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Douglas Rasmussen and Robert Sirico: Rights, Human Flourishing, and the Liberal Order
Douglas Rasmussen is a professor of philosophy at St. John’s University and co-author (along with Douglas J. Den Uyl) of several books on ethics and political philosophy.
Robert Sirico is an American Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty.
In this video Rasmussen and Sirico speak on the relationship between rights, morality, the law, and political society. Rasmussen stresses that legal systems must have normative bases which themselves are founded on a metanormative principle. Sirico offers short comments on Rasmussen’s lecture afterwards.
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James Sadowsky and Douglas Rasmussen on Society and the Common Good
James Sadowsky was a Jesuit priest and professor of philosophy at Fordham University. A friend to and follower of Murray Rothbard’s political philosophy, he also gave lectures at Aix-en-Provence for the International Society for Individual Liberty for many years. He passed away on September 7, 2012.
Douglas Rasmussen is a professor of philosophy at St. John’s University and is the author of several books on ethics and political philosophy.
In this video from 1995, Sadowsky and Rasmussen give a lecture on the organization of society, the nature of rights, and whether or not there is any legitimacy to claims of the “common good.” They also explore the concept of social justice, which was just beginning to gain prominence in philosophy circles in the mid-nineties.
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Other • Michael Douglas’ son could get life in prison
Michael Douglas’ son could get life in prison
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Actor Michael Douglas (L) and his son Cameron pose as they arrive for the premiere of their new film ”It Runs In The Family” in this file photo taken in Los Angeles, California, April 7, 2003.
NEW YORK | Fri Aug 7, 2009 5:48pm EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The son of actor Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas could face life in prison for selling large amounts of an illegal drug over a three-year period before his arrest late last month, court records show.
Cameron Douglas, 30, a sometimes actor who appeared with his father and grandfather Kirk Douglas in "It Runs in the Family," is accused of selling tens of thousands of dollars worth of methamphetamine, according to a complaint unsealed this week.
Douglas was arrested at a Manhattan hotel on July 28, and had charges against him read in Manhattan federal court the next day, but news of his arrest surfaced only Wednesday.
Rebecca Carmichael, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan, would not comment on whether Douglas had applied for, or been granted, bail.
Douglas faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum period of life for two counts of possessing and distributing forms of methamphetamine known by the street names of "crystal meth" and "Ice," which is smoked in a pipe.
Douglas received large quantities of crystal meth in California then sent them to New York via FedEx between 2006 and 2009. He worked with accomplices who are cooperating with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the complaint said.
In several different recorded phone calls Douglas referred to the drugs as "pastry" and "salts," the complaint said.
One of his attorney’s, Allison Menkes, declined comment.
A spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration also declined comment. A next court date has not been set.
Douglas was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine in 2007 in Santa Barbara, California.
(Reporting by Christine Kearney, editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
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Douglas Rasmussen on Rights, Law, and Morality
Douglas Rasmussen is a professor of philosophy at St. John’s University and co-author (along with Douglas J. Den Uyl) of several books on ethics and political philosophy including Liberty and Nature: An Aristotelian Defense of Liberal Order (1991), Liberalism Defended: The Challenge of Post-Modernity (1997), and Norms of Liberty: A Perfectionist Basis for Non-Perfectionist Politics (2005).
In this video from a 1991 conference of the International Society for Individual Liberty, Rasmussen gives a lecture on rights and the law and their relationship with morality. Citing Bastiat, he argues that “separating morality from the moral agent destroys morality” while simultaneously perverting the law. Rasmussen believes that while human well-being requires certain values, goods, and services, to lead a moral life the aforementioned are to be actualized by individuals, not distributed by authorities.
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Douglas Rasmussen on the Evolution of Liberalism
Today we have the first of two new videos in our “Libertarian View” series. Each features philosopher Douglas Rasmussen.
In this first video, Rasmussen discusses the evolving meaning of “liberalism.”
In the second video, coming tomorrow, Rasmussen examines what libertarians can learn from Aristotle.
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