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Albert Schweitzer

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Albert Schweitzer: Reverence for Life

  1. IDEA 1

    Reverence for life

    Schweitzer held that ethics begins with respect for all living things. Preserving and promoting life is good; harming it needlessly is evil.

  2. IDEA 2

    Service as gratitude

    A musician and theologian, he trained as a doctor and ran a hospital in Gabon. Privilege brings a duty to serve.

  3. IDEA 3

    Live your ethics

    He let his work speak for his beliefs. Example persuades more than argument.

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