Justice System (Formalized Rationality) Archives

December

In order to create an epistemology, hence enable meaningful social discourse, we require observance of places controlled by power. For that to be, we require independent authority to that power. Why bother with with flapping until this is enabled?

December 15, 2021

In Justice System (Formalized Rationality)

By B

In order to create an epistemology, hence enable meaningful social discourse, we require observance of places controlled by power. For that to be, we require independent authority to that power. Why bother with with flapping until this is enabled? I am sorry, but I take umbrage...

December

How can law and order, which most of the time restrains us, give us the true sense of freedom?

December 13, 2021

In Governance, Justice System (Formalized Rationality)

By B

How can law and order, which most of the time restrains us, give us the true sense of freedom? Well first, the American justice system has, over time, become increasingly oppressive. So often now, the legal system is used to define the terms of the people’s...

October

Is the judiciary system in democracy a failure, as so many cases never get timely conclusion?

October 22, 2021

In Justice System (Formalized Rationality)

By B

Is the judiciary system in democracy a failure, as so many cases never get timely conclusion? Not really. Reason and rationality takes time, especially if the participants persistently attempt to undermine it. I wish it was not true, and people were rational. But then, there would be...

October

Are you concerned that the IRS has too much power?

October 22, 2021

In Governance, Justice System (Formalized Rationality)

By B

Are you concerned that the IRS has too much power? No. I am definitely not concerned. I am alarmed. The IRS has the power to direct its employees to intentionally violate the law. In the worse case, if the tax payer pushes back, the IRS may have...

October

How does the court of public opinion influence the legal/judicial system?

October 13, 2021

In Governance, Justice System (Formalized Rationality)

By B

How does the court of public opinion influence the legal/judicial system? Judges, like all humans, are influenced by everything around them. Some however, are extremely disciplined and resist those external influences. Others, have their misapplication of power checked in the checks and balances of the broader...

September

Why does government need the consent of the governed?

September 14, 2021

In Governance, Justice System (Formalized Rationality)

By B

Why does the government need the confidence of the house? I’ll answer generically, since my answer applies to all governments of the people (not dictatorships). There are several forms of truth (absolute, objective, and subjective). As mere humans, we cannot claim to know absolute truth (key to reason)....

September

If the reality is that no one should do crimes, what is called the deviance from it?

September 1, 2021

In Justice System (Formalized Rationality)

By B

If the reality is that no one should do crimes, what is called the deviance from it? ANSWER: It is irrational to engage in acts that deviate from objective truth. Laws, defining what a crime is, may, or may not, be objective truth. Laws are rules that we, as...

September

Why aren’t people who follow the laws rewarded?

September 1, 2021

In Governance, Justice System (Formalized Rationality)

By B

Why aren't people who follow the laws rewarded? Done correctly, the reward for respecting society’s laws is maximum freedom. But recently, laws are used to manage (historically, that is how they were used too—old habits die hard). We can tell because the laws are not created through...

August

Consent of the governed

August 3, 2021

In Governance, Justice System (Formalized Rationality), Rationality

By B

Quora question: Why should we be subject to the governing authority no matter if they are good or not? This is a great question. I am grateful for it. In political philosophy, the phrase consent of the governed refers to the idea that a government's legitimacy and moral right to use state power is justified...

July

Laws

July 18, 2021

In Justice System (Formalized Rationality)

By B

Are laws just opinions that people think should be facts? If so, what is the point of following laws if they're just some random people's opinions? Laws are definitely not opinions. They are not objective (all stakeholders agreeing as true) truths either. Nevertheless, they are required for a...