My Life in Movies
Day: April 1, 2017
Legal Originalism
(16-minute read) Canonization of written law creates three problems over time: social realities and ethical norms naturally evolve to be incongruous with a static legal code, new behaviors and technologies arise that weren’t contemplated by the original authors, and internal inconsistencies in the text come to light. The Hebrew Torah (“law”) exemplifies these problems: Evolution… Read More Legal Originalism
Paternalism, Autonomy, and Milk
(7-minute read) Liberal-minded people love to ridicule the internal inconsistency of right-wing social conservatives: conservatives’ defining values are limited government, individual liberty, and privacy . . . but nonetheless one of their core goals is federal government control over private medical decisions. They deify individual choice and (the myth of) meritocracy . . . but… Read More Paternalism, Autonomy, and Milk