TC95 on Nostr: Laws are contingent. Other than the legal institutions that embody them, they have no ...
Laws are contingent. Other than the legal institutions that embody them, they have no objective, humans-independent reality. But while all laws could’ve been otherwise, what they express may be inscribed onto something universal and unchangable, and which informs the good laws, the ones that are just and worthy for a society to adopt and enact in their institutions. But where would this higher Law come from? How would it be know to exist?
When the first amendment is invoked, are we only referencing a document, something that means nothing past the society it exists within and that wouldn’t of come into being under different social conditions, or are we referring to an objective, universal principle that is captured by a law?
When the first amendment is invoked, are we only referencing a document, something that means nothing past the society it exists within and that wouldn’t of come into being under different social conditions, or are we referring to an objective, universal principle that is captured by a law?