Comments on: Enlightened Self-Interest http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/2004/08/05/enlightened-self-interest/ Paleoconservative Observations Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:59:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: matthew hogan http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/2004/08/05/enlightened-self-interest/#comment-144 Sat, 07 Aug 2004 13:06:02 +0000 http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/2004/08/05/enlightened-self-interest/#comment-144 The risk is that government’s people are also prone to the appetitive evils of original sin, and with the increased power of organized violence, need to be kept within minimal bounds. (Always remember Samuel’s advice to Israel on getting a king.)

Waiting for you to get Leo XIII (num??) canonized…..:-)

]]> By: Beck http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/2004/08/05/enlightened-self-interest/#comment-143 Fri, 06 Aug 2004 01:52:10 +0000 http://mansizedtarget.wordpress.com/2004/08/05/enlightened-self-interest/#comment-143 You sound like D’Toqueville. He was big on the importance of civic institutions in maintaining the fabric of society. Once upon a time, things like fraternal organizations and church organizations could be relied upon for everything from raising good citizens & keeping the peace to taking care of the disabled and elderly–functions now performed much less ably by the government today.

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