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Quotation from The Science of Right by Immanuel Kant
“But all these alleged good purposes cannot wash out the stain of injustice in the means employed to attain them”
The Science of Right, Part II, § 62, trans. W. Hastie (1887)
Kant rejects the justification of seizing nomadic peoples' lands by force on the plea of civilizing them or ridding Europe of criminals; settlement on such lands requires contract.
Citation: "But all these alleged good purposes cannot wash out the stain of injustice in the means employed to attain them" — Immanuel Kant, The Science of Right, Part II, § 62, trans. W. Hastie (1887). (id kant-science-of-right-q13)
