Can Unjust Laws Be Legitimate? A Conversation with Jonathan Quong
Can a law be unjust and still be legitimate? And if we believe a law is unjust, does that mean the state has no right to enforce it? He explains why disagreement about justice is an unavoidable part of living together in free and pluralistic societies, and why even well-functioning democracies will inevitably produce laws and policies that some of us have good reason to regard as unjust. How, then, should societies deal with these unavoidable political mistakes?
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Can Unjust Laws Be Legitimate? A Conversation with Jonathan Quong
Can a law be unjust and still be legitimate? And if we believe a law is unjust, does that mean the state has no right to enforce it? He explains why disagreement about justice is an unavoidable [...]
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