A question prompted anew by Thomas Sowell’s The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy: Imagine a municipality which levied taxes in order to pay for a state-supported brothel. Think of it like a public park. Also imagine that the workers in the brothel are conscripted. Think of it like the military draft. Now imagine a society where 51% of the people think that such State Brothels are a good idea and 49% think they are morally repugnant. What should that … [Read more...] about Conflicting Visions
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