What has human happiness to do with morals? The object of morals is no…

Bertrand Russell
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What has human happiness to do with morals? The object of morals is not to make people happy. ✨ Bertrand Russell, Louis I. Greenspan, Stefan Andersson (1999). Russell on Religion: Selections from the Writings of Bertrand Russell, p.90, Psychology Press
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