“There is nothing to guarantee the superior judgment, knowledge, and integrity of an inspector or a bureaucrat-and the deadly consequences of entrusting him with arbitrary power are obvious.” IntegrityJudgmentConsequenceObviousSuperiorsGuaranteesArbitraryBureaucratsInspectorsEntrusting Book:Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal Source: Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
“There are people who are anxious about immigration for reasons that are perfectly sensible. They think it's uncontrolled. They think it's, therefore, arbitrary in its consequences, and there are some communities affected much more deeply than others.” PeopleThinkingReasonCommunityConsequenceImmigrationAffectedAnxiousSensibleArbitrary Author:Tony Blair
“Morality, then, is not a set of arbitrary regulations dictated by a vengeful deity and written down in a book; nor is it the custom of a particular culture or tribe. It is a consequence of the interchangeability of perspectives and the opportunity the world provides for positive-sum games.” WorldBookCultureOpportunityGamesWrittenParticularPerspectiveMoralityConsequenceCustomsRegulationTribesArbitraryDeitiesVengeful Book:The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined Source: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
“Western society has accepted as unquestionable a technological imperative that is quite as arbitrary as the most primitive taboo: not merely the duty to foster invention and constantly to create technological novelties, but equally the duty to surrender to these novelties unconditionally, just because they are offered, without respect to their human consequences.” HumansTechnologyEnvironmentDutyConsequenceWesternProsperityAcceptedSurrenderInventionPrimitiveTechnologicalArbitraryImperativesNoveltyTabooSave Mother EarthWestern Society Author:Lewis Mumford