Throughout the arc of human history there have been competing schools of thought about how to accomplish the greatest good for society. Sometimes we hear of this as the struggle between “justice” and “mercy,” where an emphasis on rules and standards is perceived as clashing with a preference for compassion and forgiveness.
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