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The Long View 2002-02-19: Show Trials

Thomas Sowell wrote a book that this blog entry brings to mind, The Quest for Cosmic Justice. Sowell argued that the search for ultimate justice always seems to end in even greater injustice. I tend to see Sowell's argument in Thomistic terms now. We fallen creatures cannot ensure
Benjamin Espen Jun 1, 2014

Co-dependence of Natural Law and Positive Law

-Positive law needs natural law in order to be law at all, in the sense that an unjust law is not a sort of law; but natural law needs positive law in order to be law at all, in the sense that law has to be applied in concrete circumstances.
Benjamin Espen Dec 22, 2012

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