Alexander Pruss's Blog

In the US, you are sometimes told that something “violates federal law”, and it is said in a way that suggests that violating federal law i...

Should a state promote supernatural goods like salvation? Here is a plausible argument, assuming the existence of supernatural goods: Supe...

Aquinas thinks that for something to be a law, it must be “for the common good” (in addition to satisfying other conditions). Otherwise, the...

Consider this formulation of the central problem of a pluralist democracy: How to have a democracy where there is a broad plurality of set...

There is a discussion among political theorists on whether religious liberty should be taken as special, or just another aspect of some stan...

There is a presumption against the state imposing or enforcing restrictions on people's behavior. That's why, for instance, the stat...

The following seem to be true: It is never permissible for the state to force on a non-consenting innocent patient medical procedures very l...

Gary Gutting has an interesting opinion piece where he argues that the Bishops don't have the right to define the teachings of the Cath...

Let me preface by saying I am not a political philosopher, and this may be off-base. Start by granting this claim for the sake of the argum...