Speculation over its original use ranges from human sacrifice and the occult, to ceremonial druidic practices, and has long confused and enraptured historians.

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We must not sacrifice human connection in exchange for the false reality of a purely digital life.

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The only thing I'm saying is you cannot sacrifice a human life, no matter how small, for the benefit of a third party.

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The Objectivist ethics holds that human good does not require human sacrifices and cannot be achieved by the sacrifice of anyone to anyone.

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Unlike Smith, Rand failed to fully recognize that though human beings are not constituted for self-sacrifice, they have an innate need to see others prosper.

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They regard it as unacceptable that scientists should "sacrifice" an embryo, which has the potential for human life, merely to harvest particular cells.

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It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

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"If the life of one animal may endanger other lives or human lives as well, then we must take into account the greater good and sacrifice the individual good, " he said.

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It's hard to be fiscally responsible when we have all these human needs, and we're inheriting enormous deficits and debt, but that's a sacrifice that we're going to have to make.

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