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"From space man stole electricity and then the liquid fuels, to make new allies for himself in th... more "From space man stole electricity and then the liquid fuels, to make new allies for himself in the motors. Man shaped the metals he had conquered and made flexible with fire, to ally himself with his fuels and electricity. He thereby assembled an army of slaves, dangerous and hostile but sufficiently domesticated to carry him swiftly over the curves of the earth." -Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
How do we tend to justify the inequalities we observe in society? In theory, most of us believe t... more How do we tend to justify the inequalities we observe in society? In theory, most of us believe that if all people have had a fair opportunity to succeed, then inequalities in outcome have taken shape because of differentials in effort or talentfactors to which we accord a certain legitimacy as the morally relevant determinants of life prospects.
It is conventional to say that our familiar political doctrine of constitutionalism and limited g... more It is conventional to say that our familiar political doctrine of constitutionalism and limited government has its origins in Enlightenment thought. This is, at best, an oversimplification; the ideational and practical roots of limited government stretch back well into the medieval period. At least as early as the twelfth century, scholars of canon law were reinterpreting traditional theological and legal mores in order to articulate sophisticated models of limited government. Roman law and its medieval interpreters also made space for a variety of moral and procedural restrictions on the license of rulers. In this paper I want to sample a wide
"From space man stole electricity and then the liquid fuels, to make new allies for himself in th... more "From space man stole electricity and then the liquid fuels, to make new allies for himself in the motors. Man shaped the metals he had conquered and made flexible with fire, to ally himself with his fuels and electricity. He thereby assembled an army of slaves, dangerous and hostile but sufficiently domesticated to carry him swiftly over the curves of the earth." -Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
How do we tend to justify the inequalities we observe in society? In theory, most of us believe t... more How do we tend to justify the inequalities we observe in society? In theory, most of us believe that if all people have had a fair opportunity to succeed, then inequalities in outcome have taken shape because of differentials in effort or talentfactors to which we accord a certain legitimacy as the morally relevant determinants of life prospects.
It is conventional to say that our familiar political doctrine of constitutionalism and limited g... more It is conventional to say that our familiar political doctrine of constitutionalism and limited government has its origins in Enlightenment thought. This is, at best, an oversimplification; the ideational and practical roots of limited government stretch back well into the medieval period. At least as early as the twelfth century, scholars of canon law were reinterpreting traditional theological and legal mores in order to articulate sophisticated models of limited government. Roman law and its medieval interpreters also made space for a variety of moral and procedural restrictions on the license of rulers. In this paper I want to sample a wide