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Dostoyevsky: 'Everything is Permitted'
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"If God does not exist, everything is permitted." Who said a version of this?
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Usually attributed to Fyodor Dostoyevsky, particularly through his character Ivan Karamazov.
Explanation
This summarizes the moral argument: without a transcendent lawgiver, there is no objective moral grounding.
Source or basis: Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
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