How Expanding Human Rights Increases Government Control, Ingratitude, and Resentment

How Expanding Human Rights Increases Government Control, Ingratitude, and Resentment
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Theodore Dalrymple
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The concept of human rights, once it attaches to material benefits, has a profoundly damaging effect on the human personality.

Theodore Dalrymple
Theodore Dalrymple
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Theodore Dalrymple is a retired doctor. He is contributing editor of the City Journal of New York and the author of 30 books, including “Life at the Bottom.” His latest book is “Embargo and Other Stories.”
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