Albert CamusNo code of ethics and no effort are justifiable a priori in the face of the cruel mathematics that command our condition.
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Many people think they are above doing wrong, that they are better than everyone else. They are, after all, morally superior. Just look at how prepared they are for any situation. But in reality, this is not the way it works.
We all have to deal with the cruel mathematics of life. If someone is prepared, it means that he or she has done something unethical in the past. And, if they have done something unethical in the past, it means that they are not good people.
Morally superior people do not do things that are unethical in the first place.
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