I. Philosophy
On the foundations of legal authority.
Essays examining where law’s authority comes from, what counts as a law in the first place, and where moral truth and legal rule converge or come apart.
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The Euthyphro Problem Applied to Law
Plato’s dilemma about divine command and moral goodness maps directly onto the question of what gives human law its authority. This essay argues that the dilemma rests on a false premise — and that rejecting it opens a more honest account of law’s reach and its limits.
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Can the Law Regulate a Mind? Consciousness and Legal Personhood
The law has a theory of the mind. It has never stated it plainly, never submitted it to philosophical scrutiny. This essay examines the assumptions embedded in legal personhood — and asks what law owes the interior life it cannot reach.
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The Moral Limits of Law: Where Should Law Stop?
Not all law carries the same moral authority. This essay proposes a distinction between law that tracks near-universal moral consensus and law that attempts to settle questions humanity has not yet resolved — and argues that conflating the two is where legal overreach begins.
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What Is Law? Hart, Fuller, and Dworkin
Three thinkers gave answers that changed legal philosophy permanently. This essay works through Hart’s separation thesis, Fuller’s inner morality, and Dworkin’s interpretivism — and argues that all three are circling a claim none of them quite lands on.
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