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Originally posted by taxwonk
3. True self-interest requires the rational person to recognize that each individual break in the social contract weakens it, and no one of us can be certain at what point the contract will be too weak to hold.
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Indeed, the fact that even religious societies need laws says something about the strength of the moral code they purport to advance.
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary." -Federalist No. 51 (J. Madison).
