Sublime

A free society cannot be maintained without an ethics of rational self-interest. Neither can it be maintained except by men and women who have achieved a healthy level of self-esteem. And a healthy level of self-esteem cannot be maintained without a willingness to assert—and, if necessary, fight for—our right to exist. It is on this point that issu

The argument is absurd, but only because it rejects any coexistence of contradictions in time or space: it thereby confirms Berlin’s claim that not all praiseworthy things are simultaneously possible. And that learning to live within that condition—let’s call it history—requires adaptation to incompatibles. That’s where grand strategy helps. For “i

Assistance with the prosecution (a simple form of legal aid) is promised to those who needed it, as foreigners might well do.

This concept of justice, I am persuaded, provides the best possible foundation for social cooperation, benevolence, and mutual aid. Reflecting a commitment to self-responsibility, it fosters the growth of individualism but not of narcissism. It reminds us that other people do not exist to satisfy our needs and wants; they are not our servants, as w

Pour décrire la forme particulière des droits promue par les néolibéraux, j’emprunte à Hayek son expression de « droits du xenos ». Dans son dernier ouvrage publié, il évoque l’institution du xenos, ou ami-invité, dans la Grèce ancienne, « qui assurait l’admission et la protection de l’individu à l’intérieur d’un territoire étranger ». Selon Hayek,

The freedom to decide what is my own good is enshrined in Justice Anthony Kennedy’s majority opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992): “At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.”

is essential that it should know it is in Palestine as of right and not on sufferance. That is the reason why it is necessary that the existence of a Jewish National Home in Palestine should be internationally guaranteed,

theologian Thomas Berry, this model identifies the anthropocentric bias of existing legal structures as it seeks more equitable remedies for both people and ecosystems. The Center for Earth Jurisprudence

Rosanvallon offers three paths toward legitimacy, both for democratic and for counter-democratic institutions. First, an institution is legitimate if it enjoys majority support. This reads as an extension of electoral democracy: if the majority of people voted for a candidate, she should hold office; if a similar majority believe in a free and inde