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The Slavery Of Emancipation, Guyora Binder
The Slavery Of Emancipation, Guyora Binder
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The Thirteenth Amendment abolishes the institution of slavery rather than freeing individual slaves. Yet it quickly came to stand for little more than granting universal rights to make labor contracts and to leave service. This article develops a distinction between abolishing an institution and reclassifying individuals within it. Drawing on the comparative history of slavery, it shows that the institution of slavery has generally included mechanisms for the manumission of slaves and their passage into a liminal status combining self-ownership with social subordination and relative isolation. A critical account of the Antelope litigation shows that proponents of mass manumission still …
Unjust Laws In A Democratic Society: Some Philosophical And Theological Reflections, John M. Finnis
Unjust Laws In A Democratic Society: Some Philosophical And Theological Reflections, John M. Finnis
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Largely rejecting Christian faith and every other recognition of human dependence upon transcendent intelligence and will, our societies are diverging further and further from every type of Christian commonwealth or "civilization of love." In such a situation, one must ask whether Christians involved in politics can have a reasonable expectation of shaping the main lines of public policy and law. Can they expect to do any more than, sometimes, help limit the damage and, always, bear witness to the faith and to the moral truths which are taught by faith?
No Lever And No Place To Stand (A Response To Christopher Shannon), John Henry Schlegel
No Lever And No Place To Stand (A Response To Christopher Shannon), John Henry Schlegel
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