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from THE AMBER SPYGLASS
Good and evil are names for what people do,
not for what they are. All we can say is that
this is a good deed, because it helps someone,
or that’s an evil one, because it hurts them. People are too complicated to have simple labels.
Philip Pullman
One of many insights in author Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, this thought, from the final book in the trilogy, The Amber Spyglass, expresses an important truth. We should only judge actions, and ask: do they help or hurt?
You can find more things to read from Philip Pullman on pages 70 and 81.
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