Articles tagged as Justice
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“What Thomas Aquinas via Harry Jaffa Can Say to the New Right” – Glenn Ellmers in Anchoring Truths
Glenn Ellmers outlines the lessons the New Right can learn from Harry Jaffa’s insights on the need for a “ruling principle” in a political society. Ellmers argues that, while the New Right’s tendency to emphasize the concrete grounds of moral-political life is correct, the movement can’t ignore universal principles of justice—what Aquinas and Aristotle called […] -
“Sentimental Judgments” — Garrett Snedeker at Law & Liberty
Garrett Snedeker analyzes proposed reforms to the criminal justice system as presented in Judge Rakoff’s Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free. Rakoff’s arguments against “mass incarceration,” the death penalty, and the treatment of detainees are dismissive enough to alienate rather than convince his opponents. Some excerpts: “The slim 178-page book is […] -
“The Constitution’s ‘Value Judgements'” — Gerard V. Bradley at Anchoring Truths and Law & Liberty
JWI has launched a collaborative partnership for 2021 with the Liberty Fund’s online journal, Law & Liberty. Led by its Director, Richard Reinsch, Law & Liberty has become one of the premier journals on the right for writing on jurisprudence, politics, and culture. Prof. Hadley Arkes opened our first symposium in February 2021 with “Letter to a […] -
“Toward a New Jurisprudential Consensus: Common Good Originalism” – Josh Hammer in Public Discourse
In an essay for Public Discourse, JWI Affiliated Scholar Josh Hammer implores conservatives to embrace a new approach to originalism that emphasizes the common good. He argues that originalism has become entirely unmoored from conservatism rightly understood, particularly in light of Justice Gorsuch’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County. It must be replaced by a […] -
“Lincoln’s House Divided and Ours”: Justin Dyer in Starting Points
James Wilson Institute Affiliated scholar Justin Dyer published an article in Starting Points. This article was originally presented as remarks for a panel discussion on race, protests, and justice. In his article, Prof. Dyer analyzes Lincoln’s House Divided speech and his principled fight against slavery. He lays out the wisdom that Lincoln can offer to […] -
“Natural Justice and the Amistad”–Professor Justin Dyer in Starting Points
Justin Dyer, Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri and an Affiliated Scholar of JWI, recalls the oral argument of John Quincy Adams in the historic Supreme Court case of United States v. Amistad (1841). In a piece published at Starting Points, a journal of the Kinder Institute, Dyer explains Adams’s use of arguments based […] -
“Revisiting Catholic Social Teaching” –Prof. Arkes in The Catholic Thing
Prof. Hadley Arkes, writing in The Catholic Thing, discusses the Catholic Church’s robust teaching on man’s dignity and free will, teachings which have led the Popes of the 20th Century to consistently speak out against socialism. As Bernie Sanders sings the refrain of socialism in the present day, Catholics, as well as all Americans, may newly consider […]