A healthy political order works the way any durable human institution works. It has a purpose that can be named without embarrassment. It has offices with real authority, boundaries with real meaning, and a chain of responsibility that can be followed from decision to consequence without getting lost in fog. It produces outcomes that ordinary…
Tag: Function
Assessing Claimed Intentions
The parable of the motorcycle helmet is a story about first aid the way a flight simulator is about video games. Yes, there is a helmet. Yes, there is a neck. But the point is not trauma care. The point is governance, responsibility, and the basic epistemic distinction between a one-off mistake and a stable…