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What is shocking and wrong is not [Lord Devlin's] idea that the community's morality counts, but his idea of what counts as the community's morality.

Ronald Dworkin

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Ronald Dworkin
Age: 81 †
Born: 1931
Born: December 11
Died: 2013
Died: February 14
Law Professor
Lawyer
Philosopher
Worcester
Massachusetts
Ronald Myles Dworkin
Ronald M. Dworkin
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