Beef on Nostr: This logic is sound, but paper thin. Man is capable of reason, but Man is not a ...

This logic is sound, but paper thin. Man is capable of reason, but Man is not a rational animal. Man is, first and foremost, a passionate animal; Most men don't listen to reason.

"He who lives in obedience to passion cannot hear any advice that would dissuade him, nor understand it if he did ... Passion does not yield to Reason but to brute force."
Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics

This is the reason why authority must exist. And if authority exists, it must be just, else it defeats the purpose.