THE SPINE JANUARY 5, 2010
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And maybe you don't know. It's about justice and punishment. Or, more aptly, about the self-preservation of society and commutative justice.
The argument comes from Leo Strauss, Natural Right and History, pp. 160-161.
This is an invitation to a debate.
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