Comments on: Objectivism on Legislative Authority http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2004/11/18/objectivism-on-legislative-authority/ The Sweet Release of Reason Tue, 22 May 2012 20:28:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Steve http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2004/11/18/objectivism-on-legislative-authority/#comment-2209 Steve Fri, 26 Nov 2004 17:59:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=549#comment-2209 Rand explicitly stated that she wasn't interested in working out specific configurations for ideal government, only identifying broad principles. For example, she explicitly declined to weigh in on precisely how taxes for legitimate government should be collected, while acknowledging that it would have to be "somehow". There seems to me to be a principle at work of identifying _minimal_ conditions for a just society, similar to the way mathematicians seek the weakest conditions under which a given condition would always hold. For that reason, I don't think the lack of comment on specfic configurations should be read as ruling it out. She also says that by definition, objective law has to be something written down that everyone can look at and evaluate, so the existence of some type of legislative function seems to be implied. HTH. Rand explicitly stated that she wasn’t interested in working out specific configurations for ideal government, only identifying broad principles. For example, she explicitly declined to weigh in on precisely how taxes for legitimate government should be collected, while acknowledging that it would have to be “somehow”. There seems to me to be a principle at work of identifying _minimal_ conditions for a just society, similar to the way mathematicians seek the weakest conditions under which a given condition would always hold. For that reason, I don’t think the lack of comment on specfic configurations should be read as ruling it out. She also says that by definition, objective law has to be something written down that everyone can look at and evaluate, so the existence of some type of legislative function seems to be implied. HTH.

]]> By: Steve http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2004/11/18/objectivism-on-legislative-authority/#comment-2210 Steve Fri, 26 Nov 2004 17:59:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=549#comment-2210 Rand explicitly stated that she wasn't interested in working out specific configurations for ideal government, only identifying broad principles. For example, she explicitly declined to weigh in on precisely how taxes for legitimate government should be collected, while acknowledging that it would have to be "somehow". There seems to me to be a principle at work of identifying _minimal_ conditions for a just society, similar to the way mathematicians seek the weakest conditions under which a given condition would always hold. For that reason, I don't think the lack of comment on specfic configurations should be read as ruling it out. She also says that by definition, objective law has to be something written down that everyone can look at and evaluate, so the existence of some type of legislative function seems to be implied. HTH. Rand explicitly stated that she wasn’t interested in working out specific configurations for ideal government, only identifying broad principles. For example, she explicitly declined to weigh in on precisely how taxes for legitimate government should be collected, while acknowledging that it would have to be “somehow”. There seems to me to be a principle at work of identifying _minimal_ conditions for a just society, similar to the way mathematicians seek the weakest conditions under which a given condition would always hold. For that reason, I don’t think the lack of comment on specfic configurations should be read as ruling it out. She also says that by definition, objective law has to be something written down that everyone can look at and evaluate, so the existence of some type of legislative function seems to be implied. HTH.

]]> By: Ben Bargagliotti http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2004/11/18/objectivism-on-legislative-authority/#comment-2207 Ben Bargagliotti Sun, 21 Nov 2004 20:53:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=549#comment-2207 I have read just about all of Rand's non-fiction and I can't remember anything off the top of my head that addressed legistlators. My own opinion would agree with you that the idea that the purpose of the government is just to protect us from others is true. Your question is then, what is the point of laws? We could throw out all laws and have people come before a court where a judge would decide if one person wronged another on a case by case basis, but it is more efficient to have legislators pass a law saying "you must abide by a contract" or "you can't kill each other just because." These laws act as a standard of action and a deterant for those people who might believe that certain actions might be alright. In everday interactions, it may be the rule that it is better to ask forgiveness than permission, but if our entire society were required to appeal to a court for every single wrong, it would be quite inefficient and time consuming I have read just about all of Rand’s non-fiction and I can’t remember anything off the top of my head that addressed legistlators. My own opinion would agree with you that the idea that the purpose of the government is just to protect us from others is true. Your question is then, what is the point of laws? We could throw out all laws and have people come before a court where a judge would decide if one person wronged another on a case by case basis, but it is more efficient to have legislators pass a law saying “you must abide by a contract” or “you can’t kill each other just because.” These laws act as a standard of action and a deterant for those people who might believe that certain actions might be alright. In everday interactions, it may be the rule that it is better to ask forgiveness than permission, but if our entire society were required to appeal to a court for every single wrong, it would be quite inefficient and time consuming

]]> By: Ben Bargagliotti http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2004/11/18/objectivism-on-legislative-authority/#comment-2208 Ben Bargagliotti Sun, 21 Nov 2004 20:53:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=549#comment-2208 I have read just about all of Rand's non-fiction and I can't remember anything off the top of my head that addressed legistlators. My own opinion would agree with you that the idea that the purpose of the government is just to protect us from others is true. Your question is then, what is the point of laws? We could throw out all laws and have people come before a court where a judge would decide if one person wronged another on a case by case basis, but it is more efficient to have legislators pass a law saying "you must abide by a contract" or "you can't kill each other just because." These laws act as a standard of action and a deterant for those people who might believe that certain actions might be alright. In everday interactions, it may be the rule that it is better to ask forgiveness than permission, but if our entire society were required to appeal to a court for every single wrong, it would be quite inefficient and time consuming I have read just about all of Rand’s non-fiction and I can’t remember anything off the top of my head that addressed legistlators. My own opinion would agree with you that the idea that the purpose of the government is just to protect us from others is true. Your question is then, what is the point of laws? We could throw out all laws and have people come before a court where a judge would decide if one person wronged another on a case by case basis, but it is more efficient to have legislators pass a law saying “you must abide by a contract” or “you can’t kill each other just because.” These laws act as a standard of action and a deterant for those people who might believe that certain actions might be alright. In everday interactions, it may be the rule that it is better to ask forgiveness than permission, but if our entire society were required to appeal to a court for every single wrong, it would be quite inefficient and time consuming

]]> By: Ben Bargagliotti http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2004/11/18/objectivism-on-legislative-authority/#comment-2203 Ben Bargagliotti Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=549#comment-2203 I have read just about all of Rand's non-fiction and I can't remember anything off the top of my head that addressed legistlators. My own opinion would agree with you that the idea that the purpose of the government is just to protect us from others is true. Your question is then, what is the point of laws? We could throw out all laws and have people come before a court where a judge would decide if one person wronged another on a case by case basis, but it is more efficient to have legislators pass a law saying "you must abide by a contract" or "you can't kill each other just because." These laws act as a standard of action and a deterant for those people who might believe that certain actions might be alright. In everday interactions, it may be the rule that it is better to ask forgiveness than permission, but if our entire society were required to appeal to a court for every single wrong, it would be quite inefficient and time consuming I have read just about all of Rand’s non-fiction and I can’t remember anything off the top of my head that addressed legistlators. My own opinion would agree with you that the idea that the purpose of the government is just to protect us from others is true. Your question is then, what is the point of laws? We could throw out all laws and have people come before a court where a judge would decide if one person wronged another on a case by case basis, but it is more efficient to have legislators pass a law saying “you must abide by a contract” or “you can’t kill each other just because.” These laws act as a standard of action and a deterant for those people who might believe that certain actions might be alright. In everday interactions, it may be the rule that it is better to ask forgiveness than permission, but if our entire society were required to appeal to a court for every single wrong, it would be quite inefficient and time consuming

]]> By: Steve http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2004/11/18/objectivism-on-legislative-authority/#comment-2204 Steve Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=549#comment-2204 Rand explicitly stated that she wasn't interested in working out specific configurations for ideal government, only identifying broad principles. For example, she explicitly declined to weigh in on precisely how taxes for legitimate government should be collected, while acknowledging that it would have to be "somehow". There seems to me to be a principle at work of identifying _minimal_ conditions for a just society, similar to the way mathematicians seek the weakest conditions under which a given condition would always hold. For that reason, I don't think the lack of comment on specfic configurations should be read as ruling it out. She also says that by definition, objective law has to be something written down that everyone can look at and evaluate, so the existence of some type of legislative function seems to be implied. HTH. Rand explicitly stated that she wasn’t interested in working out specific configurations for ideal government, only identifying broad principles. For example, she explicitly declined to weigh in on precisely how taxes for legitimate government should be collected, while acknowledging that it would have to be “somehow”. There seems to me to be a principle at work of identifying _minimal_ conditions for a just society, similar to the way mathematicians seek the weakest conditions under which a given condition would always hold. For that reason, I don’t think the lack of comment on specfic configurations should be read as ruling it out. She also says that by definition, objective law has to be something written down that everyone can look at and evaluate, so the existence of some type of legislative function seems to be implied. HTH.

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