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So too, again,
when a man offends against the unwritten laws of right, for there is greater
merit in doing right without being compelled1; now the
written laws involve compulsion, the unwritten do not. Looked at in another way,
wrongdoing is greater, if it violates the written laws; for a man who commits
wrongs that alarm him2 and involve punishment, will be ready to
commit wrong
for which he will not be punished. Let this
suffice for the treatment of the greater or less degree of wrongdoing.
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Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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