Cheats prosper until there are enough who bear grudges against them to…

Peter Singer
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Cheats prosper until there are enough who bear grudges against them to make sure they do not prosper. ✨ Peter Singer (1982). The expanding circle: ethics and sociobiology, Plume
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Cheats prosper until there are enough who bear grudges against them to make sure they do not prosper. ✨ Peter Singer (1982). The expanding circle: ethics and sociobiology, Plume

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