The dilemma

Perhaps humanity is returning to a night of the ages? The prolonged erosion of any assumption of transcendence confronts us with a dilemma. If there is a higher good, what is it? But if there is nothing on which to base the world, what is the meaning of our days? If it is true as Mersheimer says that the liberal state is one where there is no agreement on foundational values, it is also true that sooner or later, this neglect of reflection on universal first values creates a slight crack , an imperceptible fissure that then enlarges until the great social dam collapses.

Law as Social Software

Justice and Order

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1199 words  |  Riccardo Colasanti

The ordinary person, the one who is not an expert and has not studied the “sacred texts” of law believes that the essence of the law is justice. Concept that seems self-evident. Of course, people know that there can be problems. Corrupt judges or politicians can use the law to commit injustice, and use their power for sleazy self-interest. But this only indicates a disease, a pathology of the system. [Read More]
Natural Law  Positive Law  Justice  ideology