prus – Faraón – Pirámide
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En cambio, Ramsés y Pentuer
iniciaron un breve paseo y conversaron.
La noche era tan clara que se podía divisar,
por un lado las inmensamente altas siluetas de las pirámides y,
por el otro lado, la figura de la Esfinge,
que en comparación con las primeras parecía pequeña. […]