All men are palpably not created equal, in any practical way, being endowed with various deficits and advantages, except in this one respect: All may choose their moral commitments. All must choose. 2 This right-to make a moral life-is "unalienable" because it cannot be sold or given away. Even if the chooser is in bondage, he is independent in this

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