tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post6510622395294980666..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Learned Hand on LibertyThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-20355665658367564602013-01-04T17:12:12.533-08:002013-01-04T17:12:12.533-08:00Cool! Thank you. I'm happy to report that only...Cool! Thank you. I'm happy to report that only the names John Finnis and Brandeis are completely unfamiliar to me. <br />I recently returned to school after 20 years in the construction industry and I was very much ashamed to learn how lazy my thinking had become. In addition to trying to finish a degree before I am 50, I am determined to learn how to think well.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11131927710530023725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-52723393031836155162013-01-04T15:23:21.383-08:002013-01-04T15:23:21.383-08:00Karen, your question led me to looking at some dus...Karen, your question led me to looking at some dusty old materials from years past.<br /><br />Here are a few key names going back to the ancient Greeks and Aristotle.<br /><br />David Hume, John Finnis, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Hobbes, Ron Dworkin, John Rawls and, of course, Immanual Kant (moral obligation).The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-11132204038032895972013-01-04T14:03:22.115-08:002013-01-04T14:03:22.115-08:00There are a great many but my favourite Americans ...There are a great many but my favourite Americans are Louis Brandeis and Oliver Wendell Holmes. The most interesting of recent British judges was Lord Denning, MR, who died in 1999. I was lucky enough to meet Denning once many years ago.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-19182781726872909732013-01-04T12:34:54.325-08:002013-01-04T12:34:54.325-08:00Hmm. Could you recommend a few to read? Hmm. Could you recommend a few to read? karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11131927710530023725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-4846708192651855552013-01-04T11:38:11.007-08:002013-01-04T11:38:11.007-08:00I'm glad you enjoyed it, Karen. In law school...I'm glad you enjoyed it, Karen. In law school I came to love studies in equity and jurisprudence which, together, encapsulate legal philosophy and the ancient, unwritten law that formed the groundwork for our civilization.<br /><br />To me, the great judicial philosophers are magnificent thinkers with a very disciplined, purity of thought and true wisdom.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-37036852790249185142013-01-04T10:07:24.418-08:002013-01-04T10:07:24.418-08:00I had never heard of Learned Hand, Mos. Thank you ...I had never heard of Learned Hand, Mos. Thank you for posting this. I really like the quote.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11131927710530023725noreply@blogger.com