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J. S. Mill’s effete and elitist rescue operation
How can we preserve individual liberty while at the same time protect public health and safety? In my previous post, we saw a new type of solution to the paradox of politics: replace liberty with utility. On this view, which … Continue reading
Is legal positivism finally dead?
Legal positivism is an influential descriptive theory of law; its main claim, in brief, is that law and morality are separate. Along comes David Gray Carlson, a law professor at Yeshiva University, who recently published this thought-provoking paper on “Legal Positivism and Russell’s … Continue reading
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