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    THE FACES OF INJUSTICE JUDITH N. SHKLAR K A 26/242 Vl BAo4ooe (FA Pde potcttincain foc CONTENTS commovmiren nm Alromene es pve PREFACE vil hist my otbeeped e ian tm yo a cy perl Scions eee inom tof 1 GIVINGINJUSTICENTS DUE 15 Mal fom eh Sha “nga Dae ‘end pemininfhewean Cpnyan hn Canary tn he ar 2. MISFORTUNE ANDINJUSTICE St pea 6, 188 3. THESENSEOFINJUSTICE &% Desens Seti coe ey ores 127 Pn tec Sor tte A te op | “iter ‘ete, wee choy ea ok Longe the Cow PREFACE ‘This book had its beginning in the Stores Lectures that gaveat the Yale Law School in 198, Lam grate ful to Dean Guido Calabres for having init! me nd for making it sucha pleasantoccasion learned ot From talking to the students an faculty at Yle and appreciated their kindness and hospitality am also much obliged w Professor Sanford Kash, who asked me to discuss the orginal lectures with 2 ‘workshop atthe Boalt Hal Law Schoo at Berkeley, ‘session from which benefited great. At various times I have also presented sections of this bok to {informal groups a Harvard, and [found that each ‘one of them helped me to put my ideas in order, Geotitey Havthor, Stephen Holmes; Quentin Skinner, and Dennis Thompson read earlier drafts ofthis book with eal care and gave me much exee lent and dete advice about how to improve it, almost all of which I was happy to accept Tb say ‘hank you to thems haedly enough. Tals received valuable comments fom Yaron Ezrah, Moshe Hal eral, Stanley Hotfmana, George Kateb, Robert Keohane, Steven Macedo, Patrick Rey and Michael ‘Walzer Heather Houlahan Kindly helped meto pre pare the manuscript for publication, ‘An eater and shorter version ofthe fst chap ter of this book appeared inthe Yale Law journal, June 1989. INTRODUCTION ‘When is» disaster a misfortune and when i it an Injustice? Intuitively the answer seams quite obvi- ‘us. If the dreadful event is cused by the external forces of nature, sis a misfortune and we must resign ourselves tour suffering, Should, however, Some intentioned agent, human or superat ‘al, have brought it aboot, then it aa injustice and we may express indignation and outrage. Asit happens, in actual experience this distinction, to which we cing so fervent, does not mean very ‘much, The reasons become clear enough when we recall that whats treated a8 unavoidable and natu ‘al, and what is regarded as controllable and socal, fs often a matter of technology and of ideology or interpretation, The perceptions of victims and of ‘those who, however remotely, might be vitimiz crs, tend tobe quite diferent. Neither the fats noe their meaning willbe experience inthe same way by the afficted as by mere observers or by those who might have averted or mitigate the sueing “These people ate to far apart 9 see things in the same way 'Nor isthe line between the human and the nat- ural altogether relevant, Culture, in its perasve- ress, may act upon us in much the same way as the natural envionment does, and it is certainly ro esier—indeed it may be harder —to contro and ate The ‘most obvious example is pigmentation, which is certainly nati ‘al, butnothing else aboutbeing dati-skinned in Ameria Black in America social, nota natural condition. And at various times some have regarded dark skinas.a misfortune, some aways ‘new it to bean injustice, and nota few treated i as both, With ‘hat in mind i would sce hat the line between man and nonkhuman causes may not matter very much’ Instead, 1 shall ‘gee, the itference between misfortune and injustice quently involves ou willingness and our capacity to ator not to at ‘chal ofthe vitins, to blame of 1 absolve, to help, mitigate and compensate, or to just ten away. The notion that there ‘tpl and stable rule to separate the twoisa demand for + moral Security which ike 0 many others, cannot be satinfied. That docs ot mean that Wwe should abolish the dstinetion or become ‘esgned tal ou ills, but it does suggest that wwe shoul econ sider tad, especially tke anew look a injustice, cach turbguae suey natural event, but hat isnot al hat or wilin fact be said about it alot of damage is done and ‘Tany People perish wil be considered an injustice aswell an x sme gute diferent reasons, The religous wll blame Good “Weare not more wid than ther cut for punishment?” And even more specially, "why my child?” Among the lsd eae sty oa levout victims, a ASHE simply sy “nature cruel but they would nt be » because a random, atitrary word is hard to bere ‘no swift transportation for he injured. Many wil ie who might have been saved. Where had their axes gone ta? Squandered on an expensive space program that was of no particular benefit them, they might say While this isan imaginary casei bears a certain resemblance tothe recent earthquake in Armenia, but something less extreme js not unimaginable in any part ofthe world have only slighty ‘exaggerated the prevalence of simple active injustice here, com- mitted by crooks and corrupt oficas. Noone would try to exon fate them, and, indeed, politicians will hasten to heap blame "upon them. The less culpable governmental agent, who might swell beacuse of neglecting the vitms by simply following r= ine, would, however stess tat ths was a natural and unawoid- tle disaster and that given the many other demands epon their limited resources, they had done their best, and more. To he ey “why us?” they would say, “e's unfair” which is also the favor ite evasion of passively unjust citizens, the people who just stand around and do nothing cal in the bei that “it could not be helped” The victims would not have accepted excuses of “neces sity” and inevitability They would have sen injustice and cried ‘ut in anger and they would have been quite right to do so, because there was.a human, political element inthe disaster. And ina free, constitutional democracy especialy in which public Authonties are supposed to be responsive and accountable to the taxpayers, the outrage ofthe victims on such dramatic occasions isrightin itself, as wells being contribution tothe public good, ince it might improve offical conduct when the next disaster ‘occurs. From the point of view ofthe victims and those who sympathize with them, what began as a natural disaster was in is flleffets a public injustice. Gven their expectations of eur rent technology and bebe n politcal equality these citizens would and should vent their outrage upon te established authorities in the hope of atleast making them more efficent and careful and less amogant nove and in the fature “To take the victims’ views seriously, does not, however, mean that they ae always right when they perceive justice. We often 4 tntdcton Sane oun and eich ther fr no ged ren. fe weasel we el gly es me nee pre, ‘we tne anyone who seems mor oun han une When aces a atl ce, tay not be he a a Ga ofthe dates our pnts nose ese eso aur om pa acs, bt mot ws Wl Bans oo alo say aa mire ene tte at ng that oul appen To ct me may see one sack eel a, ugh hardy Bee att: hee ates wen tse bat noon espe: uly a egal inno eters tanning cae Ser bone whe ch highs ncn ree ‘haben id hat we demanding ee tac ene sn wos the ver common inpube tose outer he ene ae und. Wout me st lose the arden ofneviaity both ced on oe al It ay ‘may be rue that wrongdoing by private and public org way of rationalizing our reactions to potential and actual isa ters? do not see how we could ever do that. Surely its psycho- logically unthinkable that we ould ever desist from casting blame "upon these who have injured us and who have disappointed our soci expectations. How could we cept rleless word in which things ust happened tows? Even blaming oneself s moc oer be than folding up infront of so absurd if. As ong os we have 8 sense of injustice, we will want not only t understand the forces that cause us prin but also to hold thems responsible for iti we ean identify them, How punitive we shoud be quite another question, and it would take an additonal book to cn ser it adequately Tobe sure, the objects of our suspicions do constantly alte ‘Werno longer Blame witches for our personal misfortunes, 35 we id unt a ew centuries ago. Some misfortunes ofthe past how: ‘ver, are now injustices, such as infant mortality and famines, which ae caused mainly by puble corruption ad indifference [Nevertheless though its undoubtedly changeable and inde ite, the diference between misfortune and injustice will not go ‘ay, and there are good pubic reasons why we should retain it We need it not only to make sense of our experiences but abo to control and restrain the public sources of danger to our safety and security. But we must recognize that the line of separa tion between injustice and misfortune isa politcal choice, not simple role that can be taken as a given. The question i, thus, ‘ot whether to draw a line between them at al, But wher to do 50 in order both to enhance responsibility nd to avoid random ‘etalon. ‘Accusations of injustice are often the soe resort open, not ony the victims, bu tall ctizens who have an interest in main laining high standards of public service and rectitude. They can also discourage passive injustice, which isthe refusal of both cas and of private citizen to prevent acts of wrongdoing when they could and should da so. tis a notin as old 2s Cicero that hullenges mos of us, who would prefer todo nothing, by emind- ‘ng us that we ma, in effect, be contributing to injustices. Not ‘everything that aff vitims is jst bad ack, an alert citizens and oficial an do much to alleviate and prevent injustice By passive injustice Ido not mean our habitual indifference to the misery of hers, but afar more limited and specifically civic failure to stop private and pubic acts of injustice. The possibility of such preventive ci acivty fy fr eterna fe soe ‘tan in feorien and ethan ones so shal eat as {pt of he baton of cizens of consintonaldemoxraces ly. And indeed aithogh shal dw examples fom many cs end ines, this whe books ely abut Ameri ot Because tthe most unjent sc by any means ut because now test and becuse one might wel ot nes ge at {nes county when one writes soutien Aner ss, mareoes tha the charac oferty has aay ea, and remains, a matter of daily discussion. As citizens, we are stunts, when So not po nes hen we lk the ae ay hen nese heating adn thet, when eet pie crapion and when we ty ‘ccept asta we ead unt, ue el be servants are een more ely wo be pase unis being by taining ingot ouside he lesan votes ‘feos and pers sao antagonneUer supern ome he dl cnc Tere se 3 ot de to naturlferces oro apareaay nat opto ut to many hands in genera who need to Be tnd con ‘tan fh pose conseqencsolhrinacton Many sel oat and doctors knew that lite Joshue DeShaney’ eter ‘tet einghin ral al sevorer “day ected {hee incidents her flesh she did athe ove ak {he sul that ie now perminenty brn dase. ces ‘esas any that a modern state can commit "Nevertheless, ome could say that the child was the vicki of a Ineducion 7 misfortune, first to have sch a father then 40 fll hough the cracks —to use a fitingly impersonal metaphor—of the system. ‘One might goon to argue that no sate has any business to intr ferein ay fil even this on, since the rlations within itarea holly private mater. In truth the line separating the private fom the public sphere iseven more uncertain than the one drawn between misfortunes and injustices. Ti, 00 isa political cic, depending on ideology and deep cultural habits of mind. Need ‘one eal that unt very recently twas genezall taken for granted that a white primary was a private arrangement? Anyone who ‘thought otherwise was giving way to sudjetie personal atitudes. Any fe citizen must insist that ain be drawn somewhere bbenween the private and the public so that the state will be pro- Init from entering into the many aspects of our lives where ‘wehave the right to actas we choose. The exact point ofits exc son i, however, historically movable, and few are the liberals, ‘who would now treat domestic violence against women and hil dren asa protected private sphere. The way to decide when an Injustice isso evident ato require iizens and ofa to inter: fereannot, however, be found in the dferenc between pubily recognized injustices and merely subjective reactions. That di tinction is, i fat, ne more secure and no les political, than thot ‘eween nature and culture or between the objective and the sub> isctive view It isa question of who has the power to define the meaning of actions ‘What usully passes for validated injustice san act that goes against some known legal or ethical rule. Only a victim whose ‘complains match the rule governed prohibitions has suffered an injustice. Wf there is no fit, iis only a matter of the vit’ sub jective reactions, a misfortune, and not rally unjust, She may not be Iying of mistaken about the facts, though that 10 be Suspected, but she has misdefined her experience, Her expects tions were groundless, Not ony does this procedure miss good. deal about what iis like to sue justice, I also assumes 3 Stability of perspectives that is ust not there. Who exactly i 0 decide what does and what docs not constitute a valid expect son Tea of cnt ay dos wel enough forthe sons deg cvs tlhe aes te a eons cat there hat have oting fo do wih conocer bisa promis ets sume tht he vii sexpecatonsmay othe een ‘oped sal byte who eo she cae Be {rover ipertal rer Toy may ton Deepa 7 Istindeand may edhe bc hed up as uch sen of her oi eli tienen 90 tau sec ups in eft under Crow a To Rove ined ha ck Aran ies mighexpe han xy themes n white er weld have app a ssid expectton, an epesin ola eee ne. Ystray ks al aay fly and a Norissosal chang the ol rene hep sat Iudgmens Te repr of wine fo cet the peoh Oxy perception te ptt persona sn pus el sep otrntpreve acral elie sn Sry ai ‘el tno. et weal pend ta the a one ‘cont os what alpen nd wth 9S ‘as amirune eran We nec oes to us ep pyle ans, at nt Be we ct itt ein Knowle Ne ital he ina al se. That ny my sepes aoe ae ‘Ricco mye mache Sed Sompocretcuopin cu dy ean a 1 eine pt na nthe scence te nse Rammestatee oe ee ‘xchoteranstou lot tan we nace eae faz in Fors vy fan at wes ey hot y, UBustine, and Montaigne thought, and I shall begin this Say mang tn dub wih ey aes howe be mae modest nd moe poll on ane to Simpy toshow hat none othe eal ul ne anaidequate account of injustice because they cling tothe ground- less tit that we can know and draw a stable an rigid distne- tion between the unjust and he unfortunate. Moeeover this belief inclines us to ignore passive injustice, the victim's sense of injus- tee, and ultimately the ful, complex, and enduring character of Injustice as a social phenomenon, ‘Consider the celebrated case of Bade Pick, The facts. a8 they appear in Dickens's Pickuik Ppes ate a5 follows. Mr. Pck- ‘wick has been renting rooms from the widow Brdell for some time when he suddenly decides to hire a manservant. Owing his utr inability to express himself leary and simpy, he sie “Mrs, Bardel the impression that hei proposing mariage 0 her ‘wher he was trying ote er of his new domestic arrangements. “Anyone eading his speech can see at once that she might isin terpret his remarks, expedally ifthe wish was mother tothe thought, She is “a confiding female” and though an excellent wok, none too bright. In any event, she isso overcome by his ‘words that she faints into is arms just as his rend ener the room. They se ahighly embarrassing scene and cough lisrety As they would duly testify, “She cetainly was reining in his arms." This is Vieloran England and Mrs. Bardell hasbeen com promised and so has Pickwick Although there are three reliable witnesses who have sen Pick wick embracing Mes. Bardel, wear the only people who really now what happened, Dickens and his readers, who tke God have created all these people, are omniscient, We know ever thing and we are so remote from the events that we canbe totally lmapatal, This is never posible sn eal fe as the eat skeptics hve reminded us ll along, As ordinary people we areal nthe Same position as Pickwick's and Mes. Bardel’ fends, who have ‘every reason to believe thatit was no accident that she wos rec ingin his arms. Yee we go right on acting asif we knew 98 much about those whom we judge a God does. Inthe event, snot fesy fo decide who was and who was not unjust, even with all the unnaturally complete information at our disposal ‘Mrs, Bardell’ and Pickwick experience of injustice has hardly 10 tntodsion ep, Peseta pr of syste lnwyers, Dodson and Foxe tle ons Bardel"on apc” oracotingeny esa in he United States, andthe sues kwh foreach prom ie The jay eos out Mir. Brdel and the witness to het son. On the evidence avaible to them they could not pss By have decked anyother way thant hl fr Mis uel, td seb aarded oie sum a damages, We beng crmicen ofcuse, know that ths isan just vei, ees Fekwk id ot propor to her But even hs ends cee “se i whl Pak campiine he oe ambiguous eases, when a ruler must act dishonorably, how he does so and in what sprit makes all the diference. "When by ‘ngent circumstances, or some sudden and unexpected ever, & rulers obliged, for reason of state necesito shuffle out of fis word and break his faith. he must regard it as toe of the divine rod... is indeed a misfortune” Suchastain upon one’s fronted. For all ts realm, necessity ws abet emerge oy inthe wake of far nore fala eologies. Uni cet Mare stand Darwinian philosophies of history reintroduced ron neces ‘ties nto politics, which justified measuretess slaughter In Ame ke, even before Darwin's work was raped for rast purposes 'srographical and biological necessity doomed the naive Amer in population to “removal.” the present state of our country” the House Committee on Indian Attire forecast in 1818, “one of two things seems] tobe rscesar. iter that those sons of the forest be eiviized or exter ‘minated” Nothing can be more revealing than Senator Thomas Hae Bentons celebrated words on the same subject. "Chia tion or extinction has been the fate of all people who have found themselves in the track of advancing whites” was necesty ‘edd not egret. These wellknown samples of poical nectar) should remind us that nothing es wl bring us otal numa ‘ty 0€ loss of tational retains. Can anyone forge the com ‘tring forces of manifest destiny that leds into Mexico, Cab, and the Philippines? Ths specch by Rep. Samuel 8, Con of OFS ‘in 159 was typical. “Theresa from which noone can escape, that the weaker and disorganized nations must be abworbed by the strong and organized nations. Nationalities of inferior grade "ust surrender to those of superior cvization and poli! The Mexican races must obey the law of nature” Even John Quincy ‘Adams thought that there were “laws of political gravitation” “Cuba can gravitate only toward the North Ametiean Union. which by the same las cannet cas her off rom its bosom. Given the dates ofthese commonplace sentiments, thete 6 m0 ‘aint in pinning the blame on Darwin, The phrase the suri! of the its was simply added as an ornament tolong standing ds Pestons. Physical necessity was aleady in place to overcome ‘conflicting politica urges andthe by.no-meens silent opposition {0 these policies, Indeed, one may well suspect that itn eee ‘exietes where there i vigorous opposition to wale polices thatthe argument of necessity is loudest, but that sna the cave Wis the stape item of ideologial discourse everywhere, Although necesstyhasaways been the favorite word of foreign Policy specialists, they have certainly not memopolied it use, Advocates ofthe fre matt valu ound ple itn te fxpuents amino way judging the coo aly ofthese orany other economic dctns tnd shal i yl oom Sidergonly the poll impatons, special ter rotons efsocial necesita nut The ie make, be Sselicent animes, but tds ot mean allo ets treabve pital gent Thy may beth ono or nae ‘bl miortines Some maybe esl psec ora test ar not beyond human cml some may eo iio ‘oor to change tu espense does notconetaeinponty The greatest gelato on our plea opine aco ingtotheheraran creche meebo anny ve do not have a prey fee ark, Cap, Mit Fdnan ‘ine ot itl sufcent teour edo, prov sa {nd cot Rasa show butts anably ec condo AmecanFint Amendment ight epenent pone pos ty atnding tena npaynent when pi rate re hwo input ti gree wee ‘ple othe pent san apc of pur con we them iemsonunly enya roe tanctns the govenment interes with he ite ster smust low thre ound abe a compete os of prope Ande. Ts conelsondepensmoreon thew hen Cyan the goverinent—oy owerentare defined than otras Thats hy acon Soviet shld together by adele ad and any gone tent that does more than scare property ane the ras thea ofthe mart sue invite a clups the lance etapeement, Sach dup of eros ol bonds il ead toamad scramble nests an endinchs taery st be encurge, ehh far rm dangers gas iexpases ise what orto goverment acy Ce ec ‘its amp fn enone pers rave he ober oppesive, peel and coe then iene nd meta hone edranc te ‘omer can prevent the ump iyanny™ 76 Misrtune an Inustie oe thee san acco rence mise nd ars boo, hs not el fat ion spat om ee inerabie iments fiery ta eve sth opel ico undead bh fences a fe ma ofthe misortane itera, ne must tar tome eck by Fei Hayek In The Ming el Juste here and deat ak whether the misrtues that th peso sco my must cus can be regarded sun Whe hese het thi not the case, he has eran ot eroded sty of the sess ois positon Inthe, ange = We nee th ie mart othe “spontaneous ae Hay ca ne cur remedaeornce, Tho fone ignorance that she acest bie oor Soomlege o market warns Indus mate te mc ecsonin tran fh ute th ne depenison heh feos other prs Wea nol mee yan inl tty on uno han Nett ‘itis nor cautions pty appear oe ot soy ae a citing the wking of he and maya dey not becuse we alo hin scenic but brant oon Weare letin he dak as me make cur cheers Inspteo Hye, aa sol gnoance dw not yl any specie infeenes. Tete wo way king Wh We mld dots Of pet uncertainty but theres ntl ob ‘Pontes, or any ether fer The most poate overs ovldbe puny since theron erence ned {Tpke inno projec tke fw rasan fos Me pove, hg would kw the criminal lw and wha eure a ne sy bth wouldnt beenogho pe emseon stots um. Having inertia whch ose cen Soni ey far fr alr, Bt mths pe leo no Preity cane ring about ponerse ved gee SEeeeepraton gn meen ee 2 parc diction, though tmedty scan te ee plausible. : . Hayek vision of aye ignorance, it must be repeated is nota phi sophicl skepticism, stich as Pat's or Montaigne’ Its highly Selective He believes that we do, infact, know a great deal, spe ally about the course of ou history It ean evoltonary cul ‘ural process in which individuals spontaneously and function: ally adapt to changes in oder to maintain the order ofthe whole We know sehat is and isnot functional n shor. The invisible hand is thas not jst an explanation of comple soil patterns ‘hat are the outcome of human decisions but not of expt ind- dual designs.” Itcan also be used o predict the future ofthe whole order Anat sternly points tothe stiflimits of what sand whats not possible. In specific detail the operations ofthe hand ae inexplicable, given our ignorance, but we ean recognize the whole and predict accurately how twill behave inthe future, ‘specially if we do not obits demands, The certain punish ment for disobedience i tyranny. “The spontaneous order isa game of pre chance, and we can not personally guess what to expect. All we need and ought Ihave are clear, general rules of personal condt and ownership ‘hat make fe tolrably prediclable and maintain the game ie This isthe “rule of law” and it consists of general directives ke the rules of the road, but nothing speci Its nt, ora east should not, be deliberately made by human legislators. It has been the positivist’, especially Hans Kelsn’s unfortunately self falling prophecy that makes us actualy legislate, rather than ‘merely record, the rues that emerge in the integrative evolution ty process. The tak of general rules ito help people toadap to ‘volutionary changes that ate not planed but are wholly spon neous emanations ofa multitude of inaivdually blind ations Although Hayek has many harsh things to say abot people who cannot shake off ther inherited animist superstitions, his ‘ew of aw asa self woven nets, ashe recognizes, deeply tra Yona In this he is not wnlike Michael Oskeshot. who thinks that we can have a good society, but only if we Teave government 10 people who have had 3 least the generations to acquire the ‘habits of conduct required forthe task. * For it des not all for skills or general des, ost for an inherited capacity 10 recognize 78 Mfume ae Injustice he itmations of one's scty and to ast upon those share understandings Sucha government would know tat thas ingto dstbute and these cannot be sponte oper juste Honor fice, and wealth ae not at pol merely reais nuitvey othe trations «pope, ot al 219 pln orachiw any spec esals, but mercy talon ey one urs thr chosen ars ina play hatha noah sa that appears sinply to beter I we do nt sco the sept ithas developed over in, we wl ace taster of ht wat 4d trary are the most vcs That these wee a et in ancient Geese and Rome, nor in medial England, tot ‘mentioned. ta ‘This inng of taonals polis ore make economic Sar om new: Wiliam Graham Sumner’ akon ess Ny eral account fh possibly fering sel ant i was eventually wren into our onsttaions! le the Supreme Courts decison nis Foon ofunlmentad nee 0. Not that Sumer lacked! moral fervor He thought tat he Iarkt selected the vious for wealth and thee dow the inelicent a they deserved. Milknnes were choc ore wots and we all benefit om i Asha often been ote, i version fhe ive hand bora dove esenblans she Pos ‘ene of is Calvinist rcienn | In his way, Milton Friedman echoes him when he war tha ahough racism is "bad taste? it ean be tduned nly bp “el pes, not yon ae soit Moree sl "orb onaivea fo suppose that deopseted ales ond lel canbe uprooted. bya The ats ofthe re kth hie lis “atomiatatin” of sackty thin the spntanous order 7 ‘shoul fin this traditionalism reassuring, The cumulative ‘fle. given how rigid the rules ofthe game itself must be, rually to eliminate socal choice, And inthe real of necesty itis absurd to complain of injustice, 1 isnot only that distributive justice is a “mitage” to use Hayek’ term, injustice is a necesary and inherent part of the ‘sPontancous society When the established expectations of ind ‘duals re isappinted they may wal that hey arse ing an injustice, bat they ae wrong It is merely 3 misorane Hayek specifically takes Willim Graham Sumner to tak for There is erly Slot of disagreement about where the ines tobe drawn in any ‘prac cae of need, and peopl ile in heir sense of rs ‘¢-Racsm ad aba Blocked opportunities are the ge rl injustices that are widely resognized 36 such. Tht is what ‘he word discrimination means, hat someone as been depaved farighton fant an untae grounds, The two most om son pine of justice, nee and meri ae ntso mucha wir her at deployed asthe ocasion seems to demand. Someties "ed determines who ff et what at ther times itis met. depends on which amore obviosto the naked marae, which Sa ue sees plc in personal 3 Felate deprivation im America tends tobe a personal e2 ton aroused when someone prety much ike oneself ges some thingone alco wants and fel quay ented, In more deply sedivided societies, fein of group and collective relative

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