The state is an alternative source of legitimacy. Whereas the Christian is de facto one who lives by the authority of God, the statist substitutes state authority for God’s. When God says “x is immoral,” the state says, “pay for a license, and we will make a declaration about x.” The state provides an alternate [...]
An ancient word for today: Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning! (Ecclesiastes 10:16 ESV).
In the field of ethics, two primary approaches have the field. A deontological act is an act that springs from the motivation of duty. A teleological act is one which especially has in view a final goal. Time preference is a term used in Austrian economics in order to indicate that human behavior has to [...]
