Libertarians are process people, something that our political opponents find impossible to believe can be real, rather than disingenuous. So when I say that I think Lawrence v. Texas might be the right result morally but the wrong result legally, it must be that I secretly want sodomy to be illegal, or at the very least don’t care. Or when I am troubled by government intervening in the Chrysler bankruptcy process, it’s because I hate unions. And of course, when I am against post-hoc legal judgments against bankers or their bonuses, it’s just because I’m an apologist for rich people.
But to a libertarian, process matters. Having a good process is better than getting a good outcome, because a good process is one that maximizes your chances of getting good outcomes over time.
Megan McArdle, “The Process of Passing Health Care”, The Atlantic, 2009-12-22
March 15, 2010
QotD: Process matters
Filed under: Government, Law, Liberty, Politics, Quotations — Tags: Criticism, SocializedMedicine — Nicholas @ 12:50
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