The 18th-century philosopher Adam Smith is frequently described as the father of capitalism and is well known for praising what he called the market’s “invisible hand.” But he also developed complex ...

And maybe you don't know. It's about justice and punishment. Or, more aptly, about the self-preservation of society and commutative justice. The argument comes from Leo Strauss, Natural Right and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. To judge from his encyclical Caritas in Veritate, published this week, Pope Benedict XVI agrees with those who ...

Liberation should be coming soon for Venezuela. After liberation will come celebration. Almost immediately should come justice. Punishing the culprits will be difficult, but it will be easier than ...

“NO STATE can exist without justice,” the distinguished historian José Arcilla, SJ, correctly asserted in a forum years ago on culture and the state. He thus argued that the state’s role in developing ...

This is in response to a letter by Don Harman in the Tribune on Nov. 20. Prosecutor Todd Bjerke's statement that he will seek "justice for every defendant" is laudable. The following comes from a ...

We usually situate the term “social justice” at the left end of the ideological spectrum. And that’s not surprising, since it’s a frequent theme of politicians and activists who present themselves as ...