"I would define morality as enlightened self-interest...That old Platonic ideal that there are certain pure moral forms just isn't where we are."

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Source: Chandra's X-ray vision of universe awes, puzzles, www.cnn.com. June 8, 2000.

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Andrew Young

Civil Rights Leader

Andrew Young is a prominent civil rights leader and diplomat known for his role in the Civil Rights Movement and as a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

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