http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/abe-lincoln-on-beer-politics/ Jay R. Brooks on Beer Sat, 19 May 2012 07:22:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://beerzine.com/?v=3.3.2 http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/abe-lincoln-on-beer-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-2002 Aaron P. Hascher Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:05:46 +0000 http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/abe-lincoln-on-beer-politics/#comment-2002 I agree. Why don't we tax diapers or formula the same as we tax "sin" goods? Patrick Henry would have beaten down these "moralists". I agree. Why don’t we tax diapers or formula the same as we tax “sin” goods? Patrick Henry would have beaten down these “moralists”.

]]> http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/abe-lincoln-on-beer-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-2001 Don Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:31:06 +0000 http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/abe-lincoln-on-beer-politics/#comment-2001 Jim: Lighten up and have a beer. Jim: Lighten up and have a beer.

]]> http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/abe-lincoln-on-beer-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-2000 Jim Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:34:15 +0000 http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/abe-lincoln-on-beer-politics/#comment-2000 Your use of a "freedom of religion" argument against importing a moral judgment from a religion into the legal system cuts as much against rules against killing, theft and the like as against sin taxes. The essential problem with using "God's Will or Word" was long ago revealed by Socrates in the Eutyphro, when he asked whether a certain moral rule is a good because it was willed by God or whether God willed it because it was a good rule. His point was in seeking good reasons for the moral rules we adopt the citing of a text, even a text of divine provenance, doesn't work. So, I agree that the importation of moral rules against alcohol isn't valid. By the way,he best work I know on reaching reflective judgments on these moral/legal matters is that of John Rawls. Your use of a “freedom of religion” argument against importing a moral judgment from a religion into the legal system cuts as much against rules against killing, theft and the like as against sin taxes. The essential problem with using “God’s Will or Word” was long ago revealed by Socrates in the Eutyphro, when he asked whether a certain moral rule is a good because it was willed by God or whether God willed it because it was a good rule. His point was in seeking good reasons for the moral rules we adopt the citing of a text, even a text of divine provenance, doesn’t work. So, I agree that the importation of moral rules against alcohol isn’t valid. By the way,he best work I know on reaching reflective judgments on these moral/legal matters is that of John Rawls.

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