http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/03/clint-eastwood-as-rousseaus-lawgiver/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:10:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/03/clint-eastwood-as-rousseaus-lawgiver/comment-page-1/#comment-2996 Victor Muniz Thu, 04 Sep 2003 15:32:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=212#comment-2996 Don't forget Christine Korsgaard's excellent Kantian reading of John Wayne in "The Man who Shot Liberty Valance" ("Taking the Law into Our Own Hands: Kant on the Right to Revolution" in the Festschrift for John Rawls, Reclaiming the History of Ethics). The point is similar: the legal order is founded on an act that is pre- or even anti-legal. The "founder" (Jimmy Stewart) is a fraud, because the real break between outlawry and the civilized order is a (hidden) violent act. In the end, whoever prevails can claim rightful obedience. Don’t forget Christine Korsgaard’s excellent Kantian reading of John Wayne in “The Man who Shot Liberty Valance” (“Taking the Law into Our Own Hands: Kant on the Right to Revolution” in the Festschrift for John Rawls, Reclaiming the History of Ethics). The point is similar: the legal order is founded on an act that is pre- or even anti-legal. The “founder” (Jimmy Stewart) is a fraud, because the real break between outlawry and the civilized order is a (hidden) violent act. In the end, whoever prevails can claim rightful obedience.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/03/clint-eastwood-as-rousseaus-lawgiver/comment-page-1/#comment-2995 Harry Tuttle Wed, 03 Sep 2003 20:45:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=212#comment-2995 Up next, Baruch Spinoza and his influence on the films of Bud Spencer and Terance Hill. Up next, Baruch Spinoza and his influence on the films of Bud Spencer and Terance Hill.

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