Okay class. Last time we went over the basics of the manifoil principle.
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This time we'll dig into the flawed reasoning and fractured premises contained in the principle. We will also touch upon the issues raised by accepting the logical conclusions of the principle.
3 major manifoil principle premises:
1) a civil right is a protection for the individual against what the government is allowed to do
2)the government cannot arbitrarily impose a determination of fairness when protecting a civil right for an individual, because civil rights are only a protection for the individual against what the government is allowed to do. the government does not determine what is a civil right
3) if the government is imposing anything, it is by definition an infringement on civil rights rather than an expansion or protection
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We will be dealing with necessity and the blind eye of libertarian principles phenomena, where principles go into hiding in order to defend what the manifoil principle originally states is indefensible:
Eliminating bad policies of government was (and is always) necessary.
Telling a person they have no right to decide whom they'll do business with was NEVER necessary, yet a point taken into consideration is necessity.
If people get sick, they may die because of bad business practices whether or not they are constitutional, and because times are different, the manifoil principle dictates that if an act is unconstitutional yet necessary (for example, some think the following are unconstitutional: Louisiana Purchase, the ICC Act, Civil Rights Acts, etc)., we simply pretend they are constitutional if they are necessary.
The manifoil principle allows going deaf, dumb and blind, to principle, because for better or worse, doing the right thing overrides a civil right, and justifies the government arbitrarily imposing a determination of fairness in enforcing a civil right, that is not a civil right.
note: any errors of content may be corrected as this is a rough outline of course material (pun?)
